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Players of that often forgotten MMO Final Fantasy XI will get to look forward to not one but three expansions in 2009, with the first one being released in Spring 2009 and,  according to the Square-Enix blog, additional expansions coming “every few months.“ The expansions will cost around $10.00 each and will be distributed digitally on the PlayOnline Viewer.

Click through to find out more about the expansions…

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Title: NHL 2K9 (aka NHL 2009)
System: Nintendo Wii
Release Date: September 8, 2008
Publisher (Developer): 2K Sports (Visual Concepts Studios)
ESRB Rating: Everyone 10+
Pros: Solid hockey action. Intuitive controls. Fun fighting system.
Cons: Hazy graphics. Occasional frame rate drops. Horrible menu system. Horrible manual.
Overall Score: One thumb up and one thumb down; 75/100; C; * * 1/2 out of five.

I’ve come to understand there are gamers who have no interest in hockey as a sport but love hockey video games. I am not one of these people because I love hockey. Despite living in an area of Ohio where talk of hockey is still followed up with, “Aren’t they all on strike?“ there is no other sport I’d rather be watching.

This is why I was so tremendously looking forward to NHL 2K9 for the Wii and why it also left me somewhat disappointed…

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Nintendo is having a huge day thanks to its press conference in Japan today (October 2, 2008). Fans have been wondering what Nintendo has up its collective sleeve for this holiday season as well as 2009. Well Nintendo has delivered in spades with about forty new titles for the Wii alone to add to its extensive library. Some stand outs include a new Punch Out! title and Sin and Punishment 2.

Click through for the complete list games announced for the Wii at Nintendo’s press conference…

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Now that we’ve looked at the games that have made the Prince of Persia series so popular, it is time to take a look at where the franchise is heading.

Prince of Persia: The Next Generation

As the franchise moves forward, the Prince is set for yet another transformation. After the Sands of Time trilogy came to a close, Ubisoft decided that the series needed a new direction. And while we still don’t know very much about the upcoming Prince of Persia title for…

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Marc Silvestri, the owner of Top Cow Comics confirmed last week on his MySpace page that Top Cow’s popular heroine Witchblade is coming to the big screen in 2009.

Filming for the comic-to-film adaption of Witchblade is scheduled to begin September 2008. So far, Platinum Studios the developers of the film are planning for a 2009 release. A cast has not yet been announced yet but it looks like…

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Peter Moore, president of EA Sports, has announced that Madden 09 will not be released on PCs, only on standard gaming platforms. So you will only be able to pick up the latest football game for your DS, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii and Xbox 360. Moore stated that part of EA Sports’ reasoning behind the decision is based on the fact that games released by that division of EA are more often purchased for actual video game systems, rather than for PCs.

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