The big news from this past week came out of Square Enix's DKS3713 gala in Harajuku, where the publisher let slip some new details about Final Fantasy XIII and its off-shoots. Yet the most interesting Square-related event took place at Best Buy stores across America, where one of those “Coming Soon” signs in a game department listed a Final Fantasy VII remake hitting the PlayStation 2 on August 16.
Mishaps like this make me glad for the Internet. Fifteen years ago, seeing such astounding news on a Best Buy placard would've blown my mind and consumed my thoughts for weeks on end, until I saw it debunked in Electronic Gaming Monthly or Gamepro. Today, we have a network of cynical fans and alert semi-journalists to expose these fallacies. After all, everyone knows that Square's going to release a Final Fantasy VII remake only on the Xbox 360.
Mishaps like this make me glad for the Internet. Fifteen years ago, seeing such astounding news on a Best Buy placard would've blown my mind and consumed my thoughts for weeks on end, until I saw it debunked in Electronic Gaming Monthly or Gamepro. Today, we have a network of cynical fans and alert semi-journalists to expose these fallacies. After all, everyone knows that Square's going to release a Final Fantasy VII remake only on the Xbox 360.
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