Creating a spin-off of a beloved story is a tricky task, one that usually results in failure. For every prequel that’s fleshed out the original work’s backstory and deepened its characters, you can name a dozen that merely tainted their inspirations by association. To date, Square Enix hasn’t done very well trying to expand on Final Fantasy VII; its offshoots to date run a very small gamut from completely lame (Dirge of Cerberus) to completely wretched (Advent Children). So by all rights, Crisis Core — the latest effort to expand the FFVII universe — should be painful, a disaster that further cheapens the good name of the landmark PlayStation role-playing game.

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Ubisoft plans Clancy based MMO.

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The Reasons People Liked Assassin’s Creed

* Linking the future and the past
* Exploring large, open cities
* Fluid combat system
* Beautiful visuals and rich sound

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Dante may have moved out of the spotlight, but the newest entry in the Devil May Cry series is still as sharp as ever.

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Last year’s Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas was a great shooter that build upon the Rainbow Six franchise of games by offering accessible action and great story elements. Now, Ubisoft Montreal is wrapping up production on the sequel, Rainbow Six: Vegas 2.

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By now we should all be familiar with the Super Smash Bros. formula: Mix basic platforming action with old-school, button-pressing, arcade-style combat while adding copious amounts of, oh, every Nintendo game ever made. With Super Smash Bros. Brawl, it’s a fan-service smorgasbord at its glorious best, folding in not only all of the goodies that made it into the series’ two previous iterations (Super Smash Bros. and Super Smash Bros. Melee), but just about every bit of Nintendo lore that’s surfaced between Melee’s 2001 release and now. This includes appearances of hardcore, obscure stuff like Electroplankton and Sin and Punishment paraphernalia, Captain Olimar and his Pikmin, and just about any first-party Nintendo tidbit you can think of. For Nintendo fans, that’s great stuff. The more the merrier. But how does the game balance out between the die-hard fans and the less committed?

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A hands-on look at Nippon Ichi’s new squad based Strategy RPG.

While much of the hardcore gaming crowd has most likely migrated over to one of the next gen systems by now, fans of niche games still have a comfortable home on the PS2 thanks to game companies like Nippon Ichi and Atlus providing us with great games like Odin Sphere, GrimGrimoire, and the upcoming Persona 3 on a fairly consistent basis. Nippon Ichi’s next effort, Soul Nomad and the World Eaters, is the long awaited return to their Strategy RPG roots that fans have been waiting for ever since they had their fill of Disgaea 2. In fact, give Soul Nomad a quick glance and you’d probably think that it was in fact Disgaea 3. Despite visual similarities however, Soul Nomad and Disgaea are as different as night and day when it comes to how they are played.

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Shrouded in secrecy and feared for their ruthlessness, you play the role of Altair, an Assassin intend to stop the hostilities by suppressing both sides of the conflict and throw the environment into chaos and shape events during this pivotal moment in history. Assassin’s Creed on PC will feature four brand new exclusive types of investigations.

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World exclusive playable debut at this year’s event.

Activision today announced that the first-ever playable version of Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures will be featured at this year’s Play.com Live event.

The event will also play host to a series of competitions, with prizes ranging from a new Xbox 360 console complete with a 32” HD ready LCD TV and a copy of the game itself, to a massive £5000 Play.com gift voucher.

Those interested in attending can purchase their tickets from Play.com, specifically here. The event will be open on Saturday, March 15 and Sunday, March 16. It takes place at Wembley Stadium, London.

Originally from GWN