Portal 2

Last night, NYU's Game Center played host for a talk with Erik Wolpaw. You undoubtedly know Erik's work as one of the writers behind "Portal" and the recently released "Portal 2." But he's been writing awesome words for way longer than that. Years before entering the game development community, he created the much-revered site, Old Man Murray, which brought a refreshing and hilarious take on the world of video games.

Last night's talk, however, was all about "Portal 2," and Wolpaw opened up about several fascinating insights into the development of the game's story and characters.

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chrono trigger

"Final Fantasy" may be a big deal, but true old school fans of Square Enix -- though it was just Square at the time -- know that the best of the classic role-playing games, really one of the best 16-bit era games overall, is "Chrono Trigger." The time-jumping RPG was first released for the Super NES in 1995, but it's popped up a couple times since then, in enhanced ports for PlayStation port and, later, Nintendo DS. The game is supposed to be coming to the Wii's Virtual Console in Japan this month, and we learn today that it also seems to be making its way to the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable.

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Madden NFL 12

Last year, EA decided to hand over the "Madden" cover athlete decision to the fans. The end result was the pretty obvious choice of Drew Brees, who had won Super Bowl XLIV with the New Orleans Saints earlier in the year. The fan decision didn't come until the choices were narrowed down to just three players (Drew Brees, Reggie Wayne and Jared Allen), but this year things are starting up a bit earlier. EA is holding a bracket-style competition with ESPN, pitting 32 players against each other for the top honors of helming "Madden NFL 12."

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Jikandia: The Timeless Land

Time is one of the omnipresent aspects of video gaming that has been around since the glory days of the NES, but very few games have worked it in as a malleable aspect of the gameplay. Characters die when the developer-designated countdown timer runs out, and other games offer different rewards for finishing in as little time as possible. However, until Aksys Games' latest PSP release, "Jikandia: The Timeless Land," no game has tried to bridge that gap by allowing the player the tools to decide whether they want to beat the game quickly or easily.

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final fantasy iv: the complete collection

"Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection" is kind of a big deal. What many regard as the greatest game in the "Final Fantasy" series got a total facelift for its PlayStation Portable release, along with bonus content in the form of the sequel "Final Fantasy IV: The After Years" and the new-with-the-collection bridge story "Final Fantasy IV: Interlude." This isn't any penny ante bonus content here either; each of the three games in the collection is a full-featured experience, including, as we now know, "Interlude."

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psp go

Well that didn't take long. Likely in preparation for the coming of the NGP, Sony slashed the price on its PlayStation Portable handheld gaming device down to $129.99 late last week. Meanwhile the PSP Go continued on at its regular Xbox 360 console-rivaling price of $200, further highlighting the device as Sony's own awkward kid at the school dance that no one wants to go near. No longer though; as of today, the PSP Go is much more affordable.

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final fantasy 4 complete collection

The enduringly popular "Final Fantasy" series from Square-Enix could probably get by for the next 20 years just releasing remakes and spin-offs of the previous games. This is pretty funny when you think about it, since prior to "Final Fantasy X-2," spin-offs were a no-no for the franchise. Now they're all the rage, and the next one set for release is "Final Fantasy 4 Complete Collection," a PlayStation Portable compilation that brings "FF4," sequel "FF4: The After Years" and the newly written "FF4 Interlude" into one place. But what is this "Interlude"? Today we have our answer.

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The long, slow march to the release of NGP -- hell, the proper naming of NGP -- continues with drips and drabs of information. The latest comes from two sources out of Japan, and both speak to the device itself and how it will play nice (or not) with Sony's back catalog of PlayStation Portable UMD releases.

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The rumor mill surrounding the PSP2 has gone to ludicrous speed in the past week, with all signs pointing to an official announcement in Japan... well... today. And it happened. The PSP2 -- codenamed: NPG -- is very real and very much on the way in the near future. Read all about it after the jump.

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All of those PSP2 rumors are sure heating up. And if Sony's past track record with tech releases and rumors is any indication, at least some of what we're hearing is true. It was only yesterday that we heard from one Japanese newspaper, reporting that the device will include a touch-sensitive OLED screen and 3G connectivity. Now 2ch, Japan's largest online forum, is home to what is purported to be an actual picture of the thing, which you can see above.

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