Hello there fellow Pixel-Gamers.  Every week I am going to go over any big news involving the video game industry as well with giving heads up on future game endeavors, as well with some occasional video game reviews.

I can’t start this post without mentioning what I believe was the biggest news to me.  The latest official trailer for Final Fantasy XIII has been released and gives us the fans a good look into what we can expect to be in this chapter’s world, characters, and  as well with some gameplay.  Here’s the trailer: (be sure to check out the HD version)

Other big news that involve the world of Final Fantasy is the announcement of the Blu Ray version of the CG movie: Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children with 3 different ways to obtain them.  The regular edition with 30 mins of never before seen footage; first edition with Final Fantasy XIII demo, Final Fantasy Agito XIII trailer, and Final Fantasy Versus XIII trailer; and the PS3 bundle that includes the First Edition Blu Ray as well with a customized FF VII: Advent Children PS3.  All 3 editions will be made available to Japan on April 16.  No word yet on a U.S. release date.

CAN’T WAIT!!!

Anime Ima (Ima meaning now) is a new feature that will bring you information on upcoming anime releases in the US and abroad, as well as whats new in the fansub community.

While I will endeavor to be impartial in my analysis, I can’t help but speak the truth if something bores me out of my mind.  Any in depth reviews will be graded on several scales, as well as speaking to what genres it would be classified.

I look forward to getting to share my addition with our readers and to maybe turn you on to soemthign you may not have given a second glance before.

Over here at pixelatedgeek we have an unofficial set of rules- our guidelines or eight fold path if you will, that have a fight club-like effect on the members of our dear little site- Rule 1. Get Money and Get Paid our second and our final rule- GET MONEY AND GET PAID. So you can imagine my dismay when I arrived at CBS.com to watch How I Met your Mother, expecting a Red Rider Bee bee gun only to find a child size bunny suit for Christmas. If twitter and Digg aren’t your normal sources of information, CBS.com does not host their shows on their website. CBS’s blatant disregard for rules 1 and effectively 2 leads to the conclusion that CBS.com is not a place for the internet community and ultimately to the idea that CBS.com sucks.

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New Weekly Columns

• Real Talk – A weekly rant of just about anything from the mind of Jay.
• Anima Ima – (Anime Now) If you like Anime, this is your section.  Every week, James will give you a heads up on whats new, old, funny, or cool in the Anime community.
• Worst MySpace – It sucks and we all know it.  Until it completly goes away, iSevenx will rant about some the WORST MySpace pages created on that bastard child we call a “website.”
• Questions For The Geeks – Got a question for us geeks? Just e-mail us and we’ll answer it the best way we can.
• Kaikraft – Every weeky, Kai gives his tips and hints to play better in the World of Warcraft.
• Pulse – In-depth weekly Interviews from various different people across the net.
• Fish ‘n Chimps – A weekly geek comic by Andrew Plein

New Blogger

• Introducing Anton! He’s good at interviewing people. He likes it. Check out his section on Pulse. Oh, and hes a cool cat as well.

Mirror’s Edge producer, Tom Farrer, greeted all his Mirror’s Edge fans with news that the DLC won’t be available until February.  Yes, February is just around the corner, but what are we going to do for this weekend? We, the Mirror’s Edge fans, had hopes and dreams of jumping, sliding, wall-running in our heads.  Oh, well.  There must be a good reason for it.

If you’re a PS3 owner, then you don’t have to fret.  There is 1 map you can download now:

Astraware, a subsidiary of Handmark, Inc., is a world renowned mobile software publisher from Blighty with many quality games and applications under it’s belt. They’ve been in the mobile space ever since the days of the first Palm OS devices and have over 10 years worth of developing experience. Some of their most celebrated games include those from their partnership with PopCap such as Bejeweled and Bejeweled 2 and games wholly own by Astraware such as Astraware Solitaire and Astraware Casino. Today however we’ll be looking at one of Astraware’s all time greatest sellers: Astraware Sudoku.

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Today we’ll be looking at another iPhone word game called Wurdle by a company called Semi Secret Software. Available for £1.19 ($1.99) from the App Store, Wurdle has been in and out of the Top 50 Paid apps and has maintained a high position since launch.

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Apple has just updated both the iPhone/iPhone 3G and the iPod Touch to 2.2.1. For iPhone users Apple states Safari Web browser stability improvements and a bug fixed where some images saved from Mail do not display correctly in the Camera Roll. Unmentioned by Apple but confirmed is that now on the iPhone 3G Safari no longer reloads each tab when you switch to it which should speed up your browsing experience somewhat.

For iPod Touch users you can expect to find the same bug fixes plus a fix for Apple Lossless format playback skipping.

Nothing particularly exciting but I must admit I’m pleased now that tabbed browsing doesn’t mean constant reloads.

DeviantArtist iFrau has created an awesome poster mash up of 2 games we love.  Team Fortress 2 and Left 4 Dead.  Now, if only Valve would make this a reality…

Another day another game for the iPhone. Today we will be looking at PopCap’s Bejeweled 2 for the iPhone/iTouch. Released on the 19th of August it is currently available for $2.99 (£1.79) from the App Store and is currently in the Top 50 Paid apps having garnered some favorable reviews.

Bejeweled 2 is the first game from PopCap to be released on the iPhone and is arguably their flagship product. PopCap first brought the game as a stylistic “match three”-style action puzzle game to the web garnering many an addicted follower. It was then ported to many mobile devices by the great studio Astraware. With Astraware’s aid Bejeweled helped secure PopCap’s reputation as a premium casual game publisher that even your granny might know about. Bejeweled 2 is the updated successor to Bejeweled that again found itself on many devices branching across Windows Mobile and Palm OS and has now arrived on the iPhone.

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