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Players assume the role of either a human male character named Vent or his female counterpart, Aile, who are employees of the Girouette Express, a courier service that takes jobs transporting anything to anywhere. On a job accompanying their boss, Girouette, to transport a package containing Model X and Model Z Biometals, they are attacked by a mysterious group of Mavericks who seeks to take the material for themselves. During the scuffle, the Model X Biometal is absorbed into the main character, causing a transformation into Model X form while the Model Z Biometal fuses with Girouette. Facing innumerable enemies, Girouette lends his newfound power to his employee and the two substances combine to form Model ZX. With powerful abilities at their disposal, they must discover who the menacing enemies are and what they are ultimately after.

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New action game released today at Lik Sang:



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Product Features

Over 8 Hours of Movies Including Voiced Cut Scenes - Pre-rendered cut scenes and real-time cut scenes with dramatically enhanced models, as well as in-game voiced cut scenes with anime-style 2D portraits unveil an epic story.

The Exciting Conclusion to an Epic Trilogy - Building on the deeply philosophical and existential storyline of the first two titles, the concluding chapter in the series brings closure to the remaining mysteries in the highly acclaimed story.

Updated Battle System - Battles are intuitive and fun, combining the best aspects of the first two games' battles, while introducing the new Break system.

Customize Your Characters - A branching skill set promotes character specialization and diversification. Strategic party management is more highly rewarded, adding another level of depth to game strategy.

Money/Shops Are Back!- Buy, barter, and sell any items or equipment, allowing you to upgrade your characters and E.S.s frequently.

Challenge Yourself and Friends with new Mini-games - With 60 pre-made levels to complete, the Xenosaga puzzle mini-games add a new type of challenge for the player, and rewards his performance. The mini-game map editor also lets players create, play and share their own custom maps with friends.

Description

A year has passed since Xenosaga II. Shion has resigned her post at Vector Industries after realizing that the company is deeply connected to the cause of the Gnosis phenomenon. She has thus joined Scientia, an underground organization, in order to unveil Vector's true objectives. The development of KOS-MOS is to be cancelled, and a mysterious android, T-elos appears to be taking KOS-MOS' place. Shadows of suspicion and conspiracy surround T-elos. Uncover the future of mankind in this much-anticipated conclusion to the Xenosaga trilogy.



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Every so often a mod comes along that's so intricate, so amazing, so over the top, that words simply don't do it justice (but we'll try anyway). Ben Heckendorn's Xbox 360 laptop is one such mod. Having garnered no small amount of fame from previous portable projects like the nPod, PPS2, and N64p, Ben was commissioned by a generous benefactor to somehow make a 360 "good to go" a la the Crunchwrap Supreme -- and since this is the great Mr. Heckendorn we're talking about, slapping a hinged LCD onto an out-of-the-box console simply wouldn't do. Instead, Ben spent three months designing and building the so-called Xbox 360p, machining a custom aluminum laptop enclosure by hand into which he stuffed a keyboard, 1,280 x 720 Westinghouse LCD, and get this -- even a custom-built water cooling system to replace the 360's stock, bulky heat sinks. The end result is a polished, professional looking (albeit heavy -- this machine weighs in at about 14 pounds) laptop complete with WiFi, USB ports, obligatory glowing green ring, and converged power supply so that the monitor and gaming system only require a single cable snaking out the back. Well done, Ben, well done; but as you yourself note, there's no such thing as resting on one's laurels, so we can't wait to see what you have in store for the PS3 and, most especially, the swing-your-arms-like-a-maniac Nintendo Wii.

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Sony boss Ken Kutaragi has expressed further regret over last week's news that the PlayStation 3 will be delayed in Europe until March 2007, apparently admitting to news agency Reuters that Sony's strength in hardware is in decline.

The man known as the father of PlayStation apparently told reporters, "If you asked me if Sony's strength in hardware was in decline, right now I guess I would have to say that might be true."

It's certainly a surprising admission if the quote is genuine and it certainly appears to be as it's been widely reported. However, as is so often the case, it should be taken in context and in this case, there's no more context than the raw quote to examine.

Kutaragi is undoubtedly right in some senses as PlayStation hardware is in decline, facing an extremely serious challenge from Microsoft and to a lesser extent Nintendo for the hearts and minds of gamers in the next generation - a challenge it didn't have to deal with during the launch of the PS2. The delay to the PS3 in Europe has been a major blow, given Microsoft more or less managed a full global launch of its own last year and the Redmond giant now has a chance to cash in on the lucrative European Christmas market this winter.

Perhaps Kutaragi's qualifier of 'right now' might be the crucial phrase in that quote, suggesting more optimistic times are on the way. Kutaragi could also be referring to the general challenges Sony faces in all hardware markets, including TVs and consumer goods where the Japanese electronics giant is also under attack from new challengers.

But whether that means a decline in PlayStation hardware overall, we're not so convinced, as we still see PlayStation 3 being a major success when it does eventually launch in Europe, although it will also undoubtedly yield some significant market share to both 360 and Wii. We're sure you won't be afraid to share your thoughts on Kutaragi's statement in the comments field below. ...

EA Sports has some news that will bowl over cricket fanatics: its latest slice of virtual leather on digitised willow, Cricket 07, will ship on PlayStation 2 and PC in early November.

Which leaves plenty of time for us to enact our own virtual Ashes Test series - England's attempt to maintain its grip on the urn begins on November 23 in Brisbane. EA Sports has extensively revamped the game, endowing it with what it calls the Century Stick control system. EA Canada producer Justin Forrest explains: "Our new, innovative 'Century Stick' control system will change the way all fans approach gameplay as you'll now have full control over foot choice, shot selection, shot power, and shot direction - it's never felt this close to actually wielding a bat before."

The game also features a more natural camera perspective and a Quickplay system that lets you crank up the speed and drop the difficulty level for Twenty20-style wham-bam action (it lets you play fully licensed Twenty20 games) or slow things down and crank up the difficulty from proper Test Match action. And, naturally, it will let you enact the Ashes in all their glory. Check out the attached screens for an even greater insight. Let's just hope that, injuries notwithstanding, Freddie, Straussy and the boys do the business again.

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A snip -- and a PS3-undercutting £400 bundle with an Xbox 360 also on the cards

Although official confirmation has yet to arrive, Microsoft is almost certain to give its add-on HD-DVD drive for the Xbox 360 a price-tag of £199 in the UK.

GI.biz quotes "retail sources" as confirming the price-point, and adds that they expect Microsoft to launch a bundle consisting of the Xbox 360 and the HD-DVD drive at under £400 (which will comfortably undercut the £425 PlayStation 3, not that Microsoft really needs to worry about such things). In addition, it appears that the HD-DVD drive will be bundled with two HD-DVD movies.

Expect official confirmation of the above following Microsoft's X06 shindig in Barcelona in a fortnight's time - which, of course, we'll be covering for you. ...

He may be the world's highest paid and most famous sportsman, but that doesn't mean that Tiger Woods is too grand not to hang wid da kids. Yes indeed: you too can win the chance to meet Tiger Woods, make an appearance in Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 and win hatfuls of goodies, courtesy of EA Sports and GAME.

The Tiger will be in London on September 25, at "a secret location," and 50 people will get the chance to meet him. To find out how, click here. As you can see, you will need a GAME account. The competition closes on 15 September, so get your skates on.

A grand prize winner will be drawn, and 50 other winners selected to attend the event. To stand a chance of appearing in the game itself, players will have to win the 5-hole K Club Match Play Challenge in the game (highly appropriate, with the Ryder Cup due to be played shortly at that very venue). Eight players will eventually be involved in a knockout competition, and will have the chance to participate in a putting competition with the great man himself - and win an Xbox 360 or an EA Sports goodie bag. You know what to do, you golf-nuts. ...

On September 15 - this Friday - the chap who provides the voice for Nintendo's videogame icon Mario is hitting the Big Smoke.

Charles Martinet will be in Game's Oxford Street store somewhere between 12pm and 4pm on the day, and will be signing limited edition postcards for customers "whilst they wait for Nintendo's official announcement of the details about their forthcoming Wii console!", it says here.

We're guessing he might utter a few famous Mario lines too if people twist his arm hard enough. Or feed him a mushroom or two. ...