Sunday marked the first anniversary of Warner Bros.' decision to abandon HD DVD in favor of exclusive Blu-ray support, thus putting an end to the high-definition format war. Almost ninja-like in its cold-blooded efficiency, Warners' announcement drew fire from supporters of HD DVD, but it was the only thing that could have guaranteed HD media a chance for mainstream success.
While most of the reflection has focused on how we would still be embroiled in that war if Warners hadn't done what it did, the immediate aftermath was almost as much fun. Poor Bill Gates had to drastically revise his final Consumer Electronics Show keynote to eliminate any mention of HD DVD, while Toshiba was left to try to spin gold out of what everyone else could see was Dead Format Walking. The HD DVD Promotions Group canceled its CES press conference, and despite there being rumors of a smaller event happening later, nothing ever surfaced.
Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.
Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.
They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.
they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.
Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted
Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments
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A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.
Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.
15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.
