[Update] Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn commerical taken down

The mystery continues: FFXIV: ARR "commercial" taken down off Youtube. Was it real or fan-made?

I posted up an entry yesterday about a Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn commerical. There was a lot of commotion over it in various FFXIV: ARR communities. It seems that the video has been taken down due to copyright.

The "commercial" consisted of two people sitting in what appears to be a bus(or car?). The windows are all steamy and one of them has written "FFXIV" on the window. Fast forward and suddenly you are shown footage of the initial trailer. It was a bit simplistic and in my opinion, it didn't seem like an advert Square Enix would do for such a huge game. A lot of people on various forums though seemed convinced it was, and a lot of them even liked how simple it was.

It being taken down can mean either two things: it was fan-made and Square Enix brought down the copyright hammer, or it was indeed the actual commercial, and it had indeed been leaked, causing Square Enix do bring down the copyright hammer!

I am sure we will find out soon enough, with the release of the full game just around the corner.

For those of you who did see it before it got taken down, what do you think?

- Jade

[News/Speculation] Possible Angel Beats! announcement after summer...?

Still working on that review. For now, enjoy some new exciting news about Angel Beats!...

Possible Angel Beats! game announcement?

Visual Arts' company director Baba Takahiro was recently asked by a fan on Twitter when they can expect the announcement about an Angel Beats! game, which was supposedly meant to be announced "before summer". The fan also mentioned that it had been 3 years since they first announced it.

Baba replied with "Before summer → after summer." Straight to the point.

A man of a few words - follow him at @vavasyatyou

So, it looks like we can expect some news about the Angel Beats! game "after summer" hopefully. Whenever that may be. I also think it's safe to assume that Key will be working on it as well.

Key, a company who are apart of Visual Arts, are mostly known for the their visual novel games, such as Kanon and Clannad. In the Japanese gamers community, their games are often described as "泣きゲー" (nakigee), games that make you cry. 

Best get the tissues ready.

- Jade