Over 5 Million Illegal Downloads for Dissidia: Final Fantasy

According to the Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association, aka CESA, Square Enix's hit portable title Dissidia: Final Fantasy has been downloaded well over 5 million times - and no, that's not downloads from the PlayStation Store. In fact, that is the number of times that Dissidia has been downloaded illegally.

CESA has apparently been tracking these illegal downloads for the top handheld titles available for both the DS and PSP. Dissidia has been downloaded 5,281,223 times since its release, easily costing Square Enix roughly 30,631,093,400 yen in damages.

Piracy has been quite the issue in regards to handheld consoles like the DS and PSP with custom firmware enabling users to run custom applications; however, an unfortunate by-product of custom firmware is also the ability to download ripped games.

Other top-downloaded titles include Phantasy Star Portable 2 which was downloaded well over 4 million times, Monster Hunter Freedom Unite was downloaded almost 2 million times and another Square Enix game that topped the charts is Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, which was downloaded just over a million times.

The Misadventures Of Final Fantasy Union: Don't Talk To Strangers

So, I teased this a bit on Monday during my staff blog and now is the time to finally show that the proof is indeed in the pudding.

I present to you all, the first episode of The Misadventures of Final Fantasy Union, a weekly comic strip that's been written by Colin and myself, and drawn by the genius that is, Colin. It'll feature various staff members that you've all become familiar with throughout its duration, as well as cameos from Final Fantasy icons too.

The first episode takes us to the greenery of Final Fantasy VII's Gaia. Our adventurers are searching for something, although we aren't entirely sure what. However, a devilish enemy is just around the corner and Kyle learns a valuable lessons about talking to strangers.

Check out the full post to find out more!

E3 2010: Square-Enix Reveals E3 Line-Up

Square Enix has officially listed all of the games that the company will present to attendees at E3 later this month. There are a lot of titles that were expected, like the many Eidos games that Square Enix have acquired. However, on the Final Fantasy front, there is not a lot on show unfortunately.

As expected, Final Fantasy XIV will be there along with the upcoming DS title, Final Fantasy: The Four Heroes of Light, and... thats it, folks. Final Fantasy Versus XIII is still down as a no-show, even though the game's director, Tetsuya Nomura, is flying out especially for the event. Could it truly mean he is only there for Kingdom Hearts?

If thats the case, all we can hope for is a surprise unveil like Final Fantasy XIII had in the past. However, does that also mean it may be at a different surprise press conference, mimicking Final Fantasy XIII?

We will find out sooner or later as E3 gets underway in less than a weeks time.