Over forty new Final Fantasy XIII images were released today giving us a closer look at the game’s Crystarium leveling system, enemy stomping Chocobos, and the summoned Alexander. In addition, a few screens show off the various backdrops in the game — everything from lush green fields to colorfully lit theme park type environment. Have at them, and enjoy the weekend.

Final Fantasy MMO fanatics can officially begin blocking off entire months from their calendar in order to grind one of two newly introduced classes — the Gladiator and Pugilist.

The Gladiator is a sword and shields close range combat specialist capable of following a well timed decapitating sword swipe with the words “ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!” While the Pugilist’s mix of hand-to-hand claw combat and ranged expertise reminds me more of a mix between Street Fighter’s Vega and Lord of the Ring’s Legolas Greenleaf.

The reveal of both characters was accompanied by a slew of images containing high res shots of both classes and several new weapon models to drool over while you calculate statistical upgrade numbers in your head.

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Oh the irony in life. A message board which states that it is powered by the Xbox 360 and Bungie serves as a home to several images featuring what the poster, “Tom Morello”, claims to be leaked Halo: Reach in-game weapon screens.

And now, the page scrolling list of leaked images for your speculative pleasure…

Highlights from the leaked screens and info mentioned on the forum reveal a HUD that Morello says lists out things such as teammate names and player perks like cloak, sprint, and hologram. Sprinting will involve the use of the LB button and cloaking will not only hide you from plain sight but also jam your radar and take you offline in terms of communication with your team on Xbox LIVE. Hologram will create a mirror image of your character forcing your enemy to either guess correctly or live long enough to kill both of you.

Morello claims that the photos were taken from inside of an office at Microsoft Headquarters, adding that his initial reasoning for snapping a few pics was to share the existence of a new “Battle Rifle” with the MLG community.

The biggest question that still remains, in my opinion, is whether or not this game will feature the return of Master Chief as a playable character. As you can see in the image below, it does appear that the hand shown topside up does have similar plated armor to that of Master Chief. Of course it could just be a random Spartan. If that’s the case, you can thank the Bungie writers and their self serving need for varied character development.

Is this shit for real? Your guess is as good as mine. If real though, the logic of “no such thing as bad press” says this leak could serve to a be a good thing for the Bungie squad as it will surely steal a small amount of the spotlight currently beaming heavily on Infinity Ward and their impending Modern Warfare 2 release.

What do you think? Are the screens real? Are you a fan of the Halo franchise? Sound off in the comments section below.

Source: mlgpro.com/forum

PlayStation 3 website PS3-Sense has posted a slew of images that offer a better look at the Modern Warfare 2 airport massacre than the previously leaked blurry video footage. However, upon closer examination, I’m going to guess this was the work of the Russian Fashion Police. Have a look for yourself.

I count at least three identical purple sweater and blue jean girls, three untucked navy blue polo shirt with cream khaki pants guys, and three untucked blue  flannel button down with cream khaki pants guys. There must be an unspoken Russian fashion rule against having that many like dressed people in the same confined area.  A little more variety in clothing selection and I’m sure this entire mess could have been avoided.

In all seriousness, if you don’t like, or want to play, a game with this type of content in it — the solution is simple, don’t buy it. It’s rated M for Mature for a reason.

Source: PS3-Scene (via /gamer)

The upcoming PlayStation 3 game Heavy Rain from acclaimed Fahrenheit and Omikron developers Quantic Dream, has been hidden from public eyes since 2006’s concept video. Since then we’ve only had glimpses of impressive facial close ups, but now we can bring you a little bit more…

…A zoomed out view of what looks like a new character in Heavy Rain, and new supposed gameplay shots of a motorbiker.  The visuals are certainly impressive and suggest the French developer might just succeed in their goal to create expressive and emotional videogame characters.

Quantic Dream are aiming to bring PS3 owners something new and exciting, by furthering the story and emotions of the characters during gameplay.  There are few details of what this gameplay will consist off, but consider us intrigued.  Check out the images in our gallery and if they don’t wow you, they certainly will in movement. You can read more about Heavy Rain and the type of game it will be at this link.

Heavy Rain Image Gallery

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Killzone Concept Art

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Credit: Xavier Marquis

Pleasing to the eye, these screenshots are looking very impressive, epic, and unlike its predecessor, actually quite colourful. Please click on the images to enlarge them.

First High-Res Resistance 2 Screenshots

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