The game may have been cancelled, but the music lives on
A few years ago some diligent folks were hard at work on Chrono Ark, a fan-made sequel to Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross. The game was never completed for various reasons, but it’s not entirely dead. Chrono Ark lives on in its soundtrack, which composer Alex Roe uploaded to Bandcamp today. Check it out past the jump!
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Yasunori Mitsuda offers up some nice seasonal tunes for all
Bust out some eggnog or a warm cup of cocoa and pull up next to the fire for this one. Each year composer Yasunori Mitsuda (Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, Xenogears) streams a Christmas music arrangement from his home page, and 2012 is no exception. Have a listen after the jump!
EA Sports’ arcade football game leads Sony’s monthly sales chart; NBA Jam, Mortal Kombat collection, Infamous: Festival of Blood, and Sonic CD round out top five.
Sony today released its list of the top 20 best-selling PlayStation Network games for the month of January, revealing NFL Blitz to be the top-selling game during the month.
The $15 arcade football game was released on January 3 and features two-minute quarters of penalty-free action and over-the-top hits. The game was developed by Madden house EA Tiburon. Rounding out the top five were NBA Jam: On Fire Edition, Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection, Infamous: Festival of Blood, and Sonic CD.
As for best-selling PlayStation 3 add-ons, Battlefield 3′s Back to Karkand expansion–which went on sale in December–was the biggest digital ware of January. The PSOne Classics category was dominated by Square Enix titles from the Final Fantasy and Chrono Cross series, with Corpse Party and Mega Man Maverick Hunter X grabbing the top two spots on the PSP-specific charts.
The full list of top PSN titles–broken down by category–is below.
Top 20 PSN and PS3 full games:
1. NFL Blitz
2. NBA Jam: On Fire Edition
3. Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection
4. Infamous 2: Festival of Blood
5. Sonic CD
6. Payday: The Heist
7. Dungeon Defenders
8. Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD
9. Amy
10. Crysis
11. Resident Evil 4
12. Shadow of the Colossus
13. Castle Crashers
14. Trine 2
15. Real Steel
16. Darksiders
17. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
18. Battlefield 1943
19. Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition
20. Saints Row 2
Top 5 PS3 add-ons
1. Battlefield 3–Back to Karkand
2. Call of Duty: Black Ops
3. Gran Turismo 5–Car Pack 3
4. Gran Turismo 5–Speed Test Course Pack
5. Battlefield 3–SPECACT Kit & Dog Tag Bundle
Top 5 PSOne Classics
1. Final Fantasy VII
2. Final Fantasy VI
3. Final Fantasy Origins
4. Chrono Cross
5. Final Fantasy IX
Top 5 PSP Games
1. Corpse Party
2. Mega Man Maverick Hunter X
3. NBA 2K12
4. Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
5. Pro Evolution Soccer 2012
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Square Enix’s Winter of RPGs campaign bringing classic adventures to Sony’s online platform beginning November 8.
Square Enix has for the past couple of years steadily trickled out some of its venerated catalog of role-playing games through the PlayStation Network. This winter, PSN users will see that collection substantially grow, as Square Enix announced today that it will soon rerelease Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy V, and Final Fantasy VI through the platform.
Dubbed the “Winter of RPGs” campaign, Square Enix’s rerelease slate begins on November 8 with Chrono Cross. Having received top marks from reviewers upon its release for the original PlayStation in 2000, Chrono Cross went on to be named GameSpot’s Game of the Year in 2000. Its similarly acclaimed predecessor, Chrono Trigger, arrived on the PSN earlier this week.
Chrono Cross will be followed by Final Fantasy V, which is due for release on the PSN November 20. Assuming the role of Bartz, players attempt to preserve a set of elemental crystals that have been used to protect the world from the sorcerer Exdeath.
The final addition to Square Enix’s Winter of RPGs campaign is Final Fantasy VI, which will arrive on December 6. Originally released for the SNES in North America as Final Fantasy III, Final Fantasy VI follows the love-lost and memory-bereaved supersoldier Terra, who embarks with a group of companions to save the world from the clown mage Kefka and Emperor Gestahl.
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