Final Fantasy XIII, Dragon Quest IX and Arkham Asylum seem to have delivered the goods. Square Enix has reported an operating income of YEN 21.4bn for the nine months ending December 31st 2009, a jump of 67.7 per cent year-on-year. With net-sales for the period were up 30.0 per cent at YEN 135bn. Releases in the period included Final Fantasy XIII, Dragon Quest IX, Batman: Arkham Asylum and Kingdo... more.

Well it's that time of year again where we look back on what happened in the last year and look forward to the new year before us. After many hours of head-scratching, going over the 800 games released this year, thining out the list, making cut backs, heart wrenching choises - we have done it - we have compiled the list, then gave it the green light - As the old saying goes, there can be only one... more.