It's numbers time again! The latest hardware sales figures from Japan's Media Create has been release, and competition is getting tighter as the PS3 inches closer and closer to the top, needing only about a thousand more units before overtaking the long-reigning DSi.

The powers and resources of the NPD, Enterbrain, and GfK Chart-Track have all come together and the results are in - Dragon Quest IX dominated the global sales charts spanning over three months ending September of this year. What's more amazing is that the DS-exclusive title has only been released in Japan. See how the others fared.

It seems Feelplus' Ninety-Nine Nights II is no longer a Japan exclusive, if Gamefly is to be believed. A listing for the game was recently spotted in the online game rental service's database along with two other Xbox 360 titles.

Square Enix just might be ready to reveal the North American release date for Final Fantasy XIII (Xbox 360, PS3) anytime in the near future now. A script for a Casting Call shows that they do have something cooking for the big reveal, complete with dramatic dialogue and all that jazz.

Shigeru Miyamoto has an impressive record when it comes to successful games. The Mario franchise alone is as big a cash cow as a game franchise can get. Still, the man has his share of disappointments. The Star Fox series is one of them.

Remember the Final Fantasy XIII (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) Elixirs announced back in Tokyo? As promised, they're heading to retail in Japan come winter, and we now know exactly when.

If only we could read Japanese then the language barrier would not have delayed the info and we could've gotten them sooner. Caught the Famitsu scans for Final Fantasy XIII (Xbox 360, PS3) we posted yesterday? Now we know what those Japanese text walls have been trying to tell us.

It has been a while since we last got anything from Tri-Ace's latest RPG, End of Eternity, and here we are, looking at the date in which the game will be released. The Western release, under the name, Resonance of Fate, still doesn't have one, so let's just be happy for the Japanese at this point.

Japanese gaming mag Famitsu comes up big once again with a whole bunch of images from the scene's hottest. Kotaku managed to get their hands on a whole bunch of scans off their latest issue, and we've got info on the latest character for Final Fantasy XIII (Xbox 360, PS3).

After Hideo Kojima finishes working on his last pair of Metal Gear Solid games (or so it seems for now), the A-list producer will have more time on his hands to work on other games. For the fans of his other brainchild, Zone of the Enders, (I'm looking at you, papajag, TheRockness) good news: Kojima posted on his blog that he would be working on the next ZOE...someday.