I was incredibly disappointed that I could not attend the Final Fantasy concert back in May. It was the day before my plane left for Los Angeles for E3 and it made no sense to me to hold a gaming concert days before people were arriving for the world's largest gaming expo. From everything I read, it was a fantastic event and Nobuo Uematsu was really taken aback by the amount of fans and supporters he had in the US. I say if you're in Chicago, don't miss it.

	Phantom Dust Again Coming to US Phantom Dust is once again slated for a release stateside. Despite being developed by Microsoft Game Studios Japan, Microsoft dropped the title from its North American line-up many months ago. After receiving good press in Japan, Majesco has decided to pick it up. "Phantom Dust is one of the great new titles we have scheduled to kick-off our 2005 product lineup," said Ken Gold, vice president of Marketing for Majesco. It'll launch this winter in 2005.
	American Final Fantasy Concert Tour Fans were given a treat last year in May with the Final Fantasy orchestral show in Los Angeles. The success of that event has lead to the decision of a countrywide concert tour. That's right, Square Enix will be taking the concert on tour across the U.S., starting with Chicago on February 19. Tickets are on sale now. Square Enix has yet to reveal any other locations or dates, but more are coming.
	Capcom Seeking Fan Input for PSP Line-up On its Japanese website, Capcom is asking gamers to offer feedback on what they would like to see on the PSP. They listed over a dozen franchises that they may be willing to revive based on the input. They're also interested in finding out what kind of wireless features are most appealing to gamers and what genres mesh the best with wireless play.
	Dynasty Warriors 5 in Development Koei is continuing their popular strategy action series with Dynasty Warriors 5. Their internal team Omega Force is behind the development and it's slated for a February/March release in the US and Japan while it's looking like a summer release for Europe.
	Atari Announces Retro Atari Classics for DS Atari pours on the nostalgia with their announcement of Retro Atari Classics, a new compilation for the Nintendo DS. Planned for release in March, the game will pack ten classic Atari games that are reinvented with modern graphics. The kick is the artists are "world renowned graffiti artists." The ten games are: Pong, Missile Command, Asteroids, Breakout, Centipede, Tempest, Warlords, Gravitar, Lunar Lander and Sprint.
	Misc. Q&As/Features GameSpots talks with the producer of Lumines, Tetsuya Mizuguchi. GameSpy speaks with the two in charge of BioWare and Jade Empire, Dr. Ray Muzyka and Dr. Greg Zeschuk.
	Misc. Media/Previews
	The Magic Box tosses our way some images of Kingdom Hearts II. IGN has new media for Shadow of Rome.
	The Jade Empire goodness rolls on at Game Informer. TeamXbox has some stuff too!
	GameSpot offers up plenty of new shots for Yoshi's Touch & Go (NDS). GamesAreFun has a way to add sub-titles to the new FF7: Advent Children (PSP) trailers.
	GameSpot spotlights the factions in Mercenaries (PS2, Xbox) and posts plenty of new shots for Killer 7 (PS2, GCN).