An official benchmark program for Final Fantasy XIV was released today [6/15/10], along with the following two videos:

The firs

BETA DETAILS: 
GamepotUSA is pleased to announce that the Fantasy Earth Zero Beta will begin on 3/3/10 at 3:00 pm PST and end on 3/10/10 at 3:00 pm PST.

For the uninformed, Fantasy Earth Zero is Square-Enix's upcoming F2P MMO that is just now being localized in the US. The game originally came out in 2006 in Japan, so naturally we're going to see quite a few people complaining about the older graphics... but they're missing the point. This game boasts numerous gameplay features and is quite ground-breaking for the Free-to-Play MMO market. The combat system is completely different from standard "point-click-attack" schemes found in other MMOs, and you'll even be able to use a Xbox360 controller for Windows.

FEZ is being localized by Gamepot USA, a fairly recent entry into the F2P market here in the US. Gamepot USA launched Bright Shadow late last year. They have been working hard to bring us a localized version of Fantasy Earth Zero, and I'm willing