Leipzig's over and the Tokyo Game Show won't be till October. But that doesn't mean there won't be any other conferences around to satisfy ever-curious gamers' appetites. And this time, we won't even have to fly overseas. The Austin Game Developers Conferences is coming up next, and they've added in a nice touch to this year's event.

And no, I kid you not. A PC version of FFXIII is in the works. These words come straight from Yoshinori Kitase, producer of Final Fantasy XIII, (PS3, Xbox 360) when he spoke to NVIDIA press relations at the recent E3 Media & Business Summit 2008. We guess all the emotions drawn from the announcement of Final Fantasy XIII on the Xbox 360 forced every other word that Square Enix said to fall on deaf ears, but luckily, someone was listening. And listened good. The details at the full story.

Yet another one boards the "hate E3" wagon. David Perry, founder of Shiny Entertainment and chief creative officer at Acclaim, has called the event "broken," "stupid," and an "embarrassment." More after the "read more" link.

Speaking at the GDC in Paris, BioShock (PS3, Xbox 360, PC) lead programmer Chris Kline said that the game should gave failed from the get-go. This caught many attendees by surprise because BioShock was one of last year's most decorated titles. Why did Kline say this? Find out in the full article up ahead.

Ben Cousins, executive producer at EA's DICE studio, revealed that DICE actually has five different Battlefield games in varying stages of development, including Battlefield: Bad Company (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) and Battlefield Heroes. Learn more after the jump!

The voice talent behind Gears of War 2's Cole Train, Lester Speight,  was at a recent U.S. convention where he gave out a potential release date for Epic Games' upcoming video game. If you want to find out more head on over to the full article by clicking on the release date.

Those of you who might have already seen the slow downs found in the initial videos of Ninja Gaiden 2 shouldn't be so quick to judge the game. Team Ninja explained that gamers shouldn't worry too much about these issues as the company fully plans on resolving them by the time the final version hits stores. Find out what else the devs had to say, as well as the added bonus they had for their fans, in our full article after the jump.

The director of product management for both the Xbox 360 and Xbox Live, Aaron Greenberg, recently shared a few thoughts about the upcoming 360-exclusive downloadable content for Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto IV (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3). He also threw out a response to how Sony's year is shaping up. To find out what he had to say, head on over to the full article.

Head tracking is one of the biggest selling points of Electronic Arts' Boom Blox .Unfortunately, it looks like the final version of the game will not be sporting this feature. To find out more, head on over to the full article for more information.

Telltale's Sam & Max series of episodic content has been getting a lot of attention lately. If you've ever wondered what made the game's episodic marketing model pretty successful, head on over to the full article where Telltale's CEO Dan Connors spoke about just that.