Scratch off that Autumn release you've noted for Dissidia: Final Fantasy. Square Enix has finally given a more specific release date for the game's PAL outing along with details about a new collector's edition. Hit the full article for more.

A video game's soundtrack can pull players into the game world and into the feel of the current scene. The greatest soundtracks (one probably being Koji Kondo's Super Mario theme) has stayed stuck in our heads even after playing. The Square Enix Party offered another sort of goodie for the music lovers-slash-gamers.

The guys at PSP Fanboy reported that those lucky basta- err... attendees of the Square Enix Party were given the music sampler CDs containing (*gasp*) music from Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core and Final Fantasy Dissidia. We all know that Final Fantasy titles sport the best soundtracks (Zen no Kotoba, anyone?). Anyway, the tracks included in the said freebie CD were Final Fantasy Dissidia's Overture to DISSIDIA and (Secret), and Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core's Last Order Crisis Mix- and Theme of Crisis Core.

All the tracks were composed by Takeharu Ishimoto - he's no Nobuo Uematsu, but he definitely delivered. Can't wait for the rest of the sound track and the games as well.