Square Enix of the famed Final Fantasy games has released Chaos Rings for iPad. As with the rest of Square Enix titles on the App Store, Chaos Rings for iPad is a little more expensive than other games at $15.99. To celebrate the launch, Square Enix is having a sales of all its iPad and iPhone games. Chaos Rings for iPhone is now at $9.99 down from $12.99. Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy II for iPhone are now $6.99 down from their $8.99 normal price. Check out Square Enix on the App Store.

The Facebook wonder FarmVille is now available on the App Store, after a high profile presentation alongside Steve Jobs in WWDC beginning of the month. The app is called “FarmVille By Zynga”, probably to differentiate it from the many third party apps about FarmVille (guides, manual, cheatsheets etc).

FarmVille iTunes link

Portal 2 is coming in 2011 to a Mac near you…

Ubisoft brings Prince of Persia to the iPhone and iPad. This is not the port of the 3D version Xbox/PS3 game but the original game that started the series back in 1989. Prince of Persia game is first released for Apple II and later ported to PC and other platforms. And now you can relive your past adventure with Prince of Persia Retro. It is a universal binary for both iPhone and iPad, and is at US$0.99.

Prince of Persia Retro iTunes link

Valve has released one of the biggest PC classic first-shooter game Half-Life 2 on the Mac on its Steam gaming platform. It is now at a launch offer of US$6.99.

To celebrate the launch of Half-Life 2 on Mac, Valve has a commercial.

If you find the Half-Life 2 for Mac commercial familiar, check out this:

Valve has released Steam for Mac, its online gaming platform which had been exclusively for PC users since 2004. Now you can play the steam powered games on both PC and Mac, and yes Bootcamp is not required.

57 games are made available for the Mac as part of the launch: Portal, TorchLight, Steam Play etc. Notably missing are games such as Half-Life, Left 4 Dead and Team Fortress but no doubt these popular titles will be made available for the Mac eventually. For each Wednesday for the next few weeks Valve will release a new set of games playable on the Mac.

To celebrate the Steam for Mac launch, Portal is now free until 24th May. Download Steam Now.

ColorWare now offers choices of color for PS3 Slim. It will cost you $149 to send yours in, or you can purchase PS3 Slim direct from ColorWare for $449.

You can customize the PS3 logo, the top of the console, the bottom of your console or even the controller. Once colorized, everything is high-gloss and scratch resistant.

Via ChipChick

Sony presented its keynote at E3. PSP Go is the big announcement. Here is the summaries:

• 364 games coming to the PlayStation platforms (PS3+PS2+PSP) this year. 22 million PS3 sold last year. 24 million registered accounts on PlayStation Network in 55 countries.

• Uncharted 2 and 256-player MAG for PS3 are demoed.

• Sony unveiled PSP Go, the second-generation PSP. Spec and look is the same as what has been leaked. 40% lighter than the original PSP-1000. 16G Internal Flash, built-in Wi-Fi, integrated Bluetooth, sliding control pad and M2 memory port.

• PSP Go will go on sale in North America on Oct 1 for $249, the same price as the original PSP when launched. It will not replace PSP-3000 or UMD, which will co-exist.

• All PSP games going forward will be digitally distributed via the PlayStation Network and its PlayStation Store. But also delivered to retail via UMD.

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Microsoft has a busy day at E3 with a slew of announcements that put Xbox 360 and Xbox Live squarely on the top of the games in term of coolness and features.

• Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr were on stage for The Beatles: Rockband game. Yoko Ono Lennon made appearance as well.

• Microsoft showed off Final Fantasy XIII on XBox 360. The title will be a spring 2010 release.

• Exclusive games announced include Shadow Complex, Joyride, Crackdown 2, Left 4 Dead 2, Splinter Cell: Conviction, Forza 3, Halo Reach and Alan Wake.

• You will be able to add movies to your Netflix queue, no need to go to your desktop. You will also be able to search through the entire Netflix catalog on Xbox itself.

• Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima appeared on stage to announce Metal Gear Solid Rising for Xbox 360. This is big blow to PS3 as Metal Gear Solid has long been a Playstation exclusive.

• The video store in Xbox Live is now branded Zune, and will add 1080p full HD instant-on streaming with 5.1 channel audio. The service will be available in 18 countries (US, Canada, UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands, Austria, Australia and New Zealand). But you need 8Mbps downstream for your internet connection in order to enjoy it.

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This week is E3 week (June 2-4 at Los Angeles Convention Center) with Sony’s press conference scheduled on June 12 11am. But a leak before the event gives a glimpse of Sony’s next-generation portable gaming device PSP Go.

One notable ‘feature’ of PSP Go is the lack of UMD drive, which is the disc media when you purchase PSP game in retail store. All future games are downloads only, and people who upgrade from PSP to PSP Go can not replay those games purchased in UMD media.

Removing UMD drive is significant, it is one step closer to a total online and disc-less future. It spells the death nail to Sony’s UMD disc format and will impact Sony’s retailers financially. Whatever, it is a bold move on Sony’s part, and is a step ahead of its rival Nintendo.