Tue, Jan 18, 2011 | 17:56 GMT

FFXIII-2 announced in Tokyo, to hit EU and US “next winter”

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Square Enix Europe has just announced Final Fantasy XIII-2 will arrive “next winter” in the region following its announce this morning at the publisher’s Japanese event.

SCEA has confirmed the same time-frame for an American release on the US PS Blog.

Square’s also released a mock-up of what it expects to be the cover art for the game. Get that at RPG Site.

The game will also feature a ” a battle system which has evolved further since XIII” as well as a new story following on from FFXIII.

Motomu Toriyama, director of FFXIII, will direct the game again. Yoshinori Kitase will most likely take on the producer role once again.

A new character was also shown alongside Lightning, as was a new logo, as seen above.

It’ll be out in 2011 in Japan.

Last week, it was discovered that “finalfantasyxiii-2game.com” was registered by Square Enix.

But talk of a sequel began back in March 2010, when after FFXIII launched, Kitase and Toriyama admitted they’d be up for developing a sequel.

The trailer for FFXIII-2 will launch on Thursday on the game’s official website here. We did post it below (thanks, DoubleM), but we’ve removed it at Square’s request.

Get full details on everything else shown at the conference here.

103 comments

#51

EscoBlades
18/01/11, 12:39 pm

Someone explain to me all this Final Fantasy naming convention crap….too many games, not enough explanation.

#52

Johnny Cullen
18/01/11, 12:40 pm

@49 – Yes.

#53

mingtons ghost
18/01/11, 12:40 pm

How long does it take ustream videos to get archived? do all streams get archived?

As there was a live stream about 20mn ago showing versus game play, it finished now. I’ll keep checking to see when it gets archived

http://www.ustream.tv/user/nintendo3ds/videos

#54

Erthazus
18/01/11, 12:41 pm

#55

mingtons ghost
18/01/11, 12:42 pm

@54 Too slow :) check comment 45, its better quality

#56

StolenGlory
18/01/11, 12:42 pm

@54 Nice.

But at @45 got there first with a better quality trailer.

#57

Patrick Garratt
18/01/11, 12:51 pm

Trailer added.

#58

mingtons ghost
18/01/11, 12:53 pm

dat lightning ass :)

#59

StolenGlory
18/01/11, 12:54 pm

Now all we need is for some enterprising chap to leak the other two trailers and we’re set! :D

#60

mingtons ghost
18/01/11, 12:55 pm

Versus trailer description from andriasang live blog:

The trailer appears to have a whole lot of gameplay footage, including combat scenes with swords and guns, a scene where you control a tank-like vehicle, a scene where you climb aboard a bipedal robot, a battle with a massive creature (this may be the combat scene from the TGS trailer), and a battle where Noctis wields his sword against a group of soldiers.

http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/01/18/square_enix_premier_live_blog/

this trailer must be out there, somewhere, as it happened 10 mins after the ff13-2 trailer

#61

Patrick Garratt
18/01/11, 12:59 pm

US date confirmed.

#62

mingtons ghost
18/01/11, 1:02 pm

I AM THE GREATEST MAN WHO EVER LIVED
*************************************
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/12092759

Agito trailer at about 18min mark

VERSUS trailer starts around 31mins
*************************************

#63

DoubleM
18/01/11, 1:03 pm

@62 YOU ARE THE GREATEST MAN WHO EVER LIVED! I’ll remember what you did man.

#64

StolenGlory
18/01/11, 1:07 pm

@62 Nice find Mington!

Just need em’ in better quality now :D

#65

frostquake
18/01/11, 1:07 pm

SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER Pat?????????????

Um I haven’t finished XIII, if I watch the Video am I going to have my Gameplay ruined?? If so could you put SPOILER WARNING with Video??

#66

StolenGlory
18/01/11, 1:08 pm

@65

Yeah, like I said earlier. That vid *Needs* a spoiler disclaimer. BIG TIME.

The first half of that trailer is essentially the ending to FFXIII.

#67

Unlimax
18/01/11, 1:13 pm

Hell~no . . SQUARE , you Disappointe me :(
what about the Next Parasite eve !!?.

#68

Johnny Cullen
18/01/11, 1:15 pm

We’ve had to pull the trailer at Square’s request. Sorry.

#69

mingtons ghost
18/01/11, 1:16 pm

Damn versus looks sweet, 7 min trailer. The combat looks like you take direct control of your characters actions but can switch between your party on the fly.

#70

52pickup
18/01/11, 1:16 pm

#71

Patrick Garratt
18/01/11, 1:16 pm

We’ve pulled the trailer :p

#72

StolenGlory
18/01/11, 1:19 pm

@70

You are win.

#73

StolenGlory
18/01/11, 1:19 pm

@71

Good job I used my Youtube downloader to D/L the trailer then :D

#74

mingtons ghost
18/01/11, 1:20 pm

@70 nice one :) i think i’ll watch it again

#75

mingtons ghost
18/01/11, 1:22 pm

http://www.youtube.com/user/nyaon60#p/u/2/nC5P3Jxvtzg
that youtube account has the Agito trailer to

#76

Suikoden Fan
18/01/11, 1:25 pm

that versus trailer gave me VERY STRONG FF8 vibes, my interest levels soared as a result

#77

DoubleM
18/01/11, 1:26 pm

I take back what I said, 52pickup IS THE GREATEST MAN WHO EVER LIVED; you’re the second one Mington.

#78

mingtons ghost
18/01/11, 1:31 pm

‘SECOND GREATEST MAN WHO EVER LIVED’ i’ll put that on my tomb stone :)

@76 i felt the same about it having a ff8 vibe, i think the clothes and more real world locations is what does it

#79

StolenGlory
18/01/11, 1:33 pm

Quite looking forward to Versus now I have to say.

#80

Monk
18/01/11, 1:42 pm

VERSUS, OMG !!
That the best thing I was waiting for !

Nomura, I love you <3

#81

StolenGlory
18/01/11, 1:43 pm

Watching the lower quality videos and feeds has actually made me salivate that much more to see the trailers in blistering 1080p!

Bring it on SE!

#82

Kuwabara
18/01/11, 1:44 pm

im 3/4 through ff13, and nothing in the game has impressed me. The graphics are never amazing, except some of the cutscenes, the art design is boring, low res textures, it looks like an early gen game. story is meh. Im playing the game and it feels like ive played the same thing before. dragon quest 8 is a million times better. Should i even bother finishing the game..

#83

mingtons ghost
18/01/11, 1:54 pm

@82 the open world bit towards the end of the game is quite enjoyable if you like the combat system, lots of side mission and stuff, but yeah the stories garbage

#84

CyberpunkCentral
18/01/11, 2:02 pm

I was not expecting this.

#85

NinjaMidget
18/01/11, 2:03 pm

Versus looks bitching! That is what a proper Final Fantasy game looks like! Back to the glory days of seven and eight!!!

#86

Deacon
18/01/11, 2:12 pm

The city scenes in Versus look wank. Battle looks mashy and Crisis Core-like. The rural areas look better but overall I’m not impressed.

All the legendary FF’s are turn-based. Versus just looks like a souped-up Bouncer at the moment.

#87

Erthazus
18/01/11, 2:14 pm

Versus looks really nice, but kinda Crisis Core style.

#88

Bond James Bond
18/01/11, 2:21 pm

God, gamers still care about FF? I feel sorry for the millions of fuck-wits that go out and buy these games based on the name alone.

The whole FF franchise is stale as fuck and has been for an age now.

To say the FF games are RPG’s is an insult to those developers who create “proper” RPG’s.

#89

StolenGlory
18/01/11, 2:25 pm

@88
’2+ million Fuckwits’?

Wow, that is a broad, sweeping judgement if I have ever seen one.

#90

back_up
18/01/11, 2:30 pm

FF 13 was lame and linear because of 360 and now they are making sequel for shitbox 360
Versus will be better than shitty linear FF13 – 2
PC users are pirates so nothing for them keep on pirating

#91

Bond James Bond
18/01/11, 2:35 pm

@89

I take it you’re one of them…

#92

Erthazus
18/01/11, 2:35 pm

“FF 13 was lame and linear because of 360 and now they are making sequel for shitbox 360″

link or GTFO

“Versus will be better than shitty linear FF13 – 2″

Can you give me your own copy of Versus? I want to play it.

“PC users are pirates so nothing for them keep on pirating”

PC users give an F about any Final Fantasy game + keep up sucking Playstation cock.

#93

StolenGlory
18/01/11, 2:37 pm

@91

I bought the game, it’s not my GOTY or anything but I can’t exactly say i’m a fuckwit.

Wow, you are miserable little runt aren’t you?

#94

back_up
18/01/11, 2:42 pm

http://gamer.blorge.com/2010/03/15/debate-xbox-360-blamed-for-final-fantasy-xiii-shortcomings/

If people don’t understand the difference between “WILL BE” and “IS” then it’s their fault

Then why so many PC gamers bought FF14 and get owned

#95

Hunam
18/01/11, 2:44 pm

PS3 users are all pirates now too. PSP users are bigger pirates than PC gamers.

#96

StolenGlory
18/01/11, 2:45 pm

It’ll be interesting to see if TEA goes for the bait on that one :)

#98

StolenGlory
18/01/11, 3:01 pm

@97

That comment aint gonna stay up for long :)

#99

Gekidami
18/01/11, 4:07 pm

Hey, looks like Vs. has real-time combat. Now thats interesting.

#100

topdoog1
18/01/11, 4:17 pm

I am not buying this 60$ DLC.

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