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Square-Enix had a strong run of IP last year, but its latest financial report makes for uneasy reading. The Japanese firm has published a loss of ¥5.7 billion for the nine-month period ended December 31st 2012, and cites the increasingly difficult console market as a key factor.

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This week’s Famitsu, via Andriasang, has a few more slim details regarding a promised announcement at a Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary event. Producer Yoshinori Kitase said Square Enix will announce a new title in the Final Fantasy XIII series. The new game, if that’s what it is, has just gone into production, and is being called “Lightning Saga” until the official title is released on September 1. Good news for fans of FFXIII-2, less so for those hoping to hear something Versus XIII.

Square Enix has detailed its plans for a three day Final Fantasy 25th anniversary event, and according to Andriasang, will give a presentation on the future of the Final Fantasy XIII “project”. It’s not entirely clear what this means although there won’t be any more DLC for Final Fantasy XIII-2 – so we may be graced with a XIII-3, if domain names are anything to go by. But wait, there’s more – maybe the publisher will finally give us some hope for the long-delayed Final Fantasy Versus XIII, or a sequel to Type-0, both once touted as part of the Fabula Nova Crystallis sequence. The FFXIII presentation takes place on September 1.

Motomu Toriyama, director of FFXIII and FXIII-2, said during at GDC Taipei that Square Enix plans to avoid large-scale development in the future after its experience with FFXIII-2.

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Amazon‘s offering for today only another Gold Box games deal. Prototype 2 will be discounted to $29.99, with Final Fantasy XIII-2, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, the premium edition of Disgaea 4 and more set to join it. There’s more through the link.

Thanks, Joystiq.

Not yet sure if you should lash out on the Snow DLC for Final Fantasy XIII-2? See everyone’s least favourite guardian in his lightly less dudebro sequel form in the trailer through the break.

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Square Enix has announced the final two DLC story chapters for Final Fantasy XIII-2, Lightning’s Story: Requiem of the Goddess” &
“Snow’s Story: Perpetual Battlefield, are out now on Xbox Live Marketplace from today and on the European PSN from tomorrow. Lightning’s DLC will cost £2.99/400 MS points, while the Snow content will set you back £2.39/320 MS points. Costumes for Serah, Noel and Mog are also available from today.

Watch the launch trailer for the Lightning DLC here.

Square Enix has released a stylish trailer for Final Fantasy XIII-2′s Requiem of the Goddess DLC pack. The content pack will release in Japan today, and details the fight between Lightning and Caius. Completing the DLC missions will allow you to unlock the newer Lightning character model for your team. The DLC will also arrive in the west, but has no launch date yet. Two other DLC packs are also releasing today – The Snow and Valfodr DLC pack and the Mage and Moogle costume DLC pack. You can check out the trailer after the break.

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The Requiem of the Goddess DLC for Final Fantasy XIII-2 will release on May 15, according to PlayStation Taiwan. The previously announced content is Lightning-centric, and also contains White and Black Mage outfits for Serah and Noel. As previously announced, the Arena of Eternity featuring Snow and Valfodr-centered content, also releases on May 15. Thanks, Gematsu.

Square has released a set of Final Fantasy XIII-2 screens and renders for Episode 3 Lightning: Requiem of the Goddess. The DLC is to be released on May. Also set for release in May are new costumes for Noel and Serah who can don the attire of a Black Mage or a White Mage, respectively. Finally, also set for release in May is the Moogle “Yori Dori Modori” 16 Costume Pack. All shots are below, and courtesy of Andriasang. Higer resolution shots are through here.

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The latest issue of Fasmitsu has revealed the next two characters for the Coliseum Mode in Final Fantasy XIII-2 as Snow and Valfodr. The episode for Snow, which is new and themed as “Don’t fight for me,” will show the emotional bond between Snow and Serah. Director Motomu Toriyama told Famitsu the episode will “clear up some mysteries behind the coliseum itself,” as well as learn about Snow’s mission as a L’Cie. Valfodr will be able to use weapons, magic and summons to the point where you will have to best him multiple times throughout the episode. Each time, he comes back at higher level with additional abilities. He’s the strongest, and “the last boss” you’ll face in the Coliseum and at max level will be the most “powerful monster in Final Fantasy XIII-2 as a whole.” Snow’s learnable arsenal consists of Hellflame, Hellspark, Hellstorm and Hellfreezer. Lots of Hell, apparently. The content will be released on the May 15th. Big thanks, Andriasang.

Put Noel in an Assassin’s Creed outfit. Battle Gilgamesh and PuPu. Dress Serah in a strange concoction of “style and steel” all this and more in the wonderful world of Final Fantasy XIII-2 DLC.

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Some screenshots of the Mass Effect-themed Final Fantasy XIII-2 DLC have popped up online and are posted below along with shots of the Ultros and Typhon colosseum battle DLC. It’s expected to go live in Japan next week and will be released in the west as well. Thanks, AGB.

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Square Enix will release Jihl Nabaat as a downloadable coliseum opponent in Final Fantasy XIII-2 in Europe and the US on March 13 which is the same day it launches in Japan on Xbox 360. It will land on PSN the following day and will run you $2.99/£1.59/€ 1.99/240 MSP. The first Lightning episode, “Lightning’s Story: Requiem of the Goddess,” will launch in mid-May with the exact date and pricing to be announced at a later date. Thanks, Gematsu.

Square Enix has announced the Lightning episodic story DLC, mentioned in Famitsu this week, will launch in mid-May as “Lightning’s Story: Requiem of the Goddess”.

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MCV‘s reporting that game sales in the UK for February were down by 29% compared to last year.

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Square’s released the first screenshots of the upcoming coliseum DLC for Final Fantasy XIII-2 featuring XIII antagonist Jill Nabaat. The content will see you take on Jill as part of the coliseum challenge, like past coliseum DLC. Defeat her and she’ll become part of your party. Get the screens at Andriasang.

The content launches in Japan next week for ¥300 on PSN and 240 MS points for XBLMP.

Final Fantasy XIII-2 will get a story episode featuring Lightning in May, this week’s Famitsu is reporting.

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Whispers say the Final Fantasy XIII-2 DLC barrage will not stop any time soon.

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Expecting that Chrono Trigger sequel anytime soon? It’s not called Chrono Bind anyways.

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