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Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy 13 has been given the trailer and screenshot treatment by Square Enix. Granted, the video below was released – and then pulled- back in December, but it’s back for the long haul this time out. Hit it up below. Lightning Returns, the final entry for Final Fantasy 13, will release sometime this year on PS3 and Xbox 360.

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Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy 13 is the next entry in the sprawling Fabula Nova Crystallis: Final Fantasy 13 series.

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Square Enix has announced plans to broadcast live feeds from each of the six stages at its Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary event, Andriasang reports. The six streams will be delivered via social video site Nico Nico. You’ll want to tune it at 11:30 Tokyo time on September 1, because that’s when a new Final Fantasy 13 game will be announced. Thanks to the wonders of time zone, a near-simultaneous celebratory even will take place at PAX.

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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Square Enix has released a new batch of screenshots to celebrate the launch of Final Fantasy XIII-2 in the UK today, and as one would expect from a FF game, they are drop dead gorgeous – even if they are just showing combat. Say whatever you will about the series’ gameplay or storylines over the years, there’s no denying it has always been one of the more visually pleasing franchises out there. This time out, the sequel to FFXIII puts players in the shoes of Lightning’s sister Serah as she a Noel, a hunter from the future, journey across the boundaries of time and ultimately come face-to-face with antagonist Caius Ballad and his interesting hair decor. It’s out on PS3 and Xbox 360.

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During an interview with Square Enix Members, Motomu Toriyama said that the follow-up to Final Fantasy XIII will have a storyline that is easier to understand, and they learned from XIII’s difficulties to explain complex concepts in the universe. More »

Speaking in a podcast, Square Enix public relations officer Akio Ofuji has explained a Final Fantasy XIII-3 domain registration as a defensive measure. According to Andriasang‘s translation, the registration was made by the US office, and Japanese staff weren’t aware about it until the story was picked up by press. Final Fantasy XIII-2 is due in Japan this month, with a Western release early next year on both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

With Final Fantasy XIII-2, Square Enix hopes new tech has reduced the visual disparity between the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 evident in Final Fantasy XIII.

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Have a look at these new screens for Final Fantasy XIII-2, and judge for yourself if producer Yoshinori Kitase’s claims of it being a “completely different experience” are true.

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Final Fantasy XIII producer Yoshinori Kitase has said the decision to develop a sequel was partly motivated by the depth of the game’s ficitonal universe.

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Gamespot has followed up its teaser with the full E3 2011 trailer for Final Fantasy XIII-2.

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Square Enix has announced its to re-release Final Fantasy XIII as a budget release in Japan for both PS3 and 360. The PS3 version will come under Square’s Ultimate hits line, while the 360 SKU will be part of Microsoft’s Platinum Hits collection, as the game is already in the Square line-up from its original release in the country last December.

Both PS3 and 360 will launch for ¥3,990 on July 21. Thanks, Andriasang.

Final Fantasy XIII owners may want to keep hold of their save game file for FFXIII-2, according to producer Yoshinori Kitase and director Motomu Toriyama.

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Square Enix has thrown the cat among the fanboy pigeons by quietly registering the domain name “FinalFantasy13-2game.com” – cue rampaging delight, outraged horror and wild speculation.

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We may have wound down for Christmas and New Year, but the news motored on, dropping a winceworthy headline for Deus Ex: Human Revolution and plenty more.

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Final Fantasy XIII won big at last night’s PlayStation Awards, getting the Platinum award.

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If you’re American, you should be interested in this.

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Despite conducting global focus testing on FFXIII following concerns that the game’s linearity may not appeal worldwide, feedback arrived “too late” to be implemented, the team’s confessed.

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