New FFXIII screens are live

Famitsu has live 17 new shots of Final Fantasy XIII, showing Hope and his summon Alexander, a couple of more enviroment shots, playable chocobos and detailing the Crystalium System.

They look nice, obviously.

The game is out in Japan for the PlayStation 3 on December 17.

Square announced on Friday that the game will get an EU-US sim-ship on Tuesday March 9 2010. Huzzah!