Final Fantasy XIII

Final Fantasy XIII headlines

• Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy 13 announced

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

• Final Fantasy 13 announce, 25th Anniversary event to be live-streamed

  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 […]

• Next Final Fantasy XIII game to be announced at anniversary event

  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 […]

• Final Fantasy XIII announcements expected September 1

  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 […]

• Toriyama - large-scale internal development not in Square's future after FFXIII

  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.

• Quick Shots: Final Fantasy XIII-2 screens show a gorgeous game

  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 […]

• Director says FFXIII-2 will have easier-to-follow story than XIII

  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.

• Final Fantasy XIII-3 not on the cards despite domain registration

  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 […]

• FFXIII's "conspicuous" platform disparity reduced for FFXIII-2

  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.

• Kitase: FFXIII-2 is a "completely different experience"

  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.

• Final Fantasy XIII's fiction "too big" for just one game

  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.

• FFXIII-2 E3 trailer, FFXIII to be updated

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

• FFXIII gets budget re-release in Japan this July

  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 […]

• Square: Keep your FFXIII saves for FFXIII-2

  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.

• Square Enix nabs Final Fantasy XIII-2 domain name

  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.

• Christmas break 2010 news round-up - Deus Ex delayed, new LA Noire footage, tons more

  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.

• FFXIII, MW2, GoWIII big winners at PlayStation Awards

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

• GameFly drops Splinter Cell: Conviction, Mass Effect 2, FFXIII to sub-$20

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

• FFXIII focus feedback came "too late," devs admit

  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.