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Final Fantasy XIII's Final Trailer 4 Days Away
It's been over three years since we saw the first Final Fantasy XIII trailer at E3 2006 and I bet most of you never thought you'd have to wait this long to see the last one. Square Enix has updated the official site with a countdown for the last Final Fantasy XIII trailer and we have 4 days to wait. W...
Yesterday
Latest Final Fantasy XIII Screenshots
Game Watch have posted a huge amount of new Final Fantasy XIII screenshots including Hope fighting with Alexander and loads of new pictures of the games land and cityscapes. Source: Game Watch
Shonen Jump: New Final Fantasy XIII Scans
Shonen Jump's latest Final Fantasy XIII feature has worked it's way onto the internet and it comes with a host of all new gameplay screenshots. Scale is the focus in these screenshots with many images showing off the vast landscape in the game as well as the huge monsters that'll be wanderin...
Friday, Nov 13
17 New Final Fantasy Screenshots from Famitsu
Famitsu have uploaded the direct feed screenshots featured in the Final Fantasy XIII feature from the 26/11 issue of Weekly Famitsu - 17 of them. They include Hope and his summon Alexander, the Crystarium character growth system and some stunning new environments - featuring dancing mo...
Exclusive Xbox Live Item for Final Fantasy XIII
Microsoft sure know how to market Final Fantasy XIII for their console. To go with todays announcement, Xbox.com is calling all Twitter users to "Retweet" a message for the chance to win an exclusive Xbox Live item for Final Fantasy XIII. We have no idea what the item is but you can bet people wi...
Final Fantasy XIII Coming March 9th In North America and Europe
Final Fantasy XIII is coming March 9th in North America. We assume it's a simultaneous release with Europe from the way it was revealed in the video but I'm sure we'll get confirmation soon. Leona Lewis will be performing the theme for the English version with her song song "My Hands".
Thursday, Nov 12
Shonen Jump: Lightning's New Weapon
Shonen Jump's latest issue includes a new feature on Final Fantasy XIII with new screenshots and for the first time, proof that characters will be able to acquire new weapons. In the second screenshot included in the first scan, you can clearly see Lightning fighting a Flan with a new, neve...
Wednesday, Nov 11
New Final Fantasy XIII Video in Playstation Home this Friday
The US Playstation Blog has posted an update on what we can expect from the super special Final Fantasy XIII announcement this Friday. Apparently a "never-seen-before" Final Fantasy XIII Video is going to be aired in the 10-Screen Theatre on Playstation Home. We aren't sure if this is goin...
Tuesday, Nov 10
Final Fantasy XIII Insert Song "Eternal Love" Preview
The single for Final Fantasy XIII's main theme is being released on the 2nd of December and as well as containing the song Kimi ga aru kara, a second insert song announced at the Premiere Party will also be included.
Monday, Nov 9
Huge Special FFXIII Video Announcement this Friday
We already knew thanks to Square Enix's puzzle a few days ago that we'd be receiving some kind of announcement this Friday. Now Square have confirmed this and promoted the announcement to "Special" and "Huge". Final Fantasy XIII Official European Site
Official Final Fantasy XIII Website Updated - Field
Square Enix updated Final Fantasy XIII's official website today with a new Field tab. All that's there at the moment is a little thing on Palumpolum and some images that - as far as I can tell - have all been seen before, mostly recently, and there's not a thing interesting among them, but it's...
Friday, Nov 6
FFXIII Anagram Solved: Announcement Nov Thirteenth
It could be plenty of things ranging from the announcement of an English demo or the confirmation of a Western release date but it looks like we'll have to wait a week to find out what they're holding from us. Source: A puzzle for FINAL FANTASY XIII fans! - Forum thread
Square-Enix Members Final Fantasy XIII Puzzle
Square Enix North America has posted a puzzle on the Square Enix Members blog for fans of Final Fantasy XIII to solve. The puzzle is an anagram which they'll reveal the answer to on Monday. Here's the message: Solve this anagram to find out what lies ahead: A Henchmen Inventor Tent Unto
Shonen Jump: FFXIII Chocobos, Alexander and FFXIV Beta Codes
Shonen Jump has two new pages full of brand new screenshots including a preview of the first full size Chocobo and also Hope's now confirmed summon, Alexander. Shonen Jump also says that Final Fantasy XIII will come with Final Fantasy XIV beta codes when it's released in Japan.
Thursday, Nov 5
Wada: Final Fantasy XIII International Release Possibly this Fiscal Year
Square-Enix announced their third quarter earnings for this year earlier today in Tokyo. At the conference, Square-Enix's President Yoichi Wada revealed that sales had increased 39.3% this quarter and they're set to increase a lot more next quarter with the release of Final Fantasy XII...
Monday, Sep 14
Final Fantasy XIII Character Serah Fallon Detailed
Although she may have featured heavily in some of the recent footage we received from the Final Fantasy XIII Premiere, we now have some real information about our new fully named character Serah Fallon. Like usual, this information will probably be confirmed when Square Enix adds her to t...
Saturday, Sep 12
Famitsu China: 11 New Final Fantasy XIII Scans
The latest issue of Famitsu has been released in China and it contains a brand new Final Fantasy XIII feature inside. The scans sum up most of the media shown at the Final Fantasy XIII Premiere. Thanks to our forum member Dominique for finding them. Source: Endless
Tuesday, Sep 8
Final Fantasy XIII Japanese Pre-orders Begin
Play-Asia have now begun accepting pre-orders for the Japanese version of Final Fantasy XIII. Those of you wanting to import the game can order it now for the listed price of $89.90US which is cheaper than Square-Enix's earlier announced RRP of $100. The game will be completely in Japanese b...
Famitsu: New Final Fantasy XIII Direct Feed Screenshots
While the Final Fantasy XIII Premiere Event is having a break, Famitsu have conveniently posted some new direct feed screenshots of Final Fantasy XIII for you to have a look at. They're the same two new screenshots featured in the latest issue but of course at higher quality.
Tuesday, Aug 25
Jill Nabato Actually Jihl Nabaat and Yaag's Superior
Nao Ikeda, the sub-character designer for Final Fantasy XIII told Famitsu that "After graduating first in her class, Nabaat exercised her skills effortlessly within PSICOM and advanced steadily through the ranks. She handles daily policy and takes strategic command of the military w...
Thursday, Aug 20
GC09: New Final Fantasy XIII Developers Interview
Yoshinori Kitase: Japanese RPGs have traditionally always been command-based, and it’s all about really taking your time to strategise and work your way through the battles. That’s really what Final Fantasy has been as a series, but in XIII [there’s] more action. It’s still a command-ba...
Sunday, Jun 14
Final Fantasy XIII Official Site Updated
Square Enix's official Final Fantasy XIII site has been updated with a new Summons section. Currently, it has information on Snow's Shiva summon with Lightning's Odin summon designated as "coming soon". Official Website (Japanese)
Saturday, Jun 13
New Final Fantasy XIII Famitsu Scans and Screenshots
The new issue of Famitsu contains a feature on Final Fantasy XIII's appearance at E3. It's full of screenshots from the recent trailers we received around the E3 period which unfortunately means there's nothing new. Famitsu have also posted 6 screenshots on their website.
Saturday, May 23
FFXIII showing at E3, huge posters in LA and US release window
Square Enix members has finally had an update which shows the construction of some huge Final Fantasy XIII advertisements in LA, GTA style. The posters clearly read "COMING 2010", which was fairly predictable. This also a nod towards an appearance at E3 and according to their post, they ha...
Friday, Jan 9
Podcast: New Official Final Fantasy XIII Screenshots, Artwork and Music
It didn't take long for people to decompile Square-Enix's new flash official Final Fantasy XIII site. From the site we now have some huge official character renders of Lightning, Vanille and Snow, some of the screenshots we've received in the latest selection of scans released official...
Tuesday, Dec 30
Famitsu Weekly's New Years Interview with Kitase
From "Famitsu Weekly," issue #1048, dated 2009 1/9-16, as part of Famitsu Weekly's interviews of 21 creators from the gaming industry. Kitase (hereafter "K"): This year I was set to work on Sigma Harmonics and Final Fantasy Dissidia, two portable games.
Thursday, Nov 27
Kikizo: Final Fantasy XIII Kitase and Hashimoto Interview
Kikizo, one of the better interview sites out there, has had the chance to talk to Shinji Hashimoto and Yoshinori Kitase about Final Fantasy XIII. The interview talks about all general aspects about Final Fantasy XIII including where they are at the moment, the changes in next generation...
Friday, Nov 21
Re: Final Fantasy XIII: Versus and Agito Trailers December 13th too
Final Fantasy XIII [DKS3713 Trailer] Final Fantasy Versus XIII [DKS3713 Trailer] Final Fantasy Agito XIII [JUMP FESTA 2008 (2007.12) Trailer] Dissidia: Final Fantasy [TGS2008 Trailer] Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete [TGS2008 Trailer]
Thursday, Oct 23
New Chinese Famitsu Final Fantasy XIII, Versus and Agito Scans
The scans contain a lot of new images such as Sera from Final Fantasy XIII being attacked by a flying monster, Final Fantasy Agito XIII screenshots showing the battle system very clearly and some extra shots of the Party Scene from Versus. You really do need to see these.
Tuesday, Oct 21
V-Jump: New Final Fantasy XIII, Versus and Agito Scans
V-Jump has some new Final Fantasy XIII, Versus and Agito Scans containing the new screenshots from TGS. Unfortunately they're just photos but we'll update you when higher quality scans are available. They aren't too different to the recent Shonen Jump scans and they are quite poor qualit...
Sunday, Oct 19
Final Fantasy XIII and Versus Posters For Sale in Japan
Last month, Square-Enix told us on their Official Goods Shop site that they would be selling Final Fantasy XIII posters at their stall during the Tokyo Game Show. Now you can buy the Final Fanatsy XIII and Versus poster together from their online store...if you live in Japan. It costs 1000¥ for b...
Wednesday, Oct 15
Shonen Jump: New Final Fantasy XIII, Versus and Agito Scans
We had a little preview of the new Shonen Jump scans earlier today when we discovered the blonde Final Fantasy XIII character's name was Snow. Well here are the full scans and they feature new screenshots of Final Fantasy XIII, Versus and Agito. There doesn't seem to be a huge amount of new inf...
Sunday, Oct 12
TGS08: Final Fantasy XIII, Versus & Agito Trailer Details
FINAL FANTASY XIII Changes to the airship we've seen previously. This thing is huge and small airships that resemble fish (green beams the top and bottom that are shaped like the spine in fins). The mother airship sends out green circle markers in which the airships fly through, into a docki...
Sunday, Aug 31
Dengeki Final Fantasy Versus XIII Interview Translated
Our forum member epsilon has once again provided us with a translated interview. This time the interview is from the latest issue of Dengeki Playstation who talked with Nomura during DKS3137. He re-confirms that Final Fantasy Versus XIII will be a worldwide Playstation 3 exclusive and cl...
Wednesday, Aug 20
Famitsu: Final Fantasy Versus XIII Nomura Interview
Back four days ago, we posted the new Famitsu scans with a few details concerning each of the games. Thanks to epsilon, we now have the full Final Fantasy Versus XIII Nomura interview translated. It includes a few small extra details and the confirmation from Nomura that we will hopefully be...
Saturday, Aug 16
Famitsu: Final Fantasy XIII Demo 90 Minutes and More!
Final Fantasy XIII The Final Fantasy XIII demo will be released on a separate disc to Advent Children: Complete, meaning that us outside Japan can import it without having to worry about region coding. It will be the entire opening of the game which should be 90 minutes of playtime.
Sunday, Jul 20
Final Fantasy XIII on Xbox 360 Causes Suicide?
Many of us have been severly let down by Square-Enix after their announcement that Final Fantasy XIII would be seeing a release on Xbox 360 but I doubt any of us have been hit as hard as this. Apparently a GameFAQs member has been contemplating suicide after this announcement.
Wednesday, Jul 16
How will Final Fantasy XIII do on the Xbox 360?
As you probably know by now, Final Fantasy XIII is coming to the Xbox 360 in both the US and Europe. Square-Enix and Playstation 3 fans were a little upset, but it's not as bad as the hardcore dedicated fans might think. Japan will be getting Final Fantasy XIII exclusively on Playstation 3. Squa...
Tuesday, Apr 1
Podcast: Final Fantasy XIII TGS 07 Closed Mega Theater Sound Recording?
Forever Fantasy has recieved a tip with an audio recording of the TGS 07 FFXIII trailer shown in the Closed Mega Theater. The trailer begins about 18 seconds into the recording after the Advent Children Complete trailer and it actually has voices. It's hard to hear what's being said because...
Saturday, Mar 8
FFXIII Video on Square-Enix Mobile News Channel
Square-Enix has released a new promotional video for Final Fantasy XIII on the Square-Enix mobile channel. The video was shown at a private event and has now been publishes to Square-Enix's mobile channel. Unfortunately it's only available to people with a FOMA 905i series phone in Japan...
Friday, Feb 22
GDC 08: Q&A and FFXIII Presentation
Once the Q&A was finished, a Final Fantasy XIII trailer was shown, and by starting the presentation Kamikokuryo tried to sum up the Plot of Final Fantasy XIII without giving to much detail, but all his translator could summarize was "characters have to fight against the world... the wor...
Wednesday, Feb 20
Japanese Analysts: No FFXIII until 2010
After saying the rumors going round about Final Fantasy XIII seeing a release in 2008 were dismissed by Square-Enix officially, Japanese Analysis are saying they don't think that Final Fantasy XIII will release until Spring 2010, according to Kotaku.com.
Saturday, Jan 19
Final Fantasy XIII and Versus V-Jump Scans Translated
BlankChocobo, our new translator, has translated all of the eight new V-Jump scans we received two days ago into English. The scans give the basic background story of the game and explains some of the summons in Final Fantasy XIII. The Final Fantasy Versus XIII scans only describe the new ch...
Thursday, Dec 13
Official CLOUD Site Opened
It's now Friday in Japan, marking the official release date of the CLOUD artbook and accompanying DVD. Media Works have now opened the official site for the book which confirms all the trailers which are appearing on the Special DVD and has a preview of some of the pages in the book, includin...
Monday, Dec 3
New Fabula Nova Crystallis trailers at Jump Festa
Final Fantasy IV (NDS) Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles (WII WARE) Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy XIII (PS3/Mobile): New trailers in Closed Mega Theater Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete (Blu-ray): Video in Closed Mega Theater
Monday, Nov 26
Fabula Nova Crystallis TGS Trailers go public at Jump Festa?
Jump Festa runs for 3 days, but free admission to the event starts on 22nd December and ends on 23rd December. Rumor also has it that the trailers of Fabula Nova Crystallis (Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy Versus XIII and Final Fantasy Agito XIII) which were shown at the Tokyo Game Show in S...
