Square Enix declares Final Fantasy 13-3 domain registration a precaution

By Robert Purchese Published 5 December, 2011

It doesn't sound like the game exists.

Don't panic - the Final Fantasy 13-3 domain name was secured only as a precaution, Square Enix has explained.

In fact, Square Enix Japan had no idea Square Enix US was going to snap the domain up.

That's what Square Enix PR Akio Ofuji said during the latest Square Enix Channel Radio broadcast, according to Andriasang.

The issue was brought to Ofuji's attention by Square Enix Channel Radio host Asukra Nishi, who's also a voice actress. She asked Ofuji for a job voicing Final Fantasy 13-3, you see - a project she'd heard about on the internet.

And then Ofuji told her.

Final Fantasy 13-2 exists, in part, to right the wrongs of Final Fantasy 13. That Square Enix should need a third Final Fantasy 13 game to finish the job seems unlikely.

Far better to wipe clean the slate and embark on Final Fantasy 15, we say.

Final Fantasy 13-2 is shaping up well. Fred Dutton saw the game for Eurogamer and talked to producer Yoshinori Kitase this autumn. His Final Fantasy 13-2 preview awaits.

Active battles in Final Fantasy 13-2.

Picture of Robert.

About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds. @Clert on Twitter.

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Comments (8) Latest comment 6 months ago

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  • Toothball #1 6 months ago

    Presumably that whole modernwarfare3.com thing got them a bit concerned. Reasonably so too.

  • Nico4 #2 6 months ago

    Sure that's what they are saying... for now

  • kickerconspiracy #3 6 months ago

    It doesn't sound like the game exists.

    Given the state of the series, perhaps it's just as well.

  • Chibi-Kibou #4 6 months ago

    Honestly? No worries either way.

    I still find all this freaking out over sequels and ragging on the series as illustrated by the above poster shocking; if they feel one of their games has more in its world could be explored then farbeit for anyone - Purchese's typically opinion-swamped reporting included - to tell them what they can and cannot make.

    For me the issues arise when control of whether or not to go ahead is taken away from the creators for financial reasons - ala the loss of Shenmue's two through ten in favour of skipping chapter 2, a consolidated 3-5 and no final chapters at all, or CAPCOM forcing Keiji Inafune to never finish his Megaman stories because they wanted to continue pushing simultaneous sequels in all the series' time periods.

    In the meantime, people like kickerconspiracy should just be glad of the opportunity to vote with their wallets, so far as I'm concerned, rather than dropping sulky comments that given present context don't really even make all that much sense.
    Edited by Chibi-Kibou at 05/12/11 @ 12:47

  • Kendalf #5 6 months ago

    Well, if Yoshinori Kitase really was serious a couple of weeks ago when he said he'd like Final Fantasy to become an annual event, then maybe there's a little more to this than precaution...

  • dirtysteve #6 6 months ago

    Maybe they should also trademark milkedtodeath.com ?

  • Zerrin #7 6 months ago

    OK then, I'll just patent Final Fantasy XIII-4!

  • Nanakai #8 6 months ago

    I guess he didn't get the memo a few years ago. The one which said that the Fabula Nova Crystallis series, will last longer than the current Compilation of Final Fantasy VII (in it's 7th year out of a potential 15). Meaning XIII-3 is definitely a viable option, and probably more likely than not, to become an actual release. I hope it does anyway, I thought XIII was great, and I'm really looking forward to XIII-2 =)