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Final Fantasy XII HMV launch

Dress up to win stuff.

London's Oxford Street HMV is hosting another game launch on 23rd February, and this time it's Final Fantasy XII, the next instalment in the immensely-popular JRPG series, which is being celebrated.

The event will run between 12pm and 2pm, and gift wristbands will be given out as early as 9am.

If you snag one of these bands and are one of the first 100 to purchase the game, you'll receive a Moogle soft toy and a CD of five tracks selected by composer Hitoshi Sakimoto.

If you're one of the next 200 people and have a wristband, then you'll also get the limited edition CD, specially put together for the launch event.

All attendees will also have a chance to win a trip to Japan, by entering a free competition.

But it wouldn't be a game launch without a fancy-dress competition, so Square Enix talent spotters will be dishing out freebies to those with the best outfit on the day. What will you dress up as, Eurogamer readers?

And what's more, are you excited about FFXII? We gave it the highest mark imaginable (yes, 28) and couldn't recommend it more, although this probably counts as doing that. You can find our review elsewhere on the site.