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PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 News by Robert Purchese

19 January, 2009

Square Enix will release the Final Fantasy XIII demo as part of the Japanese Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete animated film bundle on 16th April.

That's according to IGN, which says the 90 minute-long game sample will be available in two types of Advent Children package, both of which may work on European and US PlayStation 3 consoles.

Buyers can either go all out on a special console bundle, which includes the Advent Children film, 160GB PS3 and a copy of the FXIII demo. This costs JPY 49,980 (GBP 375).

Those just after software can pick up Advent Children plus FXIII demo for JPY 5,900 (GBP 44).

While the demo will presumably be voiced and written in Japanese, there will be an English voice-over option for the Advent Children film, which is nice.

Square Enix has still to make a move regarding the European demo, but suggested to Eurogamer that there may be something to announce in the not too distant future.

"Currently the Final Fantasy XIII demo will only be available in Japan with the Blu-ray release of Final Fantasy VII - Advent Children Complete," said a spokesperson for the publisher. "We will have further news about the demo in the coming months so please wait for future announcements."

Final Fantasy XIII proper will launch across Japan this year, the lucky devils, but not head west until April 2010 or later, according to Square Enix boss Yoichi Wada.

The role-playing game remains a PS3 exclusive for Japan, but will add an Xbox 360 version for Europe and the US. This, however, will not begin development until the Sony SKU has been finished.

Whether Square Enix will hold back the PS3 game in order to launch on both platforms simultaneously here is unclear, with official word restricted to "launch dates are still being determined for all countries and will be revealed in due course".

We've contacted the publisher to try and clear some of this up.

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Scimarad
19/01/09 @ 09:19
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At least we will finally have some idea what it's like. Why JRPG demos tend to let you try all the abilities out I'll never know...
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19/01/09 @ 09:24
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£44? Is that a typo? So much for SE not trying to milk the FF faithful.
Rash'
19/01/09 @ 09:26
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they will of course hold back the PS3 release here until the 360 game is ready for a simultaneous release. only fair i guess after R* did the same with GTA4
JohnnyWashnGo
19/01/09 @ 09:33
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Crikey - our crappy pound makes those Yen prices seem stupid.
bionutz
19/01/09 @ 09:51
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well if this is not a ps3 exclusive in Europe, I will probably get an Xbox360 instead of ps3
Widge
19/01/09 @ 09:52
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aside from then missing out on FFXIIIversus then
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19/01/09 @ 10:40
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@ Rash

Great logic there. Seeing as SE has fuck all to do with R*

I hope the demo ends up on PSN somewhere down the line. But seeing as this is still a year or more away I really am not that excited about it.
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19/01/09 @ 11:52
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'£44? Is that a typo? So much for SE not trying to milk the FF faithful.'

Especially considering that you can get the 2 disc edition for £5 on DVD
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19/01/09 @ 12:38
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If there's one company I would have serious tendencies to pirate from it's SE, seeing how they try to sell me shit I already payed for a couple of times over and over.
Artemus
19/01/09 @ 12:42
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Hmm, will the blu ray be region locked?
sonsonate
19/01/09 @ 12:53
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Wow, SE is still pushing Advent Children? O.O

Time to move on, mayhaps?

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Rash'
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they will of course hold back the PS3 release here until the 360 game is ready for a simultaneous release. only fair i guess after R* did the same with GTA4
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I'm pretty sure they are developing both versions at the same time. If they only did the PS3 version and then the Xbox 360: they would be releasing the demo with Final Fantasy XIV in USA / EU region. I bet they'll delay Versus XIV too because of the Xbox 360 version *crosses fingers*

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