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VideoVideo: LGBTI characters in games are important
And here's why.
Some tremendous steps toward LGBTI equality have been taken of late - the gay marriage referendum in Ireland being one particularly inspiring example. There's still a ways to go, of course, but overall it's encouraging to see acceptance growing in the public consciousness.
Final Symphony concert returns to London with music from FF5, 8, 9 and 13
And composer Nobuo Uematsu will be in town.
Final Fantasy concert Final Symphony returns to London this year.
Final Fantasy 13 PC will get 1080p support next week
To coincide with the Steam release of FF13-2.
Final Fantasy 13's PC release in October was met with a worrisome amount of disappointment and anger as its resolution was locked to 1280x720. Thankfully, modding extraordinaire Durante came to the rescue and released a mod that alleviated this problem, but not without a few flies in the ointment.
Final Fantasy 13 PC gets a mod to overcome its 720p lock
Durante saves the day once again.
Yesterday Final Fantasy 13 launched on Steam, but there was one problem: its resolution was locked to 1280x720. Thankfully, modder Durante - the hacker who saved the day when Dark Souls and Deadly Premonition suffered similar resolution woes on PC - has released a mod to fix this nonsense.
Final Fantasy 13 series is coming to PC
With the first Final Fantasy 13 dated for next month.
The Final Fantasy 13 series is coming to PC, Square Enix has announced.
FeatureWhy Xbox failed in Japan
From the archive: the inside story on Microsoft's greatest ever challenge.
Every Sunday we haul an exciting article out of the Eurogamer archive so you can read it again or enjoy it for the first time if you missed it. Wesley's piece on Xbox's trials and tribulations in Japan was originally published on 14th December 2012.
Final Fantasy 13 team set to unveil "new direction" for Lightning saga
Final Fantasy 13-3?
The Final Fantasy 13 development team is set to unveil a "new direction" for the Lightning saga.
Square Enix teases Final Fantasy 13-3
Suggests FF10 HD is a long way off.
Square Enix has teased more Final Fantasy 13 content - and some are speculating the Japanese publisher means to release Final Fantasy 13-3.
Tickets go on sale for Final Fantasy 25th Distant Worlds anniversary concert
Pay Ł135, meet Nobuo Uematsu.
Tickets are now on sale for the Final Fantasy 25th anniversary concert at the Royal Albert Hall.
Sakaguchi has faith in current Final Fantasy producer
But occasionally "complains a little bit".
While recent Final Fantasy games haven't been greeted with too much enthusiasm by fans, franchise creator Hironobu Sakaguchi says he still has plenty of faith in the series' current custodian Yoshinori Kitase.
Square Enix declares Final Fantasy 13-3 domain registration a precaution
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.
SE wants to release a Final Fantasy every year or two
To follow COD, Assassin's Creed, Battlefield model.
Square Enix wants to launch a new Final Fantasy once every year or two.
Square Enix hints at Final Fantasy 15 as an action RPG
"That's a trend, and you ignore things like that at your peril."
Square Enix has hinted that the inevitable Final Fantasy 15 may ditch the series' turn-based roots in favour of action role-playing gameplay.
Final Fantasy XIII-2 domain registered
More to come from Lightning and Snow?
A company that has registered website domains on behalf of Square Enix in the past has nabbed finalfantasy13-2game.com.
FeatureWhy I Hate... Final Fantasy
Role-playing gahhhhhhhh.
Hate is a powerful word. How often does it really apply? I'm not a fan of novelty crisp flavours or the Black-Eyed Peas, but do I truly hate them? Probably not.
360 Final Fantasy XIII flops in Japan
Held up by the snow? Lightning?
I doubt Japan ever expected to play Final Fantasy XIII on Xbox 360, but last week a cut-price, content-boosted version of the game on Microsoft's machine was released.
FFXIII: Mistakes, conflict, standstill
Game's makers slice open the cadaver.
Final Fantasy's arrival on current gen hardware was good, but not brilliant - and game creators Motomu Toriyama (director) and Akihiko Maeda have now explained why.
Wants "story where Lightning ends up happy".
Square Enix "wants" to do "something" that will allow players to "further understand" the Final Fantasy XIII story – and it could be a sequel.
No new episode for FFXIII - Square
Publisher clarifies earlier reports.
Square Enix has denied reports that the Ultimate Hits International edition of Final Fantasy XIII, which will bring the game to Japanese 360s for the first time, features new content.
FFXIII 360 heads to Japan, new content
Budget edition has extra episode.
Square Enix has confirmed that Japanese Xbox 360 owners will get to play Final Fantasy XIII after all, with the release of a special edition at the end of this year.
360 Final Fantasy XIII for Japan?
Xbox.com suggests so.
An Achievement list on the official Xbox website suggests Final Fantasy XIII will be released for the Xbox 360 in Japan.
Wada unsure of Final Fantasy's future
"Should FF become a new type of game?"
Square Enix boss Yoichi Wada has admitted that Final Fantasy XIII met with a mixed reaction from gamers, and that he's not sure if the long-running RPG series should look to change in the future.
FFXIII sells 5.5m units for Square Enix
DQIX, Batman help make record results.
Final Fantasy XIII and Dragon Quest IX have driven Square Enix sales through the roof.
The Japanese company today revealed a 42 per cent rise in revenue and a 50 per cent rise net income for the financial year ended 31st March 2010. Accountants were so pleased they used colour in the annual report.
Final Fantasy XIII - released early March 2010 - was the company's best performer. The role-playing game sold 5.55m units worldwide.
BioWare man: FFXIII is "not an RPG"
SWTOR writer courts controversy.
Final Fantasy XIII is not a true RPG by BioWare's definition, according to Star Wars: The Old Republic writing director Daniel Erickson.
Digital FoundryFinal Fantasy XIII: Endgame
Digital Foundry vs. FFXIII. The final analysis.
Final Fantasy XIII on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 was one of the biggest Face-Offs we've produced, but more than that it was an analysis of one of the biggest games - in terms of actual scope - that we've ever had to cover. In putting together the original piece, we were about a week ahead of the release: enough to do the game justice in terms of the comparison coverage, but not enough to see the whole game through to its conclusion, let alone on both platforms.
UK charts: Final Fantasy XIII is top
PS3 and 360 SKUs nearly neck and neck.
Final Fantasy XIII has become this year's fastest selling game and has topped the UK All-Formats chart.
FFXIII PS3 includes FFXIV beta invite
Monster RPG ships 5m copies.
There's a Final Fantasy XIV closed beta invite inside the PS3 Final Fantasy XIII box.
Rummage around near the manual and you'll find a code for the Square Enix Members website. Redeem and you'll be on a VIP list for the FFXIV closed beta. You'll also receive a special in-game item to use in the 14th Final Fantasy game.
Earlier this month, Square Enix told us that loyal FFXI players would be invited to a FFXIV closed alpha test on 11th March.
HMV throwing FFXIII party today
On Oxford Street in cor blimey London.
Final Fantasy XIII launches here today and HMV Oxford Street, London, is having a party.
Final Fantasy XIII on sale today
PS3 and 360 RPG hits elves. Shelves.
Square Enix has sent out a reminder that Final Fantasy XIII goes on sale in the US and Europe today on PS3 and Xbox 360.
Experience.
It's tempting to portray Final Fantasy at a crossroads: stumbling, after three unusually long years, into an unfamiliar landscape of multi-platform releases and a weak Japanese gaming industry, and onto a generation of console hardware that was already middle-aged by the time the great series showed up. Role-playing games have been scattered to the four winds of American sci-fi, pocket monster hunting, genre crossover and MMOs, and you might assume that Final Fantasy needed to do something to redefine itself.
But the truth is, it was ever thus. The first Final Fantasy, made as the young Square faced bankruptcy, was born and named in a desperation that was only ironic after the fact. Since then, despite its gargantuan success, the series has treated every moment like it was its last. Every Final Fantasy - especially since its arrival on disc and in 3D with the seventh game in 1997 - has been a reinvention, telling the same old story with new characters, new worlds, new tools, new systems, and ever-greater helpings of spectacle and sentimentality. They've always been a contradiction.
In that sense, Final Fantasy XIII is no different. On one hand, it sticks closer to the strict formal rhythms and linear underpinnings of the Japanese RPG than not just the divisive Final Fantasy XII, but even many of its predecessors. But the thirteenth game is also far more innovative and forward-thinking than it's been given credit for. It's as bold and intractable, as rebellious and respectful as one of the series' angsty teen heroes.
Digital FoundryFace-Off: Final Fantasy XIII
The neverending story.
The rumours are true. Final Fantasy XIII on Xbox 360 isn't anywhere near as impressive as it is on PlayStation 3. The real kicker is that it's a lot worse than it should have been.
Square Enix's latest epic - 4.5 years in the making - follows on the basic principles established by all of its PlayStation predecessors in combining an excellent 3D engine along with vast amounts of pre-rendered CG. This presented two very difficult issues for the developers tasked with porting an already mature PS3 work-in-progress over to the Xbox 360.
Firstly, the Crystal Tools engine needed to be translated across to the Microsoft platform. Secondly, the team had to find a way to compress over 32GB of CG to fit within the confines of three Xbox 360 DVDs - squeezed already by a copy protection mechanism that limits available space to a meagre 6.8GB, less than the storage potential of both PlayStation 2 and Wii.
Digital FoundryFFXIII uses much less space on 360
Digital Foundry explores and explains.
Website Ve3tro.com has reported the NXE hard disk install sizes for each of the three game discs that make up the Xbox 360 version of Final Fantasy XIII.
FFVII remake "unrealistic to happen"
It would take too long, says Kitase.
Yoshinori Kitase has built us up and now he is letting us down, explaining that remaking Final Fantasy VII to today's standards would simply take too long.
HMV to host Final Fantasy XIII launch
Kitase! Kamikokuryo! Free CDs! Alex Zane.
Square Enix has unveiled plans for the UK launch of Final Fantasy XIII.
HMV Oxford Street will hold a special event on the day the game is released, Tuesday 9th March, from 5.30pm - 7.30pm.
Producer Yoshinori Kitase will be on hand to meet fans, along with art director Isamu Kamikokuryo. DJ and TV presenter Alex Zane will MC the event.
Leona Lewis gives verdict on FFXIII
Graphics are "insane", says X-Factor star.
X-Factor winner Leona Lewis is appearing in a new TV advert for Final Fantasy XIII.
FFXIII DLC off the cards again
"It's the complete package".
Make your mind up. Final Fantasy XIII producer Yoshinori Kitase has denied that there are plans to release any downloadable content for the RPG epic, just weeks after saying there would be.
Kitase "really interested" in FFVII remake
"I don't get tired of people asking that".
Asked yet again what he'd think about remaking PSone classic Final Fantasy VII, Square Enix's Yoshinori Kitase - producer of FFXIII and director of FFVII back in the day - has said he'd be "really interested" in such a project.
Square Enix admits FFXIII screen fakery
Identical PS3 and 360 shots were "altered".
Square Enix has admitted that some Final Fantasy XIII screenshots it released last week, which purported to show the PS3 and 360 versions of the game but were virtually identical, were "altered".
FFXIII Xbox 360 bundles revealed
Engraved hard drives! Avatar bits!
Final Fantasy XIII is coming to Europe on Xbox 360 as well, and to make sure you remember, Square Enix and Microsoft have teamed up to do two special console bundles.
Kitase and Toriyama on the Western reaction and going multiformat.
There's no launch quite like a Final Fantasy launch, and there's been no Final Fantasy launch quite like this one. The first ever multi-platform entry in the main series, the thirteenth game is also the first in this generation of hardware, arriving rather late after an epic development that, at its peak, involved a staff of 300 people.
Square "interested" in 3D Final Fantasy
Produced a trailer for Japanese cinemas.
Square Enix is "interested" in the possibility of a 3D version of Final Fantasy XIII, and has even produced a trailer for the game using the new technology.
X10 screenshot bundle.
X10 screenshot bundle.
FFXIII devs confused by Wada comment
Offer their thoughts on series future.
Motomu Toriyama and Yoshinori Kitase have admitted they aren't sure what Square Enix president Yoichi Wada meant when he said Final Fantasy XIII might be the last game of its kind from the veteran RPG publisher.
FFXIII will get DLC, says Kitase
Will arrive in West a "little later".
Final Fantasy XIII producer Yoshinori Kitase has confirmed downloadable content for the game.
Western FFXIII "finally completed"
Toriyama talks up enhancements.
Square Enix's Motomu Toriyama has said that work on the "overseas version" of Final Fantasy XIII is "finally completed" and apologised for "the long wait".
VideoFinal Fantasy XIII English-voiced trailer
Vocal cast revealed.
Loads of content cut from FFXIII - report
Enough to make a whole new game, in fact.
A new report suggests enough content has been cut from Final Fantasy XIII to make an entirely new game.
New Super Mario Bros. on top in Japan
Final Fantasy XIII sales up to 1.8m.
Square Enix's PS3-exclusive Final Fantasy XIII continued to do big business in Japan as the Far East led the way into 2010.
Lightning strike.
The joke, so it goes among Final Fantasy's legions of hecklers, is that aside from some new belts, buckles and hairspray nothing ever really changes in Japan's most misleadingly-titled RPG franchise. Rather, each subsequent release echoes the preceding one in both form and function, the aged, crumbly mechanics that drive each game merely obfuscated by ever more dazzling CGI.
FFXIII ships 1.8m for Japan launch
Game goes on sale in the Far East.
Square Enix has dug deep and found another few hundred thousand copies of Final Fantasy XIII for the game's launch in Japan earlier today.
A healthy 1.8 million copies of the PS3 game have been trucked off to shops around the region - a figure that includes console bundled copies.
Prior to this revision, Square Enix had said that 1.3 million copies of the highly anticipated PS3 RPG would be available during the game's first seven days on sale.
VideoFinal Fantasy XIII street date announcement
A lengthy trailer explaining the hype.
Final Fantasy XIII dated for US/Europe
Simultaneous PS3/360 launch in March.
Square Enix has announced the simultaneous PS3 and Xbox 360 release of Final Fantasy XIII in Europe and the US on 9th March, 2010.
FFXIII's Crystarium system detailed
Plus: big news tomorrow, chocobos, more.
Square Enix is planning to make a big Final Fantasy XIII announcement tomorrow at 3.30pm GMT.
International FFXIII out before April?
Square Enix boss Wada sounds hopeful.
Kotaku reports that Square Enix has said Final Fantasy XIII could be released in the West before April 2010.
Square targets six million sales of FFXIII
Monster RPG raring to go.
Square Enix boss Yoichi Wada reckons the company can sell more than six million copies of Final Fantasy XIII worldwide.
Speaking to Reuters Japan in comments picked up by Kotaku, Wada also said he wants Dragon Quest IX to break the five-million barrier in Japan, which he thinks it will do this year.
Final Fantasy XIII is due out for PS3 in Japan on 17th December, and will be released for PS3 and Xbox 360 simultaneously in the West in spring 2010.
VideoFinal Fantasy XIII cinematic collection
Tension! Drama! Excitement!
Tension! Drama! Excitement!
FFXIII PS3 Slim bundle shown at TGS
Picture of fancy design within.
Sony and Square Enix have unveiled the Final Fantasy XIII PS3 Slim bundle at the Tokyo Game Show, and offered audiences their first look at the pretty console paintjob.
Square Enix confirms FFXIII date
Mid-December for 60 quid.
Update: The date has been confirmed. The price, with tax, is Ą9240 (Ł60.54).
Square Enix is expected to confirm a 17th December Japanese release for Final Fantasy XIII today at a special Tokyo Premiere Party that starts at 7pm JST (11am UK).
The announcement was pre-emptively spoiled by an online advertising campaign on YouTube Japan which, when its URL was changed to contain "After", displayed the December date. Oops. Fansite FinalFantasy-XIII.net had the scoop.
Summoning and soundbites from director Motomu Toriyama.
Our last meeting with Final Fantasy XIII - playing the half-hour demo on the bonus disc nestled in the Advent Children special-edition Blu-ray in a tiny Japanese living room, back in April - was rather more intimate than this month's gamescom demonstration. It was possible to gain a real feel for the colourful, sleek science-fiction setting and revamped Active Time battle system, and both impressed us with their innovative spark as much as their predictably professional implementation. FFXIII is, in keeping with series tradition, a bright departure into a brave new universe rather than an incremental update.
Game to be spread across three discs.
Square Enix hasn't decided whether the West will be given a Final Fantasy XIII demo, but if is then the content will be very different to the Japanese sampler.
FFXIII out simultaneously on PS3/360
Square Enix finally confirms.
Square Enix has finally clarified that Final Fantasy XIII will launch simultaneously on PS3 and 360 in the West.
Unlucky for some.
It's late on the second day of E3 2009. A hot and bothered collection of half a dozen game journalists from the US and Europe is crammed awkwardly around one side of a table in an interview room at the back of the Square Enix booth, straining to hear against the muffled boom of the show floor. They're bristling with cameras, microphones and grumpy, it's-been-a-long-day attitude. It has. It's been a long week.
FFXIII 360 was begun two months ago
Coming along nicely, judging by E3 showing.
Square Enix has revealed that work on the Xbox 360 version of Final Fantasy XIII began two months ago.
Until FFIV, whenever that may be.
Until FFIV, whenever that may be.
E3: Final Fantasy XIII 360 in spring
Game shown at MS conference.
Square Enix has said that it's aiming at a "spring 2010 release" for Final Fantasy XIII on Xbox 360.
Final Fantasy XIII "coming 2010"
Pre-E3 billboard says so.
Final Fantasy will not be released in the US until next year according to a massive billboard advert thrown up ahead of E3 next week.
Digital FoundryFinal Fantasy XIII: How Will It Work on 360?
Plus full analysis of the PS3 demo.
Welcome to the Digital Foundry channel at Eurogamer. Check out the Editor's blog to find out what it's all about, and make sure to explore for loads more technical breakdown and analysis.
FFXIII Japanese voices unlikely for 360
Not enough room, says producer.
Final Fantasy XIII Producer Yoshinori Kitase has said the Xbox 360 version of the game may not have enough disc-space for the original Japanese voiceover.
FFXIII to hit Europe in under a year
Square looking to cut translation time.
Square Enix has said that it's hoping to release Final Fantasy XIII in Europe "sooner than a year later than the Japanese release".
FFXIII retail-version changes detailed
So what's different about the demo?
Square Enix has explained what will be different in the retail version of Final Fantasy XIII compared with the recently-released Japanese demo.
A glimpse of the future.
Playing the Japanese demo of Final Fantasy XIII - released in Japan today as part of Advent Children Complete - you're struck by something: this is the first Final Fantasy universe to be created with years' worth of titles in mind rather than just one or two. It shows in the scope and detail of the world. It's a gorgeous, colourful and imaginative science-fiction fantasy; what Star Wars might have looked like if it had been designed by the Japanese, seeping polish and style from every pore. The character design might be vaguely familiar from previous entries in the series, but the world, with its enormous, shining biomechs and fighter spacecraft, emphatically is not.
FFXIII given official winter 2009 date
But European whereabouts still "TBC".
Square Enix has confirmed to Eurogamer that Final Fantasy XIII has been given a winter 2009 date in Japan.
Plus: story follows multiple threads.
Hands-on previews of Final Fantasy XIII in Edge and the UK Official PlayStation Magazine have torn the wraps off the game's battle system for the first time.
FFXIII still on track for 2009 release
Development work "going favourably".
Final Fantasy XIII director and writer Motomu Toriyama has said "development is going favourably for a 2009 launch".
DQIX issue may delay FFXIII launch
"There's a possibility," says Wada.
Square Enix boss Yoichi Wada has said the Dragon Quest IX delay may cause problems for the release of Final Fantasy XIII.
"The next term's schedule hasn't been fixed yet. Presently, I cannot say what kind of effect we will experience from moving the Dragon Quest IX launch from March to July," Wada told IT Media (spotted by Kotaku) when asked if there will be repercussions. "I cannot say there won't be an effect.
"There is a possibility that [the] Dragon Quest IX delay could affect Final Fantasy XIII," he added
New Final Fantasy XIII footage released
Square Enix flashes some gameplay.
Square Enix has released a brand new trailer for Final Fantasy XIII, showing impressive CGI cinematics and some very acrobatic turn-based battles.
Countdown clock appears on FFXIII site
Register now to see "new vision" soon.
A new countdown clock has popped up on the website for Final Fantasy XIII.
No FFXIII in US/Europe until 2010
But Japanese PS3 version out this year.
Square Enix president Yoichi Wada has told Reuters that Final Fantasy XIII will not be released outside Japan until April 2010 or later.
FeatureComing Attractions: MMOs & RPGs
Taking 2009 to another level.
This week we've already guided you through the coming year's hot picks for Indie and Esoterica and Sports and Music games. Still to come are Fighting, Strategy, Action, Adventure, Shooters and Racing. But today we're looking at two sectors with the same dice-rolling roots that are heading in more than two different directions in 2009 - role-playing games (RPGs), and massively multiplayer online games (MMOs).
Work yet to start on FFXIII for Xbox 360
Simultaneous Euro release looks unlikely.
Square Enix hasn't yet started work on the Xbox 360 version of Final Fantasy XIII, which launches simultaneously with the PS3 game in Europe.
Square Enix to charge for FFXIII demo?
European arm declining to comment.
Square Enix has refused to comment on rumours that a solus Final Fantasy XIII demo may be sold separately to the public.
No FFXIII 360 for Japan: it's official
Literally dozens left disappointed.
It's been confirmed that Final Fantasy XIII will not be released for Xbox 360 in Japan.
MS on why FFXIII is coming to 360
It's all about console sales, apparently.
Microsoft marketeer Albert Pennello has claimed Xbox 360 sales were the pivotal factor in bringing Final Fantasy XIII to the console - not any funny goings-on behind the scenes.
Final Fantasy XIII for Japan in 2009
Western 360 version not started yet.
Square Enix has revealed that Final Fantasy XIII will be released in Japan next year.
Wada says Square Enix is platform-neutral
Always considering "territory and hardware".
Square Enix president Yoichi Wada has told GamesIndustry.biz that the RPG specialist is neutral when it comes to dealing with publishing and platform partners.
Sony downplays FFXIII Xbox 360 deal
"It's not an exclusive on their platform."
PlayStation marketeer Peter Dille believes Final Fantasy XIII going cross-platform is not worth getting upset about.
FFXIII "opens doors" for 360 in Japan
Microsoft VIP Shane Kim optimistic.
Microsoft Game Studios boss Shane Kim believes snaring Final Fantasy XIII "opens doors" for Xbox 360 in Japan.
Now on Xbox 360.
Now on Xbox 360.
FeatureFinal Fantasy comes to 360
Questions and answers from the Square Enix press conference. Mostly the former.
There were plenty of things about the Xbox 360 E3 press conference that were surprising - not least, what wasn't in it - but none more so than the announcement that Final Fantasy XIII would be coming to Microsoft's console, at launch, in the US and Europe.
FFXIII Versus "on hold", says Nomura
Spin-off not currently top priority.
Work on the action-themed spin-off for Final Fantasy XIII has temporarily ceased.
Final Fantasy XIII on show this summer
At Japanese Square Enix event.
Square Enix plans to show its upcoming Final Fantasy XIII and Kingdom Hearts games this summer.
Final Fantasy XIII demo this year
More info expected at GDC in Feb.
Square Enix is planning to release a demo for Final Fantasy XIII this year.
Squenix wants simultaneous global Last Remnant, FF dates
Feasibility being studied - CEO
Square Enix's John Yamamoto, president and CEO for North America and Europe, has said that the publisher is busily trying to work out if it can release Last Remnant and Final Fantasy XIII simultaneously worldwide, calling it "a goal".
Square Enix boss says so.
Square Enix boss Yoichi Wada has said that Final Fantasy XIII won't be released until at least April 2008.
Base of multiple products.
Square Enix producer Shinji Hashimoto has said we'll be revelling in the world of Final Fantasy XIII for a decade.
Square Enix aiming for E3.
According to the latest issue of Dengeki, Square Enix is preparing a Final Fantasy XIII demo for July this year.
Squenix also promises some new game announcements.
The PlayStation 3's Final Fantasy XIII will be shown off in video form at the Tokyo Game Show, and Square Enix plans to announce some new games too.
For long-term success.
Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima and Square-Enix's Tetsuya Nomura both believe PlayStation 3 will be the best outlet for their games in two or three years' time.
Plus: battle system details.
Square-Enix's Tetsuya Nomura has revealed that Final Fantasy XIII will make use of the motion-sensing technology in the PlayStation 3 controller.
FF to look like Advent Children?
That's the aim with XIII.
Final Fantasy XIII director Motomu Toriyama says he wants the fight scenes in Square-Enix's PlayStation 3 RPG to look like the ones in computer-generated film Final Fantasy VII Advent Children.
Plus two titles for Wii, too.
Square-Enix has unveiled two new Final Fantasy games currently in development for the PS3 to a packed pre-E3 press conference in Los Angeles.
Release date claims, too.
With E3 just weeks away now, everyone and his blog's got a theory about what's going to be shown - and two of the most interesting rumours are about a pair of rather inevitable sequels.
Of games that make us cry.
Respondents to a survey on emotion in videogames have voted Square-Enix's Final Fantasy titles as the most emotionally rich games ever made, citing the death of Aeries in Final Fantasy VII as the series' most tearjerking moment.
