122w ago - Today Sony Senior Brand Manager Adrian Arnese at Square Enix has officially unveiled what first surfaced two days back, a peek at the Final Fantasy XIII-2 PS3 Trailer!

According to ScrawlFX, the official Web site has also launched as well.

To quote: "At Square Enix's 1st Production Department Premier press conference in Japan, the company's announced that Final Fantasy XIII-2 is in development for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

A trailer was shown where we see Final Fantasy XIII protagonist Lightning in armor crossing swords with an unknown, purple-haired man.

Final Fantasy XIII-2 is being directed by Motomu Toriyama, who also directed the first game. It's currently being simultaneously developed for both platforms. No ports. It will launch this year."





Please look out for more information as soon as we can share it with you.

155w ago - As if there weren't enough class action lawsuits filed recently for the removal of OtherOS on PS3, IGN reports that yet another lawsuit (PDF) is brewing against Sony and Square Enix over Final Fantasy XIII freezing and in some cases breaking the user's PlayStation 3 entertainment system.

To quote: "The lawsuit, filed on June 2, 2010 by Daniel Wolf of San Diego, Calif., alleges Final Fantasy XIII has caused 'severe and widespread damage' to Sony PS3 gaming systems since its release on March 9, 2010.

The lawsuit states that, for many consumers playing Final Fantasy XIII, has 'caused their PS3 consoles to freeze and become totally and permanently inoperable.'

Wolf said he purchased a copy of Final Fantasy XIII the day it was released, and when attempting to save his game, his PS3 became unresponsive and would no longer play any other media after restarting it.

The suit also alleges that both Sony and Square Enix blamed the issue on one another. Square Enix said the issue resulted from Sony's console, and Sony blamed the issue on a faulty Final Fantasy XIII game disc. Neither company...

161w ago - Square Enix Europe Brand Manager Antonio Marfuggi has unveiled even more Final Fantasy XIII PS3 items that are hitting Sony's PlayStation Home today.

To quote: A while ago we promised to bring you more FINAL FANTASY XIII goodness to PlayStation Home. Well, today we've done it.

The long-awaited characters costume sets are now available in the Home stores, and we cannot wait to see you going around dressed like Lightning, Snow, Vanille, or sporting a fancy Chocobo Chick like our gunslinger Sazh.

Along with that, we've released some funky furniture pieces to bring more of Cocoon into your personal spaces. Here's a list of the new items:

Costumes:

• Snow Costume Set
• Lightning Costume Set
• Vanille Costume Set
• Sazh Costume Set
• Sazh Wig with Chocobo Chick

Furniture:

• Cocoon Ball (Balance Ball)
• Lightning's Gunsword (Sword Model)
• Lightning's Gunsword (Gun Model)
• Airship Model

Enjoy, and let us know what you think about it!

164w ago - Starting from year 1987 Square-Enix (originaly Squaresoft) has released a lot of great franchise RPG, which are highly demanded on the market. The latest installment in the series is no way different.

Moreover, FFXIII became the fast selling Final Fantasy game, reaching the point of more than one million sales in five days for both Xbox360 and PS3 consoles.

This review is to cover up this highly anticipated game, which took 4 years to create. I played it on PS3 but I believe, there will be no major differences with Xbox360 version.

1. Introduction - 10/10
For me, introduction begins the moment you take the disc in your hands - FFXIII has a great case with :minimalistic" artwork, showing only the main heroine on the front and some nice screenshots on the back of the case.

Inside, you can find rather thick manual - it around 40 pages or so, every page is brightly colored and it's a pleasure to look at it. It's also very informative, as it gives explanation of the basic controls, status ailments and so on.

And, of course, there was a code, which you can register at Square-Enix site to gain access to Final Fantasy XIV beta as soon as it'll be released!

Popping the disk into the PS3 I saw it did not require installation at all (Xbox...

168w ago - Square Enix European Brand Manager Antonio Marfuggi revealed today that Final Fantasy XIII for PS3 is coming to Sony's PlayStation Home.

To quote: It's a big day for us at Square Enix as Final Fantasy XIII is in the shops at last, and I'm sure some of you are already busy following the adventures of Lightning and company.

To celebrate the game's release on PS3, we created a set of very special items for PlayStation Home, inspired by the game's locations and characters.

The items will be available for you from Thursday 11th March, and mark the beginning of SQUARE ENIX's presence in Home.

Here's a full list of items:

Personal space:

• Eden - Primarch's Vigilarium

Furniture:

• Vigilarium One-seater Sofa
• Vigilarium Table
• Vigilarium Sideboard A
• Vigilarium Sideboard B
• Vigilarium Planter Set
• Vigilarium Taxidermic Specimen
• Vigilarium Desk
• Vigilarium Chair
• Cactuar Figure
• Flowering Cactuar Figure
• Tonberry Figure
• Carbuncle Plushie

Check out the Home stores on Thursday, and keep an eye on these pages for more FINAL FANTASY XIII on...