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Square Enix revealed first day sales figures for Final Fantasy XIII last week. Today, Enterbrain/Famitsu followed up with first week figures. As reported at Famitsu.com today, in its first week, FFXIII sold 1,516,532 units. This figure covers four days of release, from the 17th through the...

It's a mix between FF and Sony news but it's FF related so I'll post it >.> Can active time battles, characters called "Lightning" and "Snow", and a convoluted story set in the fantasy world of Pulse turn round Sony's PlayStation 3? With the launch of Final Fantasy 13 in Japan yesterday (from...

Analysis of the content of the Blu-ray disc housing Final Fantasy XIII on the PS3 suggests some unpleasant compromises may be in store for the Xbox 360 version, in spite of assurances to the contrary and what many suspect to be reductions in graphical quality on the PS3 version in order to keep...

It's D-Day for Square Enix and Sony in Japan as the PS3 exclusive version of Final Fantasy XIII arrives on store shelves in its motherland. If you want to get a copy before the Western release, you can import it while stocks last. Both Square Enix and Sony have been banking on Final Fantasy...

Whilst some of them have been seen previously, more images have been released including some from the Official Final Fantasy XIII, images also including a closer look at the unknown Team NORA member and a first look at the new white and blue Final Fantasy XIII console featuring Sazh as well as a...

Leaked images of the Final Fantasy XIII trophy have been leaked onto the net, whilst the images aren't high quality it's still fairly clear. I have no idea what the last image is meant to say mind, it just happened to be with the other two. D: Source: A9VG

Square Enix has just announced a Limited Collectors Edition version of Final Fantasy XIII in their European newsletter. What's extras are included with it? They're not saying yet but at least we now know there will be a European collectors edition. We can only assume it will be released in the...

It's widely known that Final Fantasy XIII started development as a PlayStation 2 title. But how far along did the game get before Square Enix made the switch to 4D? Producer Yoshinori Kitase and director Motomu Toriyama shared a few bits of FFXIII history in an interview featured in the Final...

Square Enix has just confirmed a couple of differences between the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 release of Final Fantasy XIII. In an interview in Famitsu they state that the video and audio is compressed on the Xbox 360 DVDs while the Playstation 3 version will be uncompressed and appear on a...

Import Preorders for Final Fantasy XIII are "the best this generation" according to an employee of Import specialists Play-Asia speaking to UFFSite. The employee, who wished to remain anonymous, told us that Final Fantasy XIII has "far outdone the other big Japanese releases this year." "We...

It looks like Square Enix has finally, and quietly, pulled the plug on the PlayStation 3 version of Last Remnant. The latest issue of the company's "Square Enix Magazine" retail promotional magazine does not list the title in its upcoming releases calendar. The issue in question is vol.13...

Eurogamer.pt has up new screens of Star Ocean: The Last Hope for the PS3. It’s out on February 9 in Europe.

What appears to be the back of the Final Fantasy XIII boxart over in Japan has leaked onto the web - and the image confirms some long-debated questions about the final release of the game. Specifically, the back of the box states that the game has No Optional or Mandatory install, only using up...

While we hope that this isn't the super-awesome-exciting announcement from Square regarding Final Fantasy XIII, it could be. The US PlayStation blog states that: "To whet your appetite, Square Enix has given us a special, never-before-seen FINAL FANTASY XIII video to air in the PlayStation Home...

The 250GB PS3 is real! Sony is taking advantage of its exclusivity of Final Fantasy XIII in Japan by introducing a new bundle. For 41600 yen, Japanese gamers will get a special limited edition system with Lightning (the main character, not the weather condition) printed on the body. It'll be...

Star Ocean: The Last Hope for PS3 is coming to the West day and date with the Japanese version, arriving on Feburary 9th 2010. The title was announced for Japan last week and has now officially been announced for the West, launching simultaneously on the same day as the Japanese release. The...

The tri-Ace developed, Square Enix published Star Ocean: The Last Hope was released on the Xbox 360 earlier this year. The title is not an Xbox 360 exclusive, it's coming to the PlayStation 3. Dubbed Star Ocean: The Last Hope International, the game will be...

Enterbrain boss Hamamura Hirokazu has told the Japanese press that he expects December’s release of FFXIII to result in the sale of 500,000 PS3 consoles in Japan. That’s serious shit, Ringo. Hirokazu added that the recently announced PS3 price cut will also be a driving factor for sales...

Wada's announcement was then followed by an appearance from current Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Chairman and Group CEO Kaz Hirai. Hirai spoke of the extensive legacy/relationship that Final Fantasy and PlayStation has shared over the years, and announced that there will be a new...

Final Fantasy XIV world Eorzea will have it’s own religion, producer Hiromichi Tanaka told VG247 at GamesCom earlier this month. “It will have its own religion. It’ll be a really unique type of world,” said Tanaka of the MMO. He added: “This time with the world of Eorzea, what we’re trying...