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I’ve seen the phenomenal opening cutscene to Square Enix’s latest Final Fantasy title plenty of times now, having imported the Japanese PlayStation 3 version released back in December. However, this time around it was an entirely different experience for me. Not only was I seeing this entire...

Microsoft confirmed they will release a Final Fantasy XIII hardware bundle. The package contains an Xbox 360, two wireless controllers, exclusive avatar items, Final Fantasy XIII for Xbox 360, and a 250 GB hard drive with Final Fantasy XIII engraved on it. The announcement emphasizes this will...

As of last week, Star Ocean: The Last Hope is a multi-platform game. However, it took a year for the PlayStation 3 version to come out. How come? “This was all about timing. When we began development, we were provided with the development equipment needed to produce titles for the Xbox 360...

A Microsoft retail training site may have leaked a Final Fantasy XIII hardware bundle for North America. The Final Fantasy XIII special edition comes with an Xbox 360, 250 GB hard drive, headset, Final Fantasy XIII, and two wireless controllers for $399. While the picture shows a white...

The back of the box for the Xbox 360 version of Final Fantasy XIII has revealed that the 360 version of the game will utilize Bink video, likely for compression of the game's many cutscenes. The Bink Video logo is displayed clearly on the back of the box. Bink have special video tools designed...

Gamestop captured the back of Final Fantasy XIII’s Xbox 360 box, which has bullet points about the game’s features. Let’s see… it supports one player, saves take up 4MB, and apparently has “game-content download.” Interesting! That sounds like confirmation that Final Fantasy XIII will have...

Square Enix has told VG247 that the 360 version of Final Fantasy XIII will ship on three DVDs in March. The news comes after it was US retailer Gamefly listed the RPG at three discs overnight. “Yes the game is on three DVDs for the 360,” a Square rep told us. It was also confirmed to us that...

MESSAGE FROM MOTOMU TORIYAMA Dear gamers in Europe, FINAL FANTASY XIII overseas version is finally completed. I am sorry for the long wait. At present, members of the development team in Japan are on a New Year holiday while awaiting an approval for the master disc. The overseas version was...

Square Enix is a company that represents the best of the best when it comes to the RPG genre in the game industry. The problem is that Microsoft isn't the definitive console for this type of audience which has left a bad taste with many gamers after the exclusivity of games like Star Ocean...

This tip was sent in by one of our fans today. Didn’t even know this was in the works but apparently info appeared in a Japanese gaming publication, probably Famitsu. I’ll try to get more info as soon as possible. I need to find a local carrier for Japanese gaming pubs. Source: N4G

"Final Fantasy XIII is coming to Xbox 360," reads the message Microsoft is now sending out to all those who participated in the FFXIII Xbox 360 promotion.

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...

Square Enix has somewhat of a surprise Christmas gift for Xbox 360 owners. The company shared today a final worldwide release date for its Xbox Live Arcade shooter 0 Day: Attack on Earth. Players throughout the world can look forward to the game on December 23. 0 Day: Attack on Earth is a free...

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...

The 360 version of FFXIII will ship on multiple DVDs, producer Yoshinori Kitase confirmed to VG247 at GamesCom today. “This is not the final count as we’re still working on it, but we’re aiming for about three discs for the Xbox 360 version,” said the developer. Kitase went on to assure that...

Final Fantasy XIII’s story will last over 50 hours, not including side-quests, producer Yoshinori Kitase said at GamesCom today. There was also two new characters announced during a presentation of the game earlier. The first one doesn’t have a name for now, just that she wears a sort of...

Ongoing discussions with Microsoft about how Final Fantasy XIV is to work with Xbox Live are partly to blame for the lack of announced 360 version, producer Hiromichi Tanaka told VG247 at GamesCom today. “FFXI for 360; at that point PS2 didn’t have a hard disc [and] that was really difficult...

Towards the tail end of last week, Square Enix announced that Dissidia: Final Fantasy would be released in Europe on the 4th of September, 2009. While this doesn't sound overly significant in itself, the date is only a week after the North American release. For those who have been following...

Square Enix has revealed that work on the Xbox 360 version of Final Fantasy XIII began two months ago. "Up to the trial demo version that was released [in April] in Japan, [FFXIII] was PS3-only in terms of development," producer Yoshinori Kitase told Giant Bomb (spotted by vg247). "The Xbox...

Square Enix has announced that Star Ocean: The Last Hope will be released exclusively for Xbox 360 on 5th June. The sci-fi RPG launched in February across Japan and America and picked up solid recommendations: Metacritic averages critical opinion at 78 per cent. Star Ocean: The Last Hope is the...