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Final Fantasy XIII
achieves massive sales in first week
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March 23, 2010 |
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Square-Enix has recently
proclaimed that FFXIII is the fastest selling title in the entire
history of the franchise. The first five days of release alone has
seen the title reach sales of 1 million copies in North America and
the game has shipped 5 million copies thus far. Then again,
remember that this is the first simultaneous release of FF on
multiple consoles (PS3 and Xbox360). This is encouraging news of
Square-Enix and they are no doubt quite impressed with overall
sales. However, the game still has a long ways yet to reach the
record mark of total sales set by Final Fantasy VII's 10 million
copies sold worldwide.
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Final Fantasy
XIII in 3D? Kitase interested
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February 27, 2010 |
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In a recent interview by the
UK's Playstation community with FFXIII's producer and designer,
Yoshinori Kitase and Motomu Toriyama, revealed some interesting
information. Kitase has expressed interest in a possible FFXIII
release in 3D. Kitase mentioned that there is already a FFXIII 3D
trailer in Japanese cinemas, shown along with the smash-hit Avatar.
With the great success of Avatar, we should expect to see the gaming
industry embrace such technology in the near future.
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Final Fantasy
XIII Collector’s Edition
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February 27,
2010 |
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Square-Enix released a video
containing the features and contents for both the PlayStation 3 and
Xbox 360 version of their collector's edition.
You can check out the video below to see
the box.
Additionally, the collector's edition
comes with a selection of the game's soundtrack by composer Masashi
Hamauzu, book featuring character artwork, CG and background
artwork, collection art prints of the game's eidolons as well as an
art decal featuring the brand of L'Cie.
Video link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzb5k1MzdHM
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Final Fantasy
XIII: More tidbits!
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December 3, 2009 |
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To begin the slew of FF
XIII tidbits, Square-Enix has finally revealed the final Japanese
trailer of FF XIII.
This video is five minutes long and
features some excellent cut scenes.
Additionally, several new characters
are shown throughout the trailer as well as some gameplay footage.
Enjoy the trailer
here.
The European and North
American versions of FFXIII's boxart has also been confirmed.
This is quite different as usually the
European boxarts typically only feature the game's logo only.
 
Famitsu has released outstanding digital images
of previous scans, including shots of new monsters, different
landscapes and battle screens.
We will have more updates
in regards to FF XIII as the Japanese release date of Dec 17th, 2009
gets closer.
In the meantime, there
is another three months of waiting left!
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Final Fantasy
XIII North America release date confirmed
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November 17, 2009 |
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The anticipated release
date for FF XIII in North America and Europe has finally been
revealed.
The game will release on March 9th,
2009.
As well, the main theme is Leona Lewis'
"My Hands" and will not feature the original Japanese theme by
Sayuri Sugawara.
FF XIII is set to release on both the
PS3 and Xbox 360 platforms.
Only a few more months left of anticipation!
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Final Fantasy
XIII Japanese release date finally revealed!
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September 21, 2009 |
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After much speculation and rumours, the official
Japanese release date for FF XIII has been revealed. It is now
set for December 17th, 2009. Of course, no official word on
the North American release date but we will bring you the latest
once it is known.
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More FF XIII
information and tidbits
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September 21, 2009 |
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The theme song to FF XIII has recently been shown on
"Mezamashi TV" channel in Japan. The singer's name is Sugawara
Sayuri, who newly debuted in 2009. The title of the song is "Kimi
ga iru kara", translated as "Because you're here" in English.
Despite the fact that the clip is quite short, it does sound pretty
good thus far. The single is set for a December 2nd, 2009 and
will be her 2nd single.
Japanese TV spot
In addition, new details have emerged regarding
the gameplay of FF XIII. It is known as the Optima System and
appears to be an extension of FF XII's battle system. You can
assign specific AI-controlled roles/commands to the active party
members. Different usage of this system can result in bonuses,
such as improved attack power.
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