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Final Fantasy XIII-2
Square Enix has announced today that Final Fantasy XIII-2 will be joining its Ultimate Hits budget line of products.
Additionally, a Digital Contents Selection will also be available with a wealth of downloadable content that was released for the game early last year.
Priced at ¥2940 and ¥5040 respectively, the Ultimate Hits and Digital Contents Selection will go on sale in Japan on July 18th. The Digital Contents Selection is said to contain nearly every DLC item and scenario save…
Tetsuya Nomura has sketched Lightning not once, but twice this year.
The first one, on display for Dengeki's 20th anniversary, depicts Lightning in her XIII attire.
The second one was on display yesterday at the Distant Worlds THE CELEBRATION event in London, which included Isamu Kamikokuryou's Lightning Returns painting. It looks somewhat different than anything she's appeared in before, so is this perhaps a hint toward her look in the new game?
Via: Zelu1984_FFM.…
While not officially announced by Square Enix, the US PlayStation Blog has blown the lid off a new promotion in regards to Final Fantasy XIII-2's selection of DLC.
If you've somehow missed out on the plethora of content available post-launch, now's your chance to buy in at a discounted price. Each piece of downloadable content for the game, including character episodes, costumes and coliseum battles will enjoy a 50% price cut.
LIGHTNING: REQUIEM OF THE GODDESS (now: $2.49 original price:…
It’s been less than a year since Final Fantasy XIII-2 launched worldwide, bringing with it higher praise than its predecessor. The praise was deserved, the game improving on many aspects of FFXIII – though its story left many perplexed. It arguably created more questions than it answered, leaving fans in the dark and trying to piece together what happened.
DLC was created allegedly to address this, but that too left even more questions once released in May. Perhaps the worst…
Just announced during the Lightning Saga live stage!
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII is the title of the next project and is a follow up to FFXIII and XIII-2 staring Lightning. We'll have more details for you as they come in. …
One of tonight's announcements might come in the form of a dual release.
That is, PlayStation Asia has spilled the beans on an upcoming dual pack featuring Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy XIII-2 in one convenient set.
On sale starting from September 13th, this Asian rerelease will see both games bundled with 8 art cards and feature English/Traditional Chinese subtitles for those looking to import.
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As we lead up to Friday's reveal, it's no surprise that Kitase has taken a regular approach to Twitter.
Back on @LRFF13 this morning, Kitase had briefly commented that he was doing a practice run for the upcoming Lightning Saga presentation. As indicated by the official 25th anniversary account, the presentation and each of the other Final Fantasy stage events will run for about an hour.
Concerning FFXIII's, Kitase described it as "unusual yet authentic" which suggests that we may get…
The Lightning Room Twitter account didn't stay idle for long. Yoshinori Kitase has taken to it once again this morning with some further insight on the next XIII project.
His latest message confirmed that "Lightning Saga," which has been used mainly for promotion - is not the true name of the project. The real name of the game they're working on will be announced on September 1st, so you'll just have to wait for it.
We can probably conclude that it…
Square Enix has readied an all new Twitter account in anticipation of Friday's 25th anniversary stage event.
With the next entry in the FFXIII series being revealed, the first tweet comes from Producer Yoshinori Kitase. He explains that the account was made for this week's reveal, which will provide a variety of updates during the presentation and Final Fantasy 25th anniversary event.
You can follow the FFXIII team yourself @LRFF13.
A few short days remain until the full reveal, with streaming…
I wish Square would have left XIII at just one game. Actually XIII-2 wasn't bad, but it should have ended there.
Before you hang me for my thoughts let it be known that is an opinion post, and of course all opinions are my own. You can agree with them or you can disagree with them, but I feel I need to get this off my chest. This has been stirring for a very long time following hints earlier in…
Square Enix has uploaded a new teaser over at the official Final Fantasy XIII website.
Headlined with the caption "A storm gathers," we know that the main reveal for the next project in the Lightning Saga will be revealed on September 1st during the company's 25th anniversary event in Japan.
The "Lightning Saga" that started with the release of FINAL FANTASY XIII, has achieved a cumulative shipment of over 9.6 million units; and in May 2012 FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 was brought…
As version 3.0 of the site makes progress, I felt what better time it'd be than to start some weekly discussion amongst readers.
Topics will be fairly simple - meant more to gauge what the community at large feels and how they've reacted over certain things. The first one deals with an announcement not too far away from now.
Perhaps the worst kept secret looming at the back of the minds of Final Fantasy fans is the continuation of Final Fantasy…
As previously reported, Square Enix will be hosting a special Lightning Saga stage at their upcoming anniversary event on September 1st.
Speaking in this week's Famitsu, producer Yoshinori Kitase shed a little more light on the situation to come. Kitase says that the project has "just recently started," and that the project's official title will be named at the event. This might suggest the game in question might not exactly be called "Final Fantasy XIII-3" or arrive on a different…
The future of the Final Fantasy XIII saga will be revealed this September at the upcoming Final Fantasy 25th anniversary event.
The latest update from Square Enix's own site outlines event plans including the various stage exhibits from 8/31 to 9/2. The first day is scheduled to be held exclusively for the press and select fans from Square Enix Members which will include the opening ceremony and early demo event.
Final Fantasy XIII will take stage on 9/1 at 11:30.…
Previous Ultimania Omega information provided us with a little insight into the future of the Final Fantasy XIII saga.
Now, even more information has surfaces on XIII-2's scenario and some of the details behind the decisions made during development. Thanks to user Alyassus over at GameFAQs, some of the lingering story questions have been answered. As such there are MASSIVE spoilers in here so if you haven't completed the game I suggest you turn back now.
In the beginning, Toriyama didn't…
If obvious hints in the Ultimania Omega weren't enough, Toriyama has some more to say on the subject of a XIII story continuation.
Famitsu.com caught up with Toriyama at the recent Game Developers Conference in Taipei. Of course, considering his presentation focused on XIII, the site was keen to ask him if anything Final Fantasy XIII related would show up at the upcoming 25th Anniversary event in August.
"The Lightning download content had an ending that left a feeling mystery…
If you recall back in January 2011 a leaked Square Enix release schedule made mention of a "Final Fantasy XIII Seasons" scheduled for later that year.
Nothing ever came of it and most people had assumed it was just an error or perhaps a rerelease of the first game. We now know that wasn't the case - in fact it was the concept name for Final Fantasy XIII-2 when it was still in the early stages of the design process.…
Following our report from the other day hinting at a possible sequel to Final Fantasy XIII-2, the rest of the interview contained within the game's Ultimania Omega has surfaced.
Thanks to FF-Reunion and SQEX_Gal, we can now paint a bigger picture of Lightning's story, and why it probably isn't over yet according to staff members Yoshinori Kitase, Motomu Toriyama and Daisuke Watanabe.
The world of FFXIII is sustained by Lightning becoming a crystal.
— Previously Toriyama said, “someday I’d like to make…
The Final Fantasy XIII-2 Ultimania Omega has made it out into the wild, and with that comes the usual bits of information contained within.
In addition to a collection of artworks from the game, including rough character sketches of Lightning, Hope, Serah and Caius by Tetsuya Nomura, the guide also features a brief interview with staff members Yoshinori Kitase and Motomu Toriyama.
The most interesting bits come from questions regarding the recent Lightning episode DLC, which includes perhaps a bit…
Square Enix has revealed yet another celebratory concert in the theme of Final Fantasy.
Arnie Roth and the Chicagoland Pops Orchestra and Chorus will be presenting Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy The Celebration on December 7th, 2012 at 8:00PM in Chicago at the Akoo Theater.
This special concert celebrating 25 years of Final Fantasy will feature classic music throughout the entire Final Fantasy series including new HD video content along with a brand new history of the…
