Finally a release date of FFXIII for North America and Europe, just some months more after sooo much time !

 http://www.squareinsider.com/news/article/1531

Final Fantasy producer Yoshinori Kitase told VG247 that Final Fantasy XIII will get released in Europe and North America simultaneously on both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 during spring 2010.

"We don't have the actual month down yet, but in Japan it's scheduled for a winter release, and in Europe and North American territoriers it's spring 2010," said the producer.

He added: "For Europe and North America, the PS3 and 360 versions are going to be released simultaneously."

Kitase also said that they have been working hard to cut down the wait for European and North American gamers.

"For previous titles it took usually about a year to localise each version and bring it over to Europe, but for this title there should be a considerably shorter gap and [we'll] bring it to European territories as close to the North American release as possible."

They also mentioned that the Xbox version would probably require 3 DVDs.

First we had a female lead character, and now a female lead villain . this could be really interesting

http://www.squareinsider.com/news/article/1529/

 

Scans from last´s issue of JUMP however also reveal that the female soldier seen in various trailers is in fact the game's villain, a Lieutenant in the Holy Government named Jill Navato

Working side by side with the recently revealed Yaag Rosch to protect Cocoon from the invading Pulse threat, Jill will be the first prominent female villain since Final Fantasy VIII. released just over ten years ago in JP~ 

The await for this innovative Final Fantasy game is getting over . I hope this game bring us good things.

http://www.the-magicbox.com/gaming.htm 

Square Enix will release the Wii action RPG Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers in Japan on November 26, 2009.

Not only PS3 price drop but 360´s price drop benefits all of us !

http://www.the-magicbox.com/gaming.htm

Final Fantasy XIII producer Yoshinori Kitase mentioned that the price cut of PS3 comes in a good time because the game is due in Japan this winter and next spring in North America and Europe, which makes the console even more accessible for players.

A "Mini" Version of the juts released PSN Crystal Defenders comes to surface

Square Enix announced its Final Fantasy Tactics Advance theme tower defense game Crystal Defenders will be coming to PSP Minis this year. A good portable game

Japanese always gets the good stuff right?

 http://www.the-magicbox.com/gaming.htm

Square Enix announced that Dissidia: Final Fantasy Universal Tuning will be released in Japan on November 1, 2009, the game is based on the US version with over 100 new tuning options for the characters, English voice and Japanese subtitles.

http://www.finalfantasy.cc/

Here is some info and a limited time video on the gameplay of Final Fantasy XIV
Lets all remember this is an alpha version of the game.

 http://www.the-magicbox.com/gaming.htm

Square Enix president Yoichi Wada confirmed that the exact release date of Final Fantasy XIII (Japanese version) will be revealed in a few weeks. It is possible during the Tokyo Game Show between September 24 - 27. Great News FF Fans! !

A new Final Fantasy Character is revealed in V-Jump! (Thxs to Maniamsmart for the info )

www.FinalFantasy.cc

He is called Yaag Rosch. He is the lieutenant of the sacred army of Cocoon and have a great sense of justice, at the point that he is prepared to challenge the decisions of his superiors.

Read the entire notice for more info below.

Final Fantasy: Crystal Defenders, which has already released its Wii, iPhone and Xbox Arcade version is finally out at PSN.

http://www.squareinsider.com/news/article/1523/

For those who dont know it, the game is a strategic "tower defense" game in which the player deploys characters with popular jobs from Final Fantasy Tactics A2, such as Black Mages and Soldiers to fend of attackers and prevent them from stealing the crystal.The game costs around 10$.

Square Enix revealed Hope Estheim , a boy who has a grudge against Snow for dragging his mother into a major battle in the past.... 

http://www.squareinsider.com/news/article/1521/
  

The last Edition of Shonen Jump includes the information of Hope Estheim, a white haired male youth.  The news from this article include:

• Hope a boomerang as a weapon.

• It appears there is some kind of a friction between Hope and Snow regarding his mother, who was revealed in this year's E3 trailer as someone that Snow couldn't save.

• Hope is short-tempered.

• Vanille's weapon is something that resembles a fishing rod.

• Lightning's limit break is called Area Blast.

• The article also mentions that L'cies who fail to complete their missions within a certain amount of time transform into something called "L'cie corpse" which is some kind of a monster.

 
 
We have new info about the battle system as some new images form this "Gaiden Game"
 
http://www.the-magicbox.com/gaming.htm
 
It looks like the game will be a traditional FF RPG with the job change system from FFIII. Character designs will be from Yoshida Akihiko. The battle system is turn based, you can use the stylus to select the commands; the game does not require MP gauge to use magic spells.

http://www.the-magicbox.com/0907/game090701a.shtml  

Square Enix announced Hikari no Yon Senshi: Final Fantasy Gaiden [Four Warriors of Light: Final Fantasy Gaiden] for Nintendo DS, an all new traditional turn based RPG following the the root of Final Fantasy. The game will have four person party, the protagonist is a 14 year old boy who is set to rescue Princess Sara from Garland, who was kidnapped by a witch. There will be no MP gauge in the game, which seems to be replaced by a charge command.

The game will be in full 3D, equipment change will result in appearance chanage of the characters. Hikari no Yon Senshi: Final Fantasy Gaiden is slated for a fall 2009 release in Japan. Talking about more surprises...

The mage is back!!!!! ... rejoice!

More good news for Final Fantasy XIV today, as it's been confirmed Nobuo Uematsu will be composing the game's soundtrack entirely on his own. This will be Uematsu's first full FF soundtrack since Final Fantasy IX in 2000, as both X & XI were joint ventures with other SE composers, and FFXII was handled by Hitoshi Sakimoto.

Have a listen to the game's only known piece, so far anyways, over at it's Official Site.

  http://www.the-magicbox.com/gaming.htm

Square Enix's Tetsuya Nomura revealed that Dissidia Final Fantasy was originally planned as a PS2 title. The platform was switched to PSP because its Ad-Hoc mode enables user to exchange cards and battle wirelessly. Also, the game was originally called Shade Theory Final Fantasy.

http://www.the-magicbox.com/gaming.htm

 Hiromichi Tanaka from Square Enix mentioned that the PS3 MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV will probably not released on Blu-ray, instead the game will be available for download in PlayStation Network.  A MMORPG for download release?.. well thats a bit strange.. how many Gbs they think we will have to download??

http://www.the-magicbox.com/0906/game090602f.shtml 

What first appeared to be an error or confusion from SEs at the moment of mentioning the exclusive PS3 Final Fantasy Game, turned out to be one major and almost unimaginable new.  

 Square Enix announced Final Fantasy XIV, the next MMORPG in the series, which will be coming to PlayStation 3 and  - lastly confirmed - PC in 2010. The game takes place in a world which was embraced by the Goddess Eorzea. The producer is Hiromichi Tanaka (FFI,II,III,XI), director is Nobuaki Komoto (FFIX,XI), art director is Akihiko Yoshida (FFXII,Vagrant Story) and music composer is Nobuo Uematsu (FF series). Yay Uematsu is back!!  You cant lose this trailer.

Watch it Here!

The Crystal Bearers is Finally seeing the light as more and more trailers are being released for the Nintendo Wii. So far with the E3 coverage and with the title  "This is a crystal idol" SE presented a short trailer for Final Fantasy: The Crystal Bearers at Nintendo's press conference,

 http://e3.gamespot.com/story/6211023/  

Final Fantasy XIII took the major coverage form Square Enix on this E3 The first of all this important news is the fact that Square Enix's Yoshinore Kitase announced that the developer is targeting a spring 2010 North American launch of the game.  Nezt Kitase also showed off a bit of gameplay from the upcoming role-playing game and a 360 Demo    

Watch the Demo Here!!

After this Square Enix unveiled some new footage at the Sony press conference, and a new trailer that more than one will be happy to see 

Watch the last Trailer Here

Well look out for board topic title to see a complete detail on the E3 FFXIII coverage 

  Board topic   

http://e3.gamespot.com/story/6210683/rydias-tale-in-ffiv-the-after-years-available

As it was shown on the E3 the sequel to the popular Super Nintendo ****c Final Fantasy IV: The After Years that arrived the first day of June on WiiWare for 800 Wii points will have an additional 300 points needed for Rydia's Tale, the first of nine episodes.