I'm sure pretty much everyone who frequents this site has Final Fantasy XIII by now, but if they don't, Amazon.com are doing a huge discount as part of their Black Friday deals today.
Normally the game retails for $29.99, but they've slashed the price down to $14.99 on both the PlayStation and Xbox 360. It's also worth noting that this is for the original version, no the Platinum/Greatest Hits one.
If you want to get it Go Here Now and snap it up. They're going rather quickly, so don't mess around! You can find it by selecting "Toys & Video Games" in the Lightning Deals drop-down box.
While taking some time to talk about Final Fantasy XIII-2's New Game Plus feature, Square Enix revealed that they expect gamers to take between 30-40 hours to complete the sequel.
Anyone who's played Final Fantasy XIII will note that this is a shorter time than the original, but Square Enix will surely feel that this is justified given Final Fantasy XIII-2's post-game content.
With the Historia Crux system in place, and Square Enix's improved focus on side-quests and multiple endings this time around, here's hoping that the overall experience will be one that takes considerably longer to complete.
In a recent interview by Game Reactor, Final Fantasy XIII-2 producer Yoshinori Kitase states that Square Enix is aiming to shorten the development cycles for its future Final Fantasy titles.
Kitase says that he's learned a lesson from the development of Final Fantasy XIII. He mentions that although it was reasonable for XIII's development to take a while (due to being the first Final Fantasy title for the current generation console), he personally believes that it "took a little too long getting it out."
Final Fantasy XIII was announced for PlayStation 3 at E3 2006, revealed to be also for the Xbox at E3 2008, and was finally released in 2010.
He continues on in the interview, stating that “when you think of Western triple A titles like Call of Duty, Battlefield, and Assassin’s Creed, they seem to work with a lot shorter turnaround – they make a new game in 1-2 years. That is something we need to follow up, because that seems to be the best way to keep our fans interested and attracted to the franchise.”
Seems like the folks at Square Enix have been making many goals lately, perhaps these are resolutions for the new year? Just last week in another interview, Kitase announced that Square Enix plans to turn away from turn-based systems and and more towards action-RPGs.
What are your thoughts on Square Enix's plans for change? Do you think that they'll hopefully start fulfilling this goal of a shortened development cycle with Final Fantasy Versus XIII, the infamous game who has this very problem? Be sure to let us know below.
We're back with another Deal Alert and this time it's for a game that should be very fresh in everyone's recent memory - Final Fantasy XIII.
I know some of you are huge fans of the Play Arts series, so I thought I'd let you know about a special offer that's currently taking place for the Sazh Play Arts Kai figurine.
Its list price is $39.99, but one of the retailers on Amazon.com is selling it for $23.79 (+$7.26 for shipping) which isn't a massive discount, but these figures are starting to become quite scarce at retailers.
We've heard well before that Final Fantasy XIII had enough content cut from it that it could make an entirely new game - maybe you've heard of Final Fantasy XIII-2? Speaking in a string of interviews, art director Isamu Kamikokuryou revealed just some of the assets that were dumped from the game, including Lightning's lakeside home, a flippin' Zoo and Nora's secret hideout.
It's been revealed that Toshiro Tsuchida, who was a battle director on Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy XI and Final Fantasy XII has left Square Enix.
Tsuchida was also the main behind the Front Mission franchise, having directed Front Mission 1 through 5. He also wrote the story for the original Front Mission.
It's not been detailed why he has left Square Enix, but this does throw the Front Mission franchise in doubt, especially after the flop that was Front Mission Evolved.
It appears that Square Enix, or at least a third party in their stead, has registered a new domain name: finalfantasy13-2game.com.
Superannuation tweets that Corporation Service Company had recently registered the domain name. CSC have previously registered domain names for Square Enix on multiple occasions, including domains for Nier, Front Mission Evolved, Gun Loco and more recently, Mindjack.
It's safe to assume for the moment that Square Enix is behind the domain name registration, although it's anyone's guess whether they're just calling shotgun on the domain or if it means an actual sequel for Final Fantasy XIII.
Seeing as Final Fantasy Versus and Agito XIII have yet to set a release date in stone, it's hard to believe a sequel is in the pipeline and ready for announcement anytime soon.
Square Enix is hosting their First Production Department Premiere event later this month, perhaps it'll be announced then.
Square Enix have given away a set of exclusive art plates of Lightning, illustrated and signed by Tetsuya Nomura himself, to Square Enix members in Japan with Ultimate status.
Oddly enough, he left the following message: "She must not be forgotten."
Whether this refers to her upcoming role in Dissidia Duodecim or perhaps a sequel to Final Fantasy XIII is as good as anyone's guess.
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