Final Fantasy XIII Limited Collector's Edition announced
Submitted by Zidane007nl on 26 January 2010, 23:13Square Enix has announced the limited collector's edition of Final Fantasy XIII which will contain the following items:
- FINAL FANTASY XIII Original Sound Selection: a soundtrack CD including a selection of tunes from the game, especially chosen for this Limited Collector’s Edition by composer Masashi Hamauzu. The CD is presented inside a slipcase featuring artwork from FINAL FANTASY XIII, with liner notes written by the composer himself.
- The World of FINAL FANTASY XIII: an exclusive hardback book featuring characters artwork, CG rendered images and environments from across the game production.
- Exclusive Art Prints: 3 highly collectable art prints showing artwork of the Eidolons, powerful summoned allies of the lead playable characters of FINAL FANTASY XIII.
- Unique ‘Brand of the l’Cie’ decal: Collectible decal featuring this most iconic symbol from the game storyline.
Source: PlayStation.Blog.Europe
Final Fantasy VIII hits Euopean PSN 4 February
Submitted by Zidane007nl on 26 January 2010, 22:26While American fans can download Final Fantasy VIII from PlayStation Network for a month now, European fans are still waiting for an European release date, untill last week.
Mike Kebby from SCEE commented on the European PlayStation Blog that the game is released on 4 February.
"FF8 is coming on the 4th of February, this is a confirmed date now. Hooray!"
If you haven't played this game, you should. It's a classic.
Masashi Hamauzu leaves Square Enix
Submitted by Zidane007nl on 20 January 2010, 13:46Masashi Hamauzu, the composer of Final Fantasy XIII has left Square Enix. There's an exodus going on at the sound team, since Kenichiro Fukui en Junya Nakano left the company before Hamauzu.
Final Fantasy XIII International trailer
Submitted by Zidane007nl on 14 January 2010, 23:36Square Enix has released a new English trailer of Final Fantasy XIII as part of Square's Lucky 13 Campaign. The trailers featires English voice acting, you can see the movements of the month has been synchonized, and My Hands, the title song of the game performed by Leona Lewis. Although the music sounds a little too loud, it's still a great trailer to watch.
More Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep screenshots
Submitted by Zidane007nl on 10 January 2010, 15:06First of all: Best Wishes for 2010! Only 2 months to go till Final Fantasy XIII gets here.
Yesterday Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep was released in Japan for the PlayStation Portable. Here are 33 screenshots from the game.
Final Fantasy XIV Beta sign-ups open
Submitted by Zidane007nl on 18 December 2009, 17:46While Final Fantasy XIII was released yesterday in Japan Square Enix has announced that they have opened application for the beta of Final Fantasy XIV.
This beta test is for the PC version only. When the beta of the PlayStation 3 version will start will be announced at a later date.
So what are you waiting for? Apply for the beta of this interesting MMORPG that is coming in 2010. Note that you must be at least 18 years.
Final Fantasy XIII gets almost perfect score from Famitsu
Submitted by Zidane007nl on 9 December 2009, 21:31Since Final Fantasy XIII is only a week away from release in Japan the first review has been done by Weekly Famitsu.
One editor wrote: "The story being told is very deep and uniquely charming, not at all like FFs up to now. The battle system is innovative and has a lot of strategic elements. Being able to rewind back to just before the current battle is really nice."
European Boxart Final Fantasy XIII
Submitted by Zidane007nl on 1 December 2009, 22:17It seems Square Enix has decided to totally change the usual white boxart to something completely different. Here are the European boxart images from the game which shows a 16+ rating, which is TBC though.
Kingdom Hears: Birth By Sleep Famitsu screenshots
Submitted by Zidane007nl on 29 November 2009, 21:41Famitsu has posted high quality screenshots from Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep showing Disney Town, Radiant Garden, and the Mirage Arena.
Final Fantasy XIII 'Feel The Pulse' Trailer
Submitted by Zidane007nl on 25 November 2009, 23:15Square Enix has released a new trailer from Final Fantasy XIII on their official website with new footage of the game. Go ahead and watch it, it's worth it.
