Final Fantasy XV

Tetsuya Nomura has been replaced by Hajime Tabata, director of Final Fantasy Type-0 (HD), as director of Final Fantasy XV. The reason for this switch is that Tetsuya Nomura has been working on the original concept for the story and universe and he has also created the characters. Since the development of Final Fantasy XV has come so far, Nomura’s work is pretty much all in place. He has been moved on to work on other projects and make games that only he could do, like Kingdom Hearts III.

The special playable demo that will be available for download with the launch of Final Fantasy Type-0 HD is called Final Fantasy XV - Episode Duscae and takes place near the beginning of the game. Only certain elements will be different from the final game, since this is a demo and Square Enix wants you to get hands on with a unique first-play experience that will be able to give you a better feeling for the game as a whole. 

With this announcements Square Enix has also revealed the Tokyo Game Show 2014 of Final Fantasy XV. Enjoy! 

During a recent interview by Famitsu, Shinji Hashimoto, producer at Square Enix, said that they will release no new information of Final Fantasy XV and Kingdom Hearts III, which are currently in development for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, at next week's E3 2014.

When Famitsu asked if there will be information of Final Fantasy XV, Hashimoto replied with the following:

Well, first I’d like to say that development for FFXV is going well. Internally, we try to ascertain the best timing for revealing new information about FFXV to the fans. So when we were going over our promotion plans, we judged that this year’s E3 would not be the best time to exhibit information about FFXV. Instead we are currently planning to exhibit new information at events after E3 2014. I am extremely grateful to all the fans who excitedly anticipate FFXV, and I’m looking forward to share new information when the timing is right. I would appreciate if fans hold out until then.

About Kingdom Hearts III, Hashimoto said the following:

We are are working diligently on KH3, but I think releasing new information will still take some time. We included a small part regarding the story of KH3 In the new trailer KH 2.5 prepared for E3 2014, so please check that out.

Anyone surprised? It's dissapointing, but was kinda expected.

During the Tokyo Game Show 2013 Square Enix also revealed a new trailer of FInal Fantasy XV (which was previously known as Final Fantasy Versus XIII) for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Only a small amount of footage in this trailer is new, most of the footage was also shown in the E3 trailer.

After months of rumor it's finally official! Final Fantasy Versus XIII has been re-branded to Final Fantasy XV! During Sony's E3 press conference that was showed previous night, Tetsuya Nomura, director of the game, had a video message showing the new trailer of Final Fantasy XV and said that more game details will be announced in the upcoming days.

Final Fantasy Versus XIII was originally announced as an exclusive PlayStation 3 game back in 2006, but is not an exclusive game for the PlayStation 4 anymore. It will also be released on the Xbox One. A release date has not been announced, but according to Square Enix the game is not expected this financial year (ending 31 March 2014).