Final Fantasy Type-0

Final Fantasy Type-0, which was a cellphone game at first and was called Final Fantasy Agito XIII and later became a PlayStation Portable game, has got a release date for Japan and also a new trailer has been released.

The game hits Japan on 13 October on 2 UMD's for a retail price of 7700 yen (around $ 97 / € 69).

Source: Andriasang

Here are all the announcements from the Square Enix 1st Production Department Premier that took place a couple of hours ago in Japan.

• Kingdom Hearts 3D now has subtitle Dream Drop Distance;
• A paid demo of Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy is available in Japan as of today. Those who will buy it will get Aerith as an extra character in the final version;
• Final Fantasy XIII-2 announced for PS3 and 360!;
• Final Fantasy Agito XIII has been renamed to Final Fantasy Type-0;

The biggest disappointment was that there's still no release date for Final Fantasy Versus XIII, while Final Fantasy XIII-2 will already be released this year.
All the trailers that were shown at the event will be released on 27 January, except Final Fantasy XIII-2, which will be available this Thursday.

According to Tetsuya Nomura, who revealed explosive information about his other projects Final Fantasy Versus XIII and Final Fantasy Agito XIII on twitter, the two games won't be released for ages.

"There are a number of unannounced titles. These will come before Agito and Versus. Some have finished voice recording. Announcements will take place in Japan."

This means the games will not be seen at the Gamescom that will take place next week. Square Enix only shows The 3rd Birthday and Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep. But they might appear on the Tokyo Game Show next month.

He also said the following about Final Fantasy Versus XIII:

"Versus has had many difficulties, and past method of production have been completely inapplicable, but these are the difficulties of birth, so we are working hard. We have a lot to announce, but because we're going in order, I can't say too much yet."

By "order" he means promotion of the games in order of release.

"There have been many questions regarding fields. It's not a completely open world. It's like the 2D FF games in HD. Although, in terms of looks, it's not a top-down view, it's like the screenshots that have been released. You'll move through the world from that view."

Nomura also touched briefly upon development progress for both Agito and Versus.

"Agito and Versus have different production styles and progress states, but they're both presently undergoing voice casting. 3rd's recording will end shortly. Next up is Agito."

Source: Andriasang

The gaming website IGN has released 13 screenshots of Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy Versus XIII and Final Fantasy Agito XIII of which 11 screenshots are available in high quality. They are really worth viewing.