Final Fantasy XII

Two days ago Sony Computer Entertainment held the annual PlayStation Awards. The winner of this year's event was once again Square Enix. They received 3 awards for these games:
- Double Platinum Award for Final Fantasy XII (selling over 2 million copies)
- Platinum Award for Kingdom Hearts II (selling over 1 million copies)
- Gold Award for Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII (selling over 500,000 copies)

Now let's hope those games will also sell well in the rest of the world.

Yesterday Square Enix has announced the official release date for Final Fantasy XII in North America. The game will be released on October 31st, 2006 and will be exclusive for PlayStation 2.

A limited edition of the game will be available exclusively at GameStop and EB Games stores. Housed within special packaging, the bonus DVD offers Japanese and American promotional trailers, in-depth developer interviews, an art gallery and featurettes focusing on highlights of the Final Fantasy franchise.

Final Fantasy XII will have a retail price of $49.99 (USD) and $59.99 (USD) for the Collector's Edition.

The Final Fantasy XII Original Soundtrack will be released in Japan on April 19th and will consists of 4 discs containing over 100 tracks composed by Hitoshi Sakimoto, including songs that did not make it into the game. The first edition of the album will ship in a special DVD case and contain a special 28-page booklet. The album will cost 3,800 yen ($32.36 US).

Square Enix has revamped their Final Fantasy XII website and reopened it yesterday. Also more information about 2 new characters have been released named Vayne and Larsa.

Vayne Carudas Solidor is the 27 years old son of Gramis, the 11th emperor of Arcadia and heir to the throne. His father has 4 children, from which Vayne is the third. However his 2 older brothers died in battle.
Larsa is 12 years old and is the fourth son of Gramis and Vayne younger brother. He's second in line of the throne and tries hard to gain the respect of his father and older brother.

Final Fantasy XII will be released in Japan on March 16, 2006.

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