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During Sony's press conference at E3 they showed a new trailer for Final Fantasy XIV, which proved as quite a surprise for all Final Fantasy fans. Square Enix is introducing this installment early probably because it is going to be a fresh Multiplayer RPG.

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The official website for the upcoming Final Fantasy Dissidia video game on the PSP is now up and running. The game is part of the large Fianl Fantasy 20th anniversary and will reunited familiar characters from across the series. The release date still looks to be about August 2009 for North America.

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Released last month on PlayStation Network in Japan, Final Fantasy VII appears to be making its way to North America's Playstation Network soon, as a ESRB rating now confirms (posted on Kotaku website). FFVII fans can finally rejoice and replay this classic on updated consoles.

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As often happens, this information comes via the latest round of ESRB ratings (via Kotaku), which includes the Final Fantasy IV sequel. The new adventure follows Cecil and Rosas’ son Ceodore as he tries to figure out why the second moon has reappeared seventeen years after the final battle. The game has recently been confirmed to be released through WiiWare.

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Square Enix has made an agreement to potentially buy Eidos for $120 million (USD) if supported by 75% of shareholders. Currently it has at least half the required backing...

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The new Final Fantasy XIII trailer was released today, you can view here on the official Japanese website: FINAL FANTASY XIII. It features actual in-game footage of battles, and it looks insane, very hectic, and it's sort of hard at times to understand what's happening, everything is just going so fast. Anyways, it is looking fantastic!

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Square Enix recently announced that the release date for the highly anticipated Final Fantasy XIII will now be April, 2010 for North America and UK. This delay has come as a disappointment for many fans eagerly awaiting this release, but still it is nearly an expectation at this point for Square Enix has had many delays for North American releases in the past. The company’s president Yoichi Wada explained that the overseas release might be delayed, but for now its probably too soon to tell...

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Square Enix just announced a new remake of Final Fantasy Legend II for the Nintendo DS. The game was originally released for the Gameboy way back in 1991 (US) as part of the SaGa series. At the time, Final Fantasy Legend II was a rather impressive game with a soundtrack composed by both Nobuo Uematsu and Kenji Ito for over 12 unique worlds to explore. The remake will look much similar to FFIII and IV for the DS with character designs by Gen Kobayashi of The World Ends With You. Expect to see this game available in the US later in 2009.

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It appears that Square Enix has finally opened their official website for Final Fantasy XII and the Fabula Nova Crystallis series. You can check out some high-quality new screenshots of mainly CG renders... none-the-less, everything looks very detailed and promising. Continue to check out the site as it will probably be updating some new actual gameplay screens sooner than later.

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Square Enix has announced that Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time will be released for both the Nintendo DS and Wii in Spring 2009. The game can be played multiplayer with users of both consoles playing together, and the graphics are quite similar on each. The game's controls are reminiscent of those of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates on Nintendo DS and the players can make a personalised hero (including armour and equipment with a tailored appearance) from the races of Clavats, Lilties, Selkies or Yukes.

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Famitsu's publisher Enterbrain will release a DVD titled 'Re: Final Fantasy XIII' on December 13th 2008 for ?2,625 (Japanese). That's around US$27.55 just for the record. The DVD is said to contain both 'play footage' from Final Fantasy XIII and the trailers from DKS3713 and TGS2008 and can be preordered from the Amazon Japan online store.

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Just to get the ball rolling, here's a post looking at all of the Square Enix games that are new and upcoming. Just to make sure everyone's up to date at this point in time. Post includes news on the Star Ocean remakes, Infinite Undiscovery, The Last Remnant, Chrono Trigger DS, Dragon Quest, Valkyrie Profile, and more...

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Corporate Director Shinji Hashimoto and series Producer Yoshinori Kitase spoke with Kikizo about the fan complaints. "I'd rather they not think of this as a 'betrayal' or disappointment," Hashimoto explained. "It's not like we're canceling or delaying the PS3 version at all! It's more of an added bonus for 360 fans. We won't be putting them at a disadvantage in any way." Kitase added that "the PS3 version is what's in development right now, and the team is working to specialize that version to the very best of the PS3's abilities" and stated that there wouldn't be a "decrease in quality as a result of the game appearing across two platforms.

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Japanese publishing powerhouse Square Enix has gone to every effort to make the most of its cherished Final Fantasy VII franchise in recent years, and none are more leftfield than the recently announced Final Fantasy VII: Snowboarding. The $3 mobile game is currently available to Japanese users on the DoCoMo network, and is a spin-off of the minigame that featured in the original PlayStation console RPG outing.

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As a frame of reference "Advent Children" is 101 minutes long, but the demo, which will come on a separate disc, is reported to be longer than the movie! The latest Famitsu has supposedly confirmed this, and furthermore, we learn that the demo will "be based on the opening section of the game," unlike the FFXII demo that came with Dragon Quest VIII. If that's not incentive to pick up the "Advent Children" Blu-Ray Collection, than absolutely nothing is. You just ain't a FF fan.

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Even though I'm new, I guess I'll put up a new topic concerning Agito XIII's recent platform changes if none of ya'll have heard yet (but I'm sure ya'll have) and a thread to discuss in. On August 2nd, 2008 Square Enix announced Agito XIII to be available on PSP. This in turn has marked questioning of if they will continue with Mobile plans for Agito XIII as before.

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I'm sure some may already have heard, but Final Fantasy XIII is no longer 'exclusively' available for just the Playstation 3. The game is now also available for the Xbox 360. This news came straight from the mouth of Square-Enix president, Yoishi Wada. The announcement came at the end of the Microsoft press conference and was accompanied by a video package for the title.

"Releasing an Xbox 360 version of Final Fantasy XIII will allow us to provide the game to even more fans in the two regions of North America and Europe," said Wada. "We are currently working hard on these two versions".

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Most Final Fantasy fans are very familiar with Chrono Trigger. Square Enix has officially announced a Nintendo DS release of this popular game. Join the discussion.

Originally released in 1995 on Super NES® and shipping more than 2.5 million copies worldwide, CHRONO TRIGGER has been hailed as one of the greatest games of all time by critics and fans alike. With a unique and multifaceted storyline, the game revolutionized the world of RPGs with never-before-seen features, including an unprecedented soundtrack and multiple endings determined by side quests and the player's actions.

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Some of you may already know about the upcoming Final Fantasy game for the PSP, which was named Final Fantasy: Dissidia, but now more substantial details are starting to trinkle through the cracks. The game will not only feature heroes and villains from all the Final Fantasys but will also include new looks or popular characters (Tidus and Jecht). The game will be action oriented and have 2 basic types of attacks at all times.

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Final Fantasy XIII, part of Square-Enix's Fabula Nova Crystallis, has been put on hold so the development team can work on Final Fantasy XIII itself. The Fabula Nova compilation is apparently having some issues, and with FFXIII being Sque Enix's number-one priority, resources are going from Versus into the main game. The team will still be producing artwork for Versus in the meantime.

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Apparently Square-Enix just released a compilation of remixes for the classic NES, SNES, and PSX Final Fantasy games. I'm sure the tunes are phenominal, but check out the crazy cover art. I love it! The album is for sale this August, still no final list of tracks though.

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