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Microsoft dropped a pretty big bomb when it declared that Final Fantasy XIII will not be PS3 exclusive in North America or Europe. In the Land of the Rising Sun, you’ll still need Sony to play the newest installment. There have been rumors on the internets that this final exclusivity might not actually be exclusive. To clear things up, Motomu Toriyama, director of Final Fantasy XIII had this to say:

“There will absolutely not be an Xbox 360 version of Final Fantasy XIII for Japan.”

There you have it. Square Enix is showing no love to the 360 in Japan.

Source: Kotaku

Square Enix’s DKΣ3713 event has been full of good news for Japanese gamers, and most of it will probably end up as good news for North Americans. The biggest news thus far is that when Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children finally comes to Japanese Blu-Ray in March, it will include a playable demo of Final Fantasy XIII for the PlayStation 3 along with new videos of Final Fantasy Versus XIII and Final Fantasy XIII Agito on the disc. Square Enix has not announced any plans for the North American Blu-Ray release, but those willing to pay import price will be in luck. Japan and North America are in the same region when it comes to movies, and games are region free. Continue reading ‘DKΣ3713 Recap: FFXIII PS3 Demo in Advent Children Blu-Ray, FFXIII Agito and Parasite Eve: The 3rd Birthday Coming to PSP, Boatload of Trailers’ »

After sitting through the Microsoft Press Event, and thinking about it over a tasty beef bowl at Yoshinoya, here is my summary and impressions of the event. Be warned, this is a long read.

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This morning at Microsoft’s press conference, Square Enix announced that Final Fantasy XIII will also be released for the Xbox 360 at the same time in North America. It is still PS3 exclusive in Japan.

Updated: Final Fantasy Versus XIII is still PS3 exclusive.

The interwebs were abuzz with misinterpreted news of a delay for Final Fantasy Versus XIII. In a statement to Eurogamer, the dev team said, “Reports that development for Final Fantasy Versus XIII is on hold are false.” It was added that, “The truth of the situation is that when free, some staff from the Versus team have been helping with the XIII team on development of Final Fantasy XIII. Development for both titles is continuing as originally scheduled.” There you have it. And to think people actually believed a Final Fantasy title might actually be delayed. Preposterous.

Source: Eurogamer