SCRAWL: "Nomura's said in the latest Famitsu that information on Final Fantasy Versus XIII will be gradually revealed starting next year. We've already told you a bit of information he's revealed, however, today we have quotes directly from the legendary director himself.

"We'll gradually unveil it starting next year, at E3 if we're quick enough," Nomura told Famitsu."
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FinalFantasy-XIII.net: The Tokyo Game Show began today and although we were told otherwise beforehand, Final Fantasy Versus XIII has made an appearance.
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While I was browsing through the Square Enix TGS site, I discovered something nice for Final Fantasy XIII fans. Like last year, people will get a sample cd when they buy something at the Square Enix Music stand. It looks like there will be multiple music tracks for Final Fantasy XIII on the disc. The CD will also feature music tracks from FF:CC Crystal Bearers (26/11/09, Japan) and Final Fantasy Gaiden (29/10/09, Japan).
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In an interview with this week's Famitsu magazine Tetsuya Nomura has confirmed that Final Fantasy XIII will be playable at the Tokyo Game Show as part of Square Enix employing a new strategy at the popular show.

This year there will not be a 'closed' area fans have to queue up to go inside to see new trailers, and instead of showing off games that are years away from release the company will focus on playable demos of titles that are close to release. Mr. Nomura particularly highlighted Final Fantasy XIII, Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep and Dissidia Universal Tuning, the newly announced 'international' version of Dissidia for Japan.

With every bit of good news there's also some bad, too - this new change of strategy means that TGS will not have any new trailers, screens or other footage of Final Fantasy Versus XIII, Final Fantasy Agito XIII or Parasite Eve: The Third Birthday.
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411mania talks about this week's game releases. Highlights include Dissidia: Final Fantasy, Mana Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy, Metroid Prime Trilogy, Cursed Mountain, and Harvest Moon: Magical Melody.
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FinalFantasy-XIII.net: In the issue of Famitsu on sale Thursday, there is an interview with Final Fantasy series character designer Tetsuya Nomura. Whilst much of the interview is in regards to his upcoming Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep game on the PSP, the magazine takes a moment to ask him about Square Enix's plans for this year's Tokyo Game Show.
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Neocrisis: The latest scans reveal the following:

- Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep will debut faster than FF XIII

- Tokyo Game Show ready to play in the play Final Fantasy XIII

- Final Fantasy Versus XIII and Agito, 3rd of the video does not play

- Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep Play time of 15 hours, 3 people working over 50 hours, the volume of play
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Kotaku writes: "Sick of looking at these same Final Fantasy Versus XIII screen shots? Yeah. Me too. Well, the good news is that development on Final Fantasy XIII is doing wonders for that other Fabula Nova Crystallis entry, according to the developer.

Square Enix's Yoshinori Kitase told us at Gamescom this week that development time on Final Fantasy Versus XIII will be "comparatively faster" than that of the core entry, Final Fantasy XIII. That reassuring update to the more action-oriented entry in the Fabula Nova Crystallis project came after Kitase said that the time to model characters and enemies in FFXIII was taking about one-third the time it did at the beginning of the project."
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PlayStation LifeStyle writes:

"Other than a few trailers, and some minor details on Final Fantasy Versus XIII, the game is still very shrouded in mystery. Because too few details are known about the upcoming game from Square Enix, many gamers aren't expecting a release any time soon. We have a video that suggests FF Versus XIII has already been printed on a disc, which might mean we will be seeing the game's release sooner, rather than later."
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With Final Fantasy XIII nearing completion, Nomura said that his efforts have turned to mainly Final Fantasy Versus XIII and Agito XIII. According to Nomura, the Final Fantasy VII and Versus XIII teams are nearly the same, with the team making no compromises to increase the overall quality of the game. Currently, the Versus XIII team is testing the battle system and town lighting for day and night cycles.

"It felt as though the town really existed in front of me," said Nomura.
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SCRAWL: "Tetsuya Nomura, famous for his work on Final Fantasy VII and head of Final Fantasy Versus XIII, was interviewed in the latest Famitsu, where we get some project updates on Final Fantasy XIII and Versus XIII."
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Very important update! Last we heard, Xbox 360 owner, popstar and nerd hero Shoko Nakagawa was thinking about buying a PS3. She didn't.
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According to Nomura, many of the rendering and shading tools used in the development of FF Versus XIII were used to polish Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete. The film's team wanted to use more advanced techniques and tools than those available when the film was first produced, and Versus XIII's tech met the team's standards. Now this may be a stretch, but it's as if Nomura is hinting that the quality of visuals behind Final Fantasy Versus XIII may come close to replicating certain aspects of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children.
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Could the Square-Enix PS3 exclusive title be coming in 3D?
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GOONL!NE: "A trailer has been revealed of Final Fantasy Versus XIII. It comes at the end of the demo of Final Fantasy XIII. At the end of the trailer, it states "for PLAYSTATION 3 only worldwide"."
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A Famitsu interview with Tetsuya Nomura, creator of the much loved Final Fantasy VII and Kingdom Hearts games and the upcoming Final Fantasy Versus XIII, has confirmed the possibility of a new game...
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FinalFantasy-XIII.net: Following their release of the Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy Versus XIII Posters at last years TGS, Square-Enix have released some new FFXIII merchandise. This time, these products are available to the public in the online Square-Enix Store.
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Blend Games writes:

"Because of legal complications we're not able to go into full details here, but you should know that Blend Games will no longer cover Square Enix game trailers. Not because we don't want to, but because they won't let us. All we can say is that our recent coverage of Final Fantasy XIII was not something that Square Enix wanted. It wasn't anything we said, they simply didn't want us showing you their trailer. At all. We were forced to remove the video which, in fact, we didn't have anyway since we were merely pointing to the trailer on YouTube, where you can still view it. Square Enix doesn't care, bottom line, they don't want us sharing their trailers with all of you."
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The Final Fantasy XIII demo has been delayed about a month from it's expected release to April 16. The Japan only demo comes packaged with movie spin off of Final Fantasy VII, Advent Children, on Blu Ray. Square announced earlier today that Advent Children would be released April 16, which subsequently delayed the demo's release as well.
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Gamezine:

"Official site opens for Square Enix's eagerly awaited Final Fantasy XIII video games.

Just a heads up, the official website for Squenix's Fabula Nova Crystallis series is now open, featuring new information and assets for Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy Agito XIII and Final Fantasy Versus XIII."
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