FinalFantasy-XIII.net: A day before it was supposed to be announced, Square-Enix has began an online ad campaign which displays the Japanese release date for Final Fantasy XIII.
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As Yohsi Kitase and Motomu Toriyama said, there "is no solid plan for DLC for Final Fantasy XIII". But they know, that DLC is very popular in Europe and North America.
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VG247: Square's Yoshi Kitase and Motomu Toriyama told VG247 during GamesCom, that downloadable content is being considered for future Final Fantasy titles, but for now, nothing is set in stone for Final Fantasy XIII.

"As far as DLC is concerned, there is no solid plan at the moment for FFXIII," said Kitase, speaking through his translator. "However, we've been listening to overseas fans in Europe and North America and are aware that DLC is very popular and something that people really want.

"So it's definitely being considered for future projects."
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VG247: At GamesCom, Yoshi Kitase and Motomu Toriyama from Square Enix told VG247 that Final Fantasy games shouldn't take as long to develop in the future.

During the conversation, we mentioned CEO of Square Enix Yoichi Wada's comment regarding the firm "taking too long to produce games", to see if they were in agreement.

VG247 at GamesCom: Yoichi Wada has said that he wants the development rate to go a bit faster. Is this possible and what is the development team doing to help speed things along for the future?

FFXIII's Yoshi Kitase and Motomu Toriyama, speaking through a translator: For FFXIII there are a lot of firsts, and because it's a new console that the teams are working on, it took a little time for the team to get used to everything.
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That red kiosk is called "Loppi". It's located in Japanese convenience store Lawson. It's a ticket selling machine, but customers can also go shopping and even pre-order video games and consoles.

The Loppi screen lists the Xbox 360, the PSP 2000 and right below that? Final Fantasy XIII. The game is priced at ¥8,240 (US$88.99) and pre-orders start September 9 at 10:00AM.

For comparison's sake, Tales of Vesperia for the PS3 is priced at ¥7,800 and Bayonetta is priced at ¥7,980.

Square Enix has announced that FFXIII is out "This Winter".
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Final Fantasy XIII producer Yoshinori Kitase has said that Square Enix are "exploring" the option of releasing possible DLC for the game on the PSN and Xbox Live with new items, areas or enemies, although nothing is set in stone yet.
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Final Fantasy XIII producer Yoshinori Kitase has responded to fans regarding the recently noticed graphical difference between different versions of FF13 while speaking to UFFSite's sister site RPGSite at GamesCom in Germany.

UFFSite got quite a lot of flak for their comparison pieces which compared screenshots of the same scenes from different periods of development. For the final word, they decided to go to the developers themselves.
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What appears to be an invite to the Final Fantasy XIII Premiere Party has leaked onto the web.

The Japanese language document invites Press to a party event that is being held on September 8th at 7pm Japanese time for around 2 hours. The party is being held at the Miraikan National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation.

The invite goes on to confirm that the Final Fantasy XIII release date and price will be announced at the event and several special guests will appear.
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We are slowly getting new information in about Final Fantasy XIII and information about the characters. In the latest issue of Famitsu, two new characters are detailed. They are: Jill Nabato and Yaag Rosch.
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Gamervision reports: "According to Gamestop, June 22, 2010 is the day millions of fence-sitting North Americans will have to make a decision on which console they're going to buy Final Fantasy XIII for. This is in spite of advertisements during E3 09 which hyped the game for a Spring 2010 release, and word from Yoichi Wada that the release date would be revealed during Tokyo Game Show."
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Square Enix have invited top Japanese and Western Media to a 'Premiere Party' for Final Fantasy XIII prior to TGS where the release date is expected to be announced.

The Premiere Party will take place on the 8th September at 7pm local time and is expected to be an early showing of what will be on the floor at TGS as well as a release date announcement for 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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FinalFantasy-XIII.net: Once again, scans have surfaced on the internet and once again, the focus is on Lieutenant Colonels Jihl Nabaat and Yaag Rosch, as well as Odin's Gestalt form.
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TOKYO, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Sony Corp's (6758.T) introduction of a cheaper PlayStation 3 will have a big impact on video game sales in the next business year following a limited boost this year, the head of game maker Square Enix Holdings (9684.T) said.

Square Enix President Yoichi Wada told a gathering of reporters on Wednesday the PS3 cut would be positive for game sales but not enough to warrant an upward revision to its sales and profit forecasts in the current year to March 2010.
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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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Kotaku writes: "A playable demo for upcoming role-playing-game Final Fantasy XIII has already been released in Japan. Bundled with Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete, it came out earlier this spring.

And with the Japanese PS3 version being something like 90 percent finished, you'd think that the game would be in playable form at this year's Tokyo Game Show. Wouldn't you?"
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Say hello to Jihl Nabaat. Last seen acting smug in Square Enix's Final Fantasy XIII E3 trailer, she is the commander of PSICOM, the intelligence force of the theocratic government Lightning and gang are fighting against in the game. She is pretty, but she's also cruel and heartless, seeing the l'Cie as something below human. She also looks great in glasses.
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In a recent interview, Square Enix's Yoshinori Kitase revealed that the Xbox 360 version of Final Fantasy XIII has not effected development in any way. Speaking at GamesCom, Kitase said:

"The important thing for us is that the game runs smoothly on both systems. We have made changes to the game, but nothing because of one system specifically – all changes have been made to get maximum performance."
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VG247: FFXIII producer Yoshinori Kitase has told VG247 that Sony's just-announced PS3 price cut fits in well with his game's release schedule.
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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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