Today the Tokyo Game Show kicks off with a keynote from Square Enix president Yoichi Wada. Kotaku.com is expecting some big announcements so click over to the liveblog which is after the jump.
"Included in the version update scheduled for early September will be modifications to the degree of difficulty of Pandemonium Warden (and associated pets), Absolute Virtue (and associated pets), and Jailer of Love. The aim of these changes is to create battles where a decisive outcome may be reached within a shorter period of time."
Gamervision reports:
The next version up date will usher in a number of new additions to the Campaign system, as well as several changes to existing elements.
Kotaku writes:
Square Enix has announced the May 23 release of Final Fantasy XI 2008 Edition, a new retail collection which includes the original Final Fantasy XI game plus all four expansions: Rise of the Zilart, Chains of Promathia, Treasures of Aht Urghan and Wings of the Goddess.
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Square Enix's Final Fantasy XI development team announced that the Fan Art Contest during the upcoming Doll Festival that will begins in March of 2007. The official theme of this year's contest will be "The Ladies of Vana'diel." The contest will be accepting all submissions as of today until the March deadline. The official contest announcement (via the link below) has information on how to enter.
SquareEnix, the company behind Final Fantsay XI, has announced that they have recently banned or suspended 7,900 accounts for various infractions against the user agreement. They have also released a report from their Special Task Force on the issue:
SquareEnix is hosting another round of contests for the Fan Festival attendees this year. Pool your talents and master the fine arts with your entry in the Art, Costume, or Movie contests.
The next expansion of the land of Vana'diel will turn back the clock to a time before the events of Final Fantasy XI's storyline, before the crystal war. Square-Enix's booth was running at trailer at TGS 2007, revealing the release date to be this November 22. Featured in the footage were lots of sweeping environmental pans showing off passages hewn into snow-covered rocks, armored black chocobo, and expanses of dusty desert mesas.
PC and Xbox 360 expansion pack will receive a simultaneous worldwide release. Square Enix has announced that Wings of the Goddess, the fourth expansion pack for Final Fantasy XI is to be released worldwide for PC and Xbox 360 on November 22.
Square Enix's Tokyo Game Show lineup, announced today in Tokyo, is full of surprises, both good and bad. It turns out, for instance, that Dragon Quest IX will be shown, although in video form only. Also surprising is the video-only showing of The Last Remnant. That game appeared to be far enough along at the Square Enix Party earlier this year that IGN was expecting a playable debut.
Jon and Chip Carter of Tulsa World give their breakdown of the latest news happenings in the world of gaming. They let us in on the best of show winners from this year's E3, the happenings at the upcoming Penny Arcade Expo, the Square-Enix Fan Festival 2007 and the first North American winner of the professional Championship Gaming Series.
Reports are coming out stating that Square could be working on a brand new Final Fantasy MMO which could be multiplatform meaning that it would be not only on the PlayStation 3, but also the Xbox 360 and the PC as well.