FFXIII designer: 2008 release and demo coming.

[Akira]

FFXIII designer promises demo, 2008 release date

19 Comments by Griffin McElroy Jan 27th 2008 3:15PM
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, RPGs

We know that Final Fantasy games, much like fine wine and Radiohead albums, take some time to come together nicely -- still, it's hard for us to believe that Final Fantasy XIII (in all its shapes and forms) will be dropping by its latest release date of "this year". We've had our hearts broken so many times by delays for hotly anticipated titles that we've sadly come to expect them.

Fear not, says the comforting voice of long time series character designer Tetsuya Nomura, the long wait for the Fabula Nova Crystallis collection will be over soon enough. Not only does he swear by the game's 2008 release date, he teases at a playable demo for FFXIII on the PlayStation Network a while before the game is released, to show off the game's revamped battle system. So don your steepled hat and cuddle tight your cactaur plushie -- your chance to sit down with the unluckiest chapter in Square Enix's seminal RPG franchise could be just around the corner.

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/01/27/ff...-release-date/

[Albert]

Yay!

[EasyE726]

Now find Kingdom Hearts 3 info.

[jason hissong]

Well, I don't have a PS3 or 360, so I'll have to be content with FF XII that I'm currently playing through.

[Akira]

Now find Kingdom Hearts 3 info.

As soon as I find some, I'll post it.

Well, I don't have a PS3 or 360, so I'll have to be content with FF XII that I'm currently playing through.

I need to finish that game.

[JoeE]

Still will almost certainly be a 2009 release outside Japan, but still cool.

[Humphrey_Lee]

Still will almost certainly be a 2009 release outside Japan, but still cool.

Why would it be? With this next gen of consoles and the PS3's being Region Free it's extremely rare that a Japanese release is anything more than a couple weeks tops between it and the US. Europe might not see it until '09, but if this game is out in Japan before years' end then it'll be stateside too.

[Fygar]

Christmas 09 is my prediction. I want it so much sooner, but I'm using XII as a barometer here. That game took forever to finish, and we saw so much more in the early stages. It's almost as if XIII doesn't even exist.

[MDogg922]

I guess it's time to buy a PS3 this year...if this game does indeed come out.

[ZombieSpeedball]

Now find Kingdom Hearts 3 info.

Seriously.