The Square approach has been to tackle every new project from the ground up but as development costs skyrocket this has to change: as an example the upcoming The Last Remnant will be built on Unreal 3. Even more ambitious is FFXIII's proprietary White Engine, now called Crystal Tools. It's a full suite of authoring tools and runtime libraries for PS3, PC and Xbox 360. Not only is Crystal Tools the power behind FFXIII, but also FFVSXIII and the company's as-yet unannounced MMO RPG as well.
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According to IGN, producer Shinji Hashimoto, who's just the king of bad news lately, told the Nikkei BP that the Xbox 360 isn't going to see any Final Fantasy games for a long time. No Final Fantasy XIII. No Final Fantasy XIII Versus. Nothing!
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Square Enix announced today that the long awaited PS3 RPG topped one million units in its first day yesterday. The number does not include sales of the "Lightning" hardware bundle. It's unknown how many units of this Square Enix and Sony made available. Prior to this, no PS3 game had reached 1 Million mark domestically. Yesterday, the company said that FFXIII had seen an initial shipment of 1.8 million units. Company CEO Yoichi Wada was hoping for the game to cross two million sales.
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At today's TGS a bundle featuring FFXIII has been announced.
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Square Enix President Yoichi Wada (via Guardian) has reportedly told Reuters this week that the long-awaited Final Fantasy XIII will be hitting Japan in 2009, and overseas in the fiscal year beginning April 2010. Of course, that's still a pretty vague answer and we expect there's plenty of time for both release windows to be pushed back ad infinitum. After all, this whole situation feels like déjà vu ... from 2007.
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Kitase gave an update on the development progress stating that several aspects of Final Fantasy XIII are now nearly done. "The scenario is pretty much complete and the artistic side is about 80% complete," said Kitase. While that's a lot of work already through the fire, there's still a few things left to do and don't forget the good old spit-shine polish.
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Translated : FFXIII 1,516,532 unit. PS3 245,406, including Lightning Bundle. PS3 LTD : 4,265,969.
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In the flash file, Square Enix announce Dec 17, 2009 as Japan release date. No info yet on US and /or Europe release date.
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The magazine revealed that developers have now completed the Story and Scenario, and Graphics are around 80% complete. They also revealed that all the screenshots and videos released so far are from older builds of the game, and the game has moved forward quite a way from what has been shown so far. Most importantly of all, the developers were asked about potential DLC for the title. They said at the time that there are currently no plans for any DLC for FF13.
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Toriyama then talks about a "new style" where FFXIII will not have an actual main character. Instead, players will experience the story from the viewpoints of different characters. One of the main focuses of the demo will be to allow players to try out this "new style." The battle system also allows you to switch characters; it will be party-based and the player will switch between each character during combat.
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