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King of Fighters XIII ad campaign revealed

King of Fighters XIII ad campaign revealed

Rising Star Games has outlined the marketing plans for King of Fighters XIII with a community-driven campaign.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Nov 25th 2011 at 9:09AM in News
New XIII game confirmed

New XIII game confirmed

Eight years on from its video games debut, French comic IP XIII is to re-enter the video games market with a new game called XII Lost Identity.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Oct 17th 2011 at 3:43PM in News

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Final Fantasy XIII sequel announced

Final Fantasy XIII sequel announced

A sequel to Final Fantasy XIII will be released this year.

James Batchelor
by James Batchelor
on Jan 18th 2011 at 10:31AM in News
Western feedback for FFXIII ignored

Western feedback for FFXIII ignored

Publisher Square Enix has admitted that it feared this year’s RPG release Final Fantasy XIII would receive a rough ride from Western critics before the game hit the shelves.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Oct 19th 2010 at 4:25PM in News
NPD: Kratos conquers March

NPD: Kratos conquers March

Sony’s God of War III emerged as the March software champion in the US, shifting 1.1m units and bettering the performance of predecessor God of War II by 32 per ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Apr 16th 2010 at 11:57AM in News
FF Agito XIII still in development

FF Agito XIII still in development

Square Enix has confirmed Final Fantasy Agito XIII is still in development for PSP.

James Batchelor
by James Batchelor
on Mar 24th 2010 at 9:54AM in News

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US: FFXIII tops 1m sales

US: FFXIII tops 1m sales

Having been on shelves for less than a week, Square Enix’s latest RPG epic Final Fantasy XIII has already passed the 1m sales barrier in the US.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 22nd 2010 at 1:09PM in News
FFXIII breaks series’ UK records

FFXIII breaks series’ UK records

Final Fantasy XIII has shattered the series’ UK sales records, becoming the fastest ever selling Final Fantasy game in the region, as well as the fastest selling UK game of ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 19th 2010 at 5:18PM in News
FFXIII becomes HMV’s biggest launch

FFXIII becomes HMV’s biggest launch

An estimated 2,000 RPG fans flocked on HMV’s flagship Oxford Street store last night to mark the release of one of this generation’s most anticipated titles – Final Fantasy XIII.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 10th 2010 at 10:36AM in News
Surprise bonus for FFXIII on PS3

Surprise bonus for FFXIII on PS3

Thousands of punters are expected to flood to retail today to get their hands on the feverously anticipated Final Fantasy XIII – and those who buy the PS3 version are ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 9th 2010 at 1:46PM in News

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Final Fantasy XIII arrives at last

Final Fantasy XIII arrives at last

The four-year wait for a sequel to the critically and commercially successful Final Fantasy XII is over at last with today marking the arrival of Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XIII ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 9th 2010 at 9:51AM in News
Leona has allowed us to “reach out”

Leona has allowed us to “reach out”

It was once a genre that was the reserve of obsessives and teenage boys, but the RPG is now mainstream – and Square Enix believes that its promotional tie-in with ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Feb 22nd 2010 at 12:12PM in News
HMV gets FFXIII official launch event

HMV gets FFXIII official launch event

Square Enix has announced that the official UK launch event for Final Fantasy XIII in the UK will take place at HMV’s flagship Oxford Street store in London on the ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Feb 18th 2010 at 12:53PM in News
Square spends millions to fulfil Fantasy

Square spends millions to fulfil Fantasy

Millions of pounds will be spent on the marketing campaign for Final Fantasy XIII, MCV understands.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Feb 5th 2010 at 10:31AM in News

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FFXIII Collector’s Edition announced

FFXIII Collector’s Edition announced

Square Enix has lifted the lid on the Final Fantasy XIII Limited Collector’s Edition which will be released for both Xbox 360 and PS3 on March 9th.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jan 22nd 2010 at 4:35PM in News
English FFXIII ‘is complete’

English FFXIII ‘is complete’

Motomu Toriyama, the director of Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XIII, has confirmed that work has now finished on the non-Japanese version of the hyped RPG.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jan 14th 2010 at 12:11PM in News
JAPAN: Final Fantasy XIII sells 1m+

JAPAN: Final Fantasy XIII sells 1m+

Long-awaited RPG Final Fantasy XIII was finally released on PS3 in Japan yesterday and has, according to Kotaku, already sold over 1m copies in the territory.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Dec 18th 2009 at 10:03AM in News
JAPAN: 1m copies of FFXIII shipped

JAPAN: 1m copies of FFXIII shipped

Western gamers still face a long wait for the release of Final Fantasy XIII, but the Japanese anticipation has reached fever-pitch ahead of the release of the PS3 version of ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Dec 15th 2009 at 2:30PM in News
JAPAN: FFXIII dated

JAPAN: FFXIII dated

Square Enix has just confirmed the rumours – Final Fantasy XIII will be released on PS3 in Japan on December 17th.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Sep 8th 2009 at 12:41PM in News
Big FFXIII announcement expected

Big FFXIII announcement expected

Many are predicting that publisher Square Enix will later this morning at a Tokyo press event announce the release date of the massively hyped Final Fantasy XIII in Japan.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Sep 8th 2009 at 10:47AM in News
‘PS3 Slim is good news for FFXIII’

‘PS3 Slim is good news for FFXIII’

In truth, had Sony have increased the price of PS3 and Square Enix decided to sell Final Fantasy XIII for £100 it would still have sold millions – but Sony’s ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Aug 25th 2009 at 6:40PM in News
Xbox FFXIII to ship on 3 DVDs

Xbox FFXIII to ship on 3 DVDs

Alongside the confirmation that Final Fantasy XIII is to be released simultaneously on Xbox 360 and PS3 in Europe next Spring, the game’s producer Yoshinori Kitase has also confirmed that ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Aug 20th 2009 at 1:49PM in News
FFXIII gets simultaneous 360 and PS3 release

FFXIII gets simultaneous 360 and PS3 release

Yoshinori Kitase, the producer of Square Enix’s upcoming RPG sensation Final Fantasy XIII, has stated that the game will be released simultaneously on both PS3 and Xbox 360 in Europe.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Aug 20th 2009 at 1:44PM in News