FINAL FANTASY XIII
Square at it Again
Final Fantasy XIII is a Video Game being developed by Square Enix in Japan for the Playstation 3. The game is an RPG (Role Playing game) where players play the rolls of various characters as the games story unfolds. The game is the thirteenth installment of the Final Fantasy series, but is nor a sequel or prequel, merely a new story, following the broad traditions of the Final Fantasy series in its gameplay and story elements. It was announced during E3 2006 on May 8, but has is no scheduled release date at this time for North America or Europe. Final Fantasy XIII is releasing in Japan on December 17, 2009. Final Fantasy XIII has been in development since roughly 2004. Square Enix has gone on record saying the originally being developed for the Playstation 2, but after they created the Final Fantasy VII Technical Demo for PS3 for May 2005's E3, they moved the the project from PS2 development to PS3.
The game is being developed using Square Enix's newest game engine, the Crystal Tools, formerly the White Engine. Information on the game's story and gameplay have been scarce since its unveiling, but a few tidbits are known. Lighting is the female lead, fighting against the forces of Cocoon, a civilization floating over the world of Pulse. Beings known as l'Cie created much of the world, including Cocoon. The l'Cie also choose certain individuals to fulfill unknown tasks, thus turning the individuals into fal'Cie. fal'Cie however are seen as doomed, and when Lightning and her comrades become fal'Cie, they find themselves in a fight for their lives against both the forces of Cocoon, who mean to expel all fal'Cie from Cocoon, and the l'Cie themselves. 
The developers designing and producing Final Fantasy XIII have gone on to say that they want to revolutionize the RPG formula. They're looking at the bare bones of it, the "you go into town, talk to people, go out of town, enter battles" (FFXIII Producer, Yoshinori Kitase), and they're looking to reinvigorate that flow in particular. Furthermore, Square Enix is looking to simulate the incredible fast pace of the cinematic battles from Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children in Final Fantasy XIII. The Battle Director of FFX is handing the development of FFXIII's Battle System.
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Main Developers
Director: Motomu Toriyama (FINAL FANTASY VII, FINAL FANTASY X, FINAL FANTASY X-2)Character Designer: Tetsuya Nomura (FINAL FANTASY V~VIII, FINAL FANTASY X, FINAL FANTASY VII ADVENT CHILDREN, KINGDOM HEARTS)
Art Director: Isamu Kamikokuryo (FINAL FANTASY X, FINAL FANTASY XII)
Main Programmer: Kazumi Kobayashi (CHRONO TRIGGER, XENOGEARS, CHORONO CROSS, FINAL FANTASY XI)
Movie Director: Eiji Fujii (FINAL FANTASY: The Spirits Within, FINAL FANTASY XII)
Main Theme: Nobuo Uematsu, SMILE PLEASE Co., LTD. (FINAL FANTASY series)
Composer: Masashi Hamauzu (FINAL FANTASY X, DIRGE of CERBERUS -FINAL FANTASY VII-)
Producer: Yoshinori Kitase (FINAL FANTASY series)
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