This week’s roundup is all about E3 2013, currently taking place in Los Angeles, at which Square Enix have made two major announcements: firstly, Final Fantasy Versus XIII has been renamed Final Fantasy XV and will be released for the PlayStation 4, and secondly, development has begun on Kingdom Hearts III. The company have also released a new video of Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII gameplay and revealed that Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn will also be available to play on the PS4.
Final Fantasy Versus XIII is Now Final Fantasy XV (via IGN)
During the Sony E3 conference today, Square Enix once again revealed Final Fantasy Versus XIII, which has been re-branded as Final Fantasy XV. Presumably built on Square Enix’s next-gen Luminous engine, the game is “coming to PS4,” but no exclusivity was mentioned.
Final Fantasy Versus XIII was first announced in 2006, but Square Enix has been mostly silent about the title recently, aside from confirming that it wasn’t canceled. Today’s announcement confirms news from February that the title is shifting to next-gen and follows up on Square Enix’s promise at the PlayStation 4 reveal conference that a new title would be unveiled at E3.
Have your say: share your reaction in our Final Fantasy XV thread
Kingdom Hearts 3 announced, coming to the PlayStation 4 (via Joystiq)
Kingdom Hearts 3, the 10th installment in the Kingdom Hearts series and the final game in its current storyline, will launch for PlayStation 4, Square Enix announced today during Sony’s E3 press conference. Tetsuya Nomura acknowledged Kingdom Hearts 3 was in development shortly after the release of 2010 PlayStation Portable title Kingdom Heats: Birth by Sleep.
The first Kingdom Hearts launched in 2002 for PlayStation 2. The games focus on a young boy named Sora, Mickey Mouse and their friends as they travel through worlds that mashup elements and characters from Final Fantasy games and classic Disney films.
Have your say: discuss the new Kingdom Hearts game and more in our PlayStation 4 thread
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII gameplay demo released (via Digital Spy)
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII has been given a new trailer by Square Enix. The E3 2013 gameplay video sees Lightning pursue Snow within the Yusnaan Palace. The trailer blends cinematic cutscene material with gameplay footage, focusing, in particular, on the game’s combat system and enemies.
Meanwhile, promotional material from the E3 gaming expo suggested that Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII would be released on the PC, as well as Xbox 360 and PS3. Square Enix has since denied the reports, claiming that the artist responsible for the poster made a mistake.
Have your say: see the erroneous poster in our Lightning Returns thread
Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn coming to PS4 (via Polygon)
Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn will launch on PlayStation 4, Sony announced today during its E3 press conference.
The massively multiplayer online role-playing game is slated to launch on August the 27th for PlayStation 3 and Windows PC.
The game is an updated, second version of Final Fantasy 14, which launched in September 2010. A Realm Reborn is currently in its third beta phase, which includes testing on both PC and PS3.
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no PS3 version for FFXV? :C
KH3 is actually the 8th installment.(not counting remakes)