Square Enix Reveals Final Fantasy XIII

Video game developer announces an ambitious plan to bring multiple titles based on the newest Final Fantasy installment to a variety of platforms in the coming months.

Square Enix, developers of the highly well received series Final Fantasy, today unveiled the latest installment in the long running franchise. Fabula Nova Crystallis – Final Fantasy XIII will be available for a variety of platforms, including the PlayStation 3, at an as yet undetermined time.

Fabula Nova Crystallis – Final Fantasy XIII, said Square Enix, is made up of several titles, each based on variations of the game’s universe. In development right now are two titles for the PlayStation 3 – Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy Versus XIII and a mobile edition known as Final Fantasy Agito XIII. Other announcements regarding “other facets of the project” will be made in the future.

With Motomu Toriyama at the helm, Final Fantasy XIII for the PlayStation 3 will take advantage of the next generation console’s “advanced hardware, providing tangible, intuitive controls while delivering seamless transitions between real-time gameplay and stunning in-game cinematics.”

More details on the rest of the Final Fantasy XIII “project” can be read via the company’s press release.