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FFXIII demo coming in 2008

Posted on January 23rd, 2008 at 05:04 EDT

Square Enix has announced plans to release a demo of its upcoming PlayStation 3 exclusive, Final Fantasy XIII, as it pledges that “2008 will be the year” for new information on the highly anticipated RPG title.

Reports originate from Japan’s Famitsu and Dengeki magazines (via website FF-XIII.net), with Final Fantasy Character Designer, Tetsuya Nomura, stating that the demo will give players a “hands on” with the games new battle system.

While Nomura didn’t divulge when we could expect the demo, he did promise that more information on the game would be forthcoming, including details on characters, summons and an “unexpected connection between the keywords cocoon and Farushi.”

He also offered a cryptic hint as to when to expect the full game, stating, "I wonder when we'll be able to sleep...” and declared that the central theme of the title would be “determination.”

Stay tuned for more information on Final Fantasy XIII as soon as it breaks.

Source: CVG

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posted 5:22am EST - January 23rd, 2008
1

It's oh so getting exciting as the weeks go by!!!! Can not wait for more and more info on the game and maybe even a demo THIS YEAR!?!

posted 5:27am EST - January 23rd, 2008
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good stuff i hope we can expect a versus trailer around the same time.

posted 5:28am EST - January 23rd, 2008
3

Another good news for today

posted 5:54am EST - January 23rd, 2008
4

Damn probably release demo in Fall 2008 just to keep negative feedback from the release in 2009.

Anyway Wont be released till Versus is finished, Last time I heard that FF13 was finished 70% and versus just started the devolepment.

posted 6:31am EST - January 23rd, 2008
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Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

posted 6:47am EST - January 23rd, 2008
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I can't wait to play this game .... a demo would be great
posted 6:50am EST - January 23rd, 2008
7

With little quality control on PS3...I've decided to cut back on purchases and will only take a few PS3 titles this year. I'll select a handful of worthwhile games and I hope this will be one of them.

posted 7:17am EST - January 23rd, 2008
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@ dj_sup3r1or

70% done? No way dude. Search the news articles from this fall on PSU, this game was only 13% done around September/October. I don't think they could've gotten much farther so quickly. That said, two different teams are working on FFXIII and FFvXIII, they've both been in production but FFvXIII did start later.

posted 8:18am EST - January 23rd, 2008
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This is the beest news of the week!  Yes!

posted 8:25am EST - January 23rd, 2008
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psn id: gingo... first DMC4 demo, then MGS4 demo supposedly, haze demo soon supposedly now FF13 demo this is absolutely fantastic cant wait to get stuck into these

posted 8:37am EST - January 23rd, 2008
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"i wonder when we'll be able to sleep"? hmmmmmmmmm..well if tha a cryptik message, all i can make of it is, they dont know wen it will be finished , but a demo? COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
posted 9:22am EST - January 23rd, 2008
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@ The Cleaner, you never really have anything good to say, about most things anyways.

Im very excited to hear about this demo. I just hope SE sticks to their word and doesn't have the female pictured in the CS we've seen, as the main character.

posted 10:36am EST - January 23rd, 2008
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WTF is wrong with Lightning being the main character !!?

posted 10:40am EST - January 23rd, 2008
14

hope this is worth the wait...let der be another good final fantasy game...

posted 10:55am EST - January 23rd, 2008
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@Xdeth, i guess its better than his usual "Awesome, Can't wait" line on topic: all these demo's comming is great, would be wonderful if they just lined up a steady supply. a major game demo each week!
posted 12:25pm EST - January 23rd, 2008
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Great news but Id say that we wont see a demo until the end of this year

posted 12:25pm EST - January 23rd, 2008
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sick game but i wouldn't preorder this game i'm still picking it up on launch regardless of the reviews. i want to support the series in hopes that it stays with sony. even if it means paying 60 bucks. i heard that this is the directors last game. if it is true hope the next director doesn't make FF multiplatform
posted 2:12pm EST - January 23rd, 2008
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things keep getting better, and better, I love my PS3...

posted 2:33pm EST - January 23rd, 2008
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Awesome.  Can't wait!

posted 5:12pm EST - January 23rd, 2008
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Guess this confirms a 2009 release then, which probably means that Versus XIII wont be released until 2010 (unless they are released at opposite ends of the year). I just hope that they release the game worldwide simultaneously, considering how big the game will actually be.

posted 5:24pm EST - January 23rd, 2008
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omg! more awesome news. PSU you are making me very happy =D

posted 6:08pm EST - January 23rd, 2008
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sweet i luv FF series
posted 1:50am EST - January 24th, 2008
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yeah this would most def mean that were expecting a 2009 release date for the US but who knows they might do a world wide release date

posted 1:52am EST - January 24th, 2008
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Good. Pick any of the 49 remaining weeks for the demo to come out.  Any guessers?

posted 3:35pm EST - January 28th, 2008
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the graphics for this game are so nice, cant wait for this game, and a demo, oh snap,

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