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Talking with Strategy Informer about the upcoming release of Star Wars: The Old Republic, Daniel Erickson, Writing Director for Bioware said that Final Fantasy XIII isn't an RPG. This was in reply to a question about the main staple of The Old Republic being its story, and how the game might be affected without good game play to support it, much like Final Fantasy XIII was. "Well, before I address the main point I just want to take a slightly more controversial route: You can put a 'J' in front of it, but it's not an RPG...."

You can practically hear the pitch forks clanking together and the torches igniting through shear rage alone - but calm yourself PS3 fan. Square Enix boss Yoichi Wada pours ice water over anything being finalized regarding Versus XIII possibly heading for the Xbox 360.

That's right Final Fantasy fans, the PSone RPG classic FFIX is now on sale through the European PlayStation Store. Try to contain yourselves. Also up is episode 2 of Sam & Max Season 3, The Devil's Playhouse, for pre-orders. A demo for PixelJunk Shooter launches too, from Q Games.

Bad news for Final Fantasy XI users because Square Enix is all in a flutter over some breach of security to their servers - data is at risk? It seems so as an email to FFXI subscribers went out warning to "be assured" your credit card details have "not been compromised." Oh dear.

Producer Hiromichi Tanaka of Final Fantasy XIV Online confirms it won't be heading for Xbox 360, although talks are ongoing with Microsoft. The team are "only working" on PS3 and PC versions. FFXIV is still releasing this year, at least "that is the plan," Tanaka-san said. It was at E3.

Sony is obviously pushing big name title releases to support PlayStation Move where ever they can, and that could include Final Fantasy XIV Online. Producer Hiromichi Tanaka admits they "haven't had chance" to try it out but "very interesting" things they've heard excite the team on motion.

Creator and director Hiromichi Tanaka of Final Fantasy XIV Online says that Xbox Live was a no go because of the network's "closed environment". They couldn't deliver the same FFXIV on Xbox 360 as on PC, so they choose PS3. Champions Online from Cryptic suffered similar defeat.

Square Enix has announced September 30th is the worldwide release date for MMO Final Fantasy XIV Online for PC, while the PS3 gets delayed. March 2011 is the new date for the console version. A PC special edition will go on sale September 22nd for early access, along with goodies.

Square Enix boss Yoichi Wada says it's no easy thing to determine "which way" Final Fantasy should be going after FFXIII's release. It was "able to meet" what fans of Final Fantasy wanted, said Wada-san. Still they're unsure if it should become a "new type" of game or not.

Final Fantasy XIII is only available on the PlayStation 3 in Japan, but according to an Achievement list on the official Xbox website, this could all change. One of the biggest shockers at E3 2008 was Final Fantasy XIII on the Xbox 360, but this would only happen in the West as it was a PS3 exclusive in Japan. People were delighted and disappointed about the announcement.

The PC version of MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV has just gotten it's specs updated by Square Enix developers, so you'd best give them a once over. It looks like there are extra pixels crammed in as the demands on PC have increased from before. The latest Final Fantasy MMO is out September.

Square Enix's impending Final Fantasy XIV MMO will launch with 18 classes, or disciplines, which matches the main sites roster of choices. They cover both combat and gathering/crafting roles. Characters can mix up classes via their gear, as FFXIV has no actual level system.

Despite launching another MMO version of the franchise later this year, Square have said they will continue to support their previous MMO, Final Fantasy XI. Speaking in an interview, Senior Vice-President of Software development Hiromichi Tanaka, said that, whilst he believes Final Fantasy XI has "reached its time", they will continue to support the game if there are still players.

Square Enix has confirmed that the Final Fantasy XIV closed beta comes to an end tomorrow, and plans are in place to launch the open beta in early September. The PC version is set to launch in late September, so the open beta test period is probably going to be very short. The PS3 version is coming much later, we won't see that until March 2011.

Sure the PS3 has Blu-ray and it's got whopping HDD space now but that's not the 'memory' producer Hiromichi Tanaka was talking about. It's that 3rd one called RAM. The PC has "enormous memory" which is why Final Fantasy XIV is on track, but on PS3 there's "a restriction."

Square Enix "can't commit ourselves to 2011" reveals producer Yoshinori Kitase, talking about the development of Final Fantasy Versus XIII. Kitase-san is also occupied as producer of PSP The 3rd Birthday, alongside Versus XIII director Tetsuya Nomura and FFXIII's Motomu Toriyama.

Upcoming Final Fantasy XIV Online won't be a haven for 'super hardcore' MMO gamers, aka 'no-lifers', as Square have playtime-limits enabled. That means once you bust past say 15 hours within a week the game makes levelling much harder. Square say think of it as "real-life ‘fatigue’".

Square Enix has announced that the promised open beta for Final Fantasy XIV begins September 1st for PC. Closed testers already invited. The full MMO launches September 30th on PC with the PS3 version delayed into March. FFXIV limits XP gains after 8 hours play within a week.

Publisher Square Enix has 12 titles planned for this year's Tokyo Game Show, but 2 big Final Fantasy instalments are missing from the list. That would be Final Fantasy Versus XIII and Final Fantasy Agito XIII, despite a nod from director Tetsuya Nomura saying they'd be at the event.

Square has just confirmed the new start date for the open beta for Final Fantasy XIV. The beta was originally meant to start today, but Square later announced that this would be postponed whilst they made sure the game was ready. Now it's set to start tomorrow bright and early for us Europeans.