May 2006

Square Enix, Inc., the publisher of Square Enix™ interactive products in North America, recently announced the newest installment of the FINAL FANTASY® VII series, DIRGE of CERBERUS™ LOST EPISODE -FINAL FANTASY VII-, to be available for mobile phones.

DIRGE of CERBERUS LOST EPISODE -FINAL FANTASY VII- takes place three years after Meteorfall that transpired at the end of the original FINAL FANTASY VII. As Vincent Valentine, players struggle to save the world from the evil Deepground Soldiers, an elite squad of bloodthirsty soldiers set on destroying humanity. This title will take advantage of all mobile gaming has to offer, allowing players to explore a sprawling world in Battlefield mode, and battle the Deepground Soldiers in an action shooter mode. Familiar features from FINAL FANTASY VII, such as Materia and Limit Break attacks, can also be utilized by Vincent to smash his foes.

"We are pleased to be continuing the saga of FINAL FANTASY VII with DIRGE of CERBERUS LOST EPISODE," said Kosei Ito, Mobile Producer, Square Enix Co., Ltd. "The exciting mobile gaming platform is the perfect arena to add to the story of one of video gaming's most celebrated titles ever."

Deepground Elite (DGE) Mode offers online head-to-head action with other players. This mode allows players to take on the role of a Deepground soldier and battle other players in intense battles over the mobile network.

DIRGE of CERBERUS LOST EPISODE -FINAL FANTASY VII- will be available this Summer

Source: Square Enix

Square Enix has announced in a presentation that the Fabula Nova Crystallis - Final Fantasy XIII project will consist of 6 games next to Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy Versus XIII and Final Fantasy Agito XIII.

Rumors are that Final Fantasy Haeresis XIII will be the next game. The game hasn't been officially announced yet, but Square Enix trademarked the name in the US begin this month.

According to Yoichi Wada, the president of Square Enix, the Fabula Nova Crystallis project will take 10 years, just like the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII project.

» Project Chart

Source: GameFront.de

I've added 44 screenshots from the Final Fantasy XIII E3 trailer to the screenshots page. Thanks goes out to .KrytikaL. for making them.

» Final Fantasy XIII E3 trailer screenshots

A lot of new magazine scans have appeared on the net. They all come from the latest issue of Famitsu Magazine. On scan 3 and 8 the magazine compares the battle system with other FF games. On the Agito scan you see 12 new characters that will proberly be in the game that will be made by the same team as Before Crisis.

» Final Fantasy XIII scans #: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
» Final Fantasy Agito XIII scans #: 1

Source: FF7 Reunion

Today Square Enix has opened their official website to the game: Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerberus. Don't expect much, it's just a flash teaser that tells that the website is coming soon.

» Official North American Dirge of Cerberus website

I've uploaded the Final Fantasy XIII E3 trailer that was shown yesterday at Sony's E3 press conference. You can choose between a mov and wmv file. The wmv file is without website intro.

» Trailer: wmv mov

Yesterday Sony held his E3 press conference and announced that the PlayStation 3 will be available in Japan on November 11 and in America and Europe on November 17th.

The console will be available in two models. One with a 20 GB HDD, which will not have a WiFi IEEE 802.11 b/g connection, a memory slot for SD/Compact Flash/Memory Stick and HDMI-exit. This one will have a price card of $499 / €499. The other model will have a 60 GB HDD and will have all the things that are not in the 20 GB model. The advanced model will have a price card of $549 / €599.

The controller has been changed back to the old PS2 controller, but with improvements of course. First the controller is wireless, which is actually a must. Second the controller has motion-sensing capabilities, the controller can be turned in six degrees of movement. Due to this new feature they had to get rid of the Dual Shock feature.

» Images: Controller Spec-Sheet

Square Enix has trademarked 2 names at the USPTO previous week. The first one is Ring of Fates and the other one is The Crystal Bearers, which might be the 2nd Crystal Chronicles game that will appear on the Nintendo Wii.

More info will hopefully follow after Square Enix E3 conference later this day.

Source: NeoGAF