Square targeting 2010 release for PAL FFXIII

  • Posted June 3rd, 2009 at 16:38 EDT by Mike Harradence
  • 19 Comments

Square Enix has said that the company is ‘targeting’ a 2010 release for the PAL version of Final Fantasy XIII.

The hotly anticipated RPG hits Japanese retailers later this year, with a North American version scheduled for release in spring 2010. A European release date has yet to be confirmed, though director Motomu Toriyama informed Kotaku at E3 that it’s aiming to have the game out in that region at some point next year.

Traditionally, PAL gamers have received the short end of the release stick with past iterations, with Final Fantasy XII in particular taking a full year to reach European shores following the Japanese release.

Let’s hope Europeans won't have to wait until Christmas 2010 to get their hands on the game.

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  1. Loan | Loan

    • 4:40pm BST - June 3rd, 2009
    • 1

    pal ppl :(

  2. ttuna1

    • 4:41pm BST - June 3rd, 2009
    • 2

    FF XIV will come out before FFXIII most probs

  3. Holy-Stars

    • 4:41pm BST - June 3rd, 2009
    • 3

    Thats ok. I mostly import my games anyway.

  4. Dave-The-Rave | Dave-The-Rave

    • 4:45pm BST - June 3rd, 2009
    • 4

    I'm importing as soon as it hits American soil

  5. Girugamesh | Shidousha

    • 4:58pm BST - June 3rd, 2009
    • 5

    I swear if this game doesn't have original Japanese audio/English subs I'm going to burn down Squeenix headquarters and send Microsoft employees death threats.

  6. markbusu

    • 5:08pm BST - June 3rd, 2009
    • 6

    I never got an Import... Im in Europe.. do US games work fine?!

  7. rutea7

    • 5:16pm BST - June 3rd, 2009
    • 7

    @6

    gosh thats a stupid question, ps3 is region free

  8. Perishing_Mind

    • 5:40pm BST - June 3rd, 2009
    • 8

    @7 no need to be harsh...

    plus there are no stupid questions. 2010 seems ok considering how long the FF games usually take

  9. ElPulga | xbacillusx

    • 6:04pm BST - June 3rd, 2009
    • 9

    And what about versus. They havent shown anything of the gameplay. If FFXIII is going to be released in 2010 then i am afraid and quite sure that versus is going to end up being released in 2011. Tho well one FF game can keep you going for at least 100hrs plus of gaming.

  10. Oatmeal | NEJI64

    • 6:16pm BST - June 3rd, 2009
    • 10

    i hope with FF14 being exclusive that FFversus dont end up going multiplat

  11. rutea7

    • 6:28pm BST - June 3rd, 2009
    • 11

    in half an hour the SE conference starts, they might reveal more footage and perhaps something about versus.

    @9

    yeah, i dont believe versus will come out next year, i think maybe 2011 in japan, 2012 rest of the world. at the best of chances.

  12. A_Ninja | Arabia_Ninja

    • 6:30pm BST - June 3rd, 2009
    • 12

    what the F ... now i remember way i hate Square-Enix ...they always give us Final Fantasy a centenary after the japanese relese .... i can easily import the game ... but what if they relased DLC ???

  13. wetfbbqchiken

    • 6:32pm BST - June 3rd, 2009
    • 13

    ok im seriously considering learning japanese lol... XMAS 2010?! then probably xmas 2011 for verses.. f that ill import the jp one and try play it lol

  14. DaLi6 | PRISONISHELL

    • 7:10pm BST - June 3rd, 2009
    • 14

    @5 or you can write their names on DEATH NOTE XD :P wish was that true :P

  15. n0na90 | nona90

    • 8:11pm BST - June 3rd, 2009
    • 15

    I was so hyped up I even forgot about this issue :(

  16. zerkulo

    • 10:18pm BST - June 3rd, 2009
    • 16

    What is wrong with the people running this industry? Why not release an English version at the same time as the Japanese version? Why persist with these irrelevent zones?

    By the time this game is out I will have lost all interest.

  17. higgos22

    • 10:40pm BST - June 3rd, 2009
    • 17

    yeh @2 does this mean if u lived in japan u could be playing ff14 whilst people in europe are still waiting to buy ff13 and also what if ff14 comes out first over here aswell?

  18. A-HAAA

    • 12:19am BST - June 4th, 2009
    • 18

    @7

    who stuck the pencils up your azz jezz

  19. yssul1027

    • 1:10am BST - June 7th, 2009
    • 19

    From what I have read on the other article, the game developer said that PS3 will have better dynamic lighting due to its CPU....(I forgot what he said about XBOX360)

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