FFXIII-2 Announced

Square Enix announced today at an event held in Japan that Final Fantasy XIII-2 is in production and will be released in 2011. It is unclear if this release window applies to Japan only or whether it will be an international release in 2011.

Little has been released about FFXIII-2. The new logo above shows a character who is said to be similar to Lightning in temperament. It is rumoured to be a man with purple hair.

Official Trailer



Screenshots below!

New Game Alert - Dissidia 012 [duodecim] Final Fantasy

Square Enix has recently announced a prequel game to 2009's popular fighter for the PSP. The original game presented a fully 3D Fighter that I have never seen before. The game felt like a combination of an A-RPG and a Fighter. 

The original Dissidia gave us a roster of 22 Characters to choose from. The roster consisted of the following character's from the corresponding Final Fantasy games.

1. Warrior of Light / Garland
2. Firion / The Emperor Mateus
3. Onion Knight / Cloud of Darkness
4. Cecil Harvey / Golbez
5. Bartz Klauser / Exdeath
6. Terra Bradford / Kefka Palazzo 
7. Cloud Strife / Sephiroth
8. Squall Leonheart / Ultimecia
9. Zidane Tribal / Kuja
10. Tidus / Jecht
11. Shantotto 
12. Gabranth

From Final Fantasy 1 - 10 a hero and a villain were chosen. Final Fantasy XI was only given a hero and XII was only given a villain. Each Hero fought for Cosmos, the goddess of Harmony and Light. Each Villain fought for Chaos, the god of Discord and Darkness. 

A little backstory...

Chaos and Cosmos have been fighting for as long as they have existed. Their fight continues on despite apparant victories on either side. Chaos and Cosmos must always fight. The natural order of the world will not allow one favour over the other for long. Rebirth and Death are main themes between Chaos and Cosmos. Eventually Chaos and Cosmos began calling heroes and villains from other worlds to fight for them in hopes of gaining the upper hand. 

Dissidia Final Fantasy told the story of the thirteenth cycle of battles between Chaos and Cosmos and their warriors. In the original Dissidia Chaos and Cosmos each had equal warriors. In Dissidia 012 [duodecim] the tables have turned. 

Dissidia 012 [doudecim] tells the story of the twelfth cycle of battles between Chaos, Cosmos and their warriors. This time around, the heroes seem to have an advantage, with several new characters having been announced already and more to come. 

Head past the break for a break down of the new game! 

Gaming: Highly Anticipated Games

 

So, I've been playing a lot of Metal Gear Solid 4 Lately and It's gotten me to thinking about future games that're coming up. So I decided I would throw together a little list and give my impressions on each one, a couple screen-shots, all that. 

Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy XIII Collection - Square Enix

That was a mouthful. Anyway, I'm looking forward to the three announced, one leaked, and two rumoured titles in this collection. Final Fantasy XII looks gorgeous, it's battle system looks very interesting. It's sort of like... From what I've heard, you see the monsters on the map, but when you approach them in real time and completely seamless, you jump in to a battle with them. So it's like taking Final Fantasy X's battle system and Final Fantasy XII's real-time and smashing them together. 

Jump past the break for screens of Final Fantasy XIII and the other games in The Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy XIII Collection.

Favourite Profile: Humbuged

An introduction to the gay artist known as Humbuged. 

The man's done some amazing work and has been around in the gay art community for years now. His personal life isn't out in the open, which I think is a very, very good thing. The general public doesn't need to know everyone's business. ;) 

Anyway, Hum has done some excellent art and created some very sexy characters. He's also dabbled in some Flash animations and games. The most recent one is a feature of Final Fantasy X's Wakka. Here's a little preview he posted. 

He's a great drawer, an awesome animator, and a creative mind. I adore the man and I've never even met him. Check him out at his website below. 

The Humplex