Fans rage over Final Fantasy versus XIII cancellation – Video Games Update
Yesterday Kotaku stated that an anonymous source had informed the website that Square Enix had cancelled Final Fantasy versus XIII (FFv13) and the publisher was not going to officially announce the cancellation so that the share prices would not be affected.
This rumour has lead to an uproar from Playstation 3 gamers as many Japanese Role Playing Game (RPG) fans were eagerly awaiting the title and they feel that Square Enixs has ‘betrayed’ them for the second time.
The first time was when Square Enix announced that Final Fantasy XIII (FF13) will no longer be exclusive to the Playstation 3 and will make it to the Xbox 360.
Gamers have flooded the official Final Fantasy forums and are demanding that Square Enix to confirm or deny the rumour. Square Enix has been known to let a game become Vapourware and not announce any official cancellation news as was the case with the Playstation
3 version of The Last Remnant.
The Last Remnant was a JRPG built on the Unreal Engine 3 and was planned to be released for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and the PC. While the game came out on the Xbox 360 and the PC, Square Enix announced that the Playstation 3 version would be delayed.
The game is yet to be released on Sony’s console with no official news of it being cancelled but it is clear to everyone that the game is dead and will never see the light of day on the Playstation 3.
Some gamers are refusing to believe the rumour, claiming it to be an elaborate hoax as so far there has been no official confirmation from Square Enix regarding the status of FFv13. Gamers are hoping that Square Enix is preparing something special for the
25th Anniversary of the Final Fantasy series and are optimistic that the game will resurface soon.
There have also been other contradicting rumours that Square Enix is still working on FFv13 and is set to reveal the game at the Tokyo Game Show 2012 (TGS 2012). After the announcement of Final Fantasy XV (FF15) there has also been speculation that FFv13
has simply gone through a name change and is now FF15 but this has also left gamers wondering if the game will still be exclusive to Playstation 3 or has it gone multi-platform now.
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