Square Enix will finally be bringing Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII to Steam on Dec. 10, closing out a re-release effort that served its purpose of solidifying the PC as a future home for the popular franchise. The game will cost $19.99 at launch, and it will support most of the DLC costumes that were released with the console version. Favorites like the Tomb Raider Lara Croft...
The cycle will soon be complete. Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII remains the sole entry of the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy that hasn’t been ported to the PC, and Square Enix claims that it should be happening before the year is out. And I mean, right before the year is out, like Decemberish. Longtime franchise Producer Kitase Yoshinori has spoken out about the release date,...
With news that Final Fantasy Type-0 HD would be coming to Steam, fans of Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XIII trilogy began to wonder if the company would leapfrog its final chapter. As it stands right now, only Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy XIII-2 are available, but Square Enix has promised that Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII is indeed on the way. A lot of people have been...
Another year means not only more games, but also more life responsibilities. Getting older is rough, and it takes a lot of effort to balance out your favorite hobby along with the rest of what life throws at you. It’s good to set certain goals and restrictions to how to approach gaming. There simply is too much out there, and taking it all in is enough to drive one crazy. Aim smaller...
And you thought Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII would be the last we saw of Lightning in Square Enix’s popular series? Well, you were wrong. Square Enix might have wrapped up her character’s story in the latest game released last week, but that doesn’t leave her closed off to future appearances. In an interview Siliconera, not simply translated by them this time, Director Motomu...
Lightning has already nabbed the outfits of Final Fantasy‘s most popular leading ladies: Aeris, Yuna, and Cloud among them. Now her wardrobe in Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII is expanding beyond Square Enix’s venerated RPG series. Lara Croft’s getup from the recent Tomb Raider reboot will be available for Lighting to go masquerading in. Not just like legendary green tank top and...
Brace yourselves, fellow nerds. Square Enix has just dropped what will likely be the most geektastic thing you'll see today. Leading up to the impending launch of Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, Square Enix decided to do a recap of what's happened in the series so far. Rather than boring text or a traditional trailer, some brilliant mind(s) decided to go retro. The trailer was...
Final Fantasy XIII has its fans and detractors, but regardless of what group they fall in, most can agree that the game’s battle system was a great idea that needed some serious tweaking to finally get right. Two games later, could Square Enix have hit the nail on the head? No parties, no aiding characters. Final Fantasy XIII has only ever allowed control over a single character and...
Here’s one more bunch of screenshots from the halls of Square Enix showing off all aspects of Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. The awesome monster design, the deep outfit system, the different job classes, and, ugh… the cast. Less than a month to go before we can put the final stake into Lightning’s extended run with the Final Fantasy series. Readers might know that I am no fan...
The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 might have been replaced by their successors, but that doesn’t mean you should just totally ignore them from here on out. In fact, I’d go so far as to say these console still have the far more impressive line-up leading into 2014. Most “next-gen” games scheduled for release will be cross generational anyway, so when counting the exclusives only, there...