FF Versus XIII reports "are false"

Eurogamer reports: "Square Enix has rubbished suggestions that Final Fantasy Versus XIII is on hold. "Reports that development for Final Fantasy Versus XIII is on hold are false," the publisher said in a statement passed on to Eurogamer.

"The truth of the situation is that when free, some staff from the Versus team have been helping with the XIII team on development of Final Fantasy XIII. Development for both titles is continuing as originally scheduled."

That rather significantly contradicts translations of game director Tetsuya Nomura's comments in a Famitsu article, where he reportedly used the words "on hold" and said "the entire Versus team is helping to finish Final Fantasy XIII".

[Drekken]

You still suck Eurogamer!

[Daver]

i agree loll

[dude_uk]

three makes a whole

[fishd]

HUUUURRRRRRRGH

[deeznuts]

Lol, we're all thinking the same thing. First thing I thought was, "don't care until you tell me your MGS4 score was false!"

But I don't need them to tell me that!

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

I can see people getting "on hold" where it was "when free" (refering to the devs free time of Versus), and the entire team is not necessarily untrue, since the entire team can have free time... But really, my japanese sucks... So it can just be what the first guy traduced correctly and Eurogamer maybe is just being an @ss again.

[sumfood4u]

Eurogamer Suxs Pink Flamingo Balls!

Bubble for U!

[gunnerforlife]

good:) because im really looking forward to this one:) its a lot less girly(dont wana sound sexist but it is):) and its alot darker and it aint a full JRPG which i am very happy about:)

[Fishy Fingers]

WooHoo, that's good news for me as I've always been more interested in Versus.

[Britjadg]

genuine question here: why?

not alot of info out there on versus, hell the the info on ffXIII is scare enough.

[Wildarmsjecht]

I kinda agree with Fishy, although both have day one purchases from me. But Versus has this dark and gritty world surrounding it, with a shady protagonist that u just WANT to find out more about. I think he;s a prince and his kingdom is one of the few that has a crystal and the whole world is at war over them. But the battle sequence itself reminded me of KH2 last battle area. Cannot wait.

[Fishy Fingers]

LOL... You want to know why I'm more interested in Versus, read Wildarmsjecht's comment, it pretty much sums it up.

Plus, (dont hate me) I'm not a huge fan of turn based combat, hopefully Versus will be a little more action orientated.

Both day one though. Id buy a FF game just for their CGI, I love it so much :)

[Diugu]

... and play the hell out of them.

These are the games I am expecting the most.. even more than MGS4. Even though, now that I played it a little, I think it is very difficult to make me enjoy anything more than MGS4.

[deceitful]

am (BRITJADG) on mates account coz my login is being gay. cant get on?

@ Wildarmsjecht, have seen the video (or at least i think i've seen the one ur talking about - is it the one with him walking down some stairs from his throne with loads of "troopers" shooting at him?

the only reason i ask about preference for versus over ffXIII is that other than both seem to use the white engine and a couple of pics, i really haven't seen any more info out there. thought there might be something key that i had missed.

SO TEMPTING TO GIVE MYSELF BUBBLES LOL

[Wildarmsjecht]

lol @ the irony of your name and you using another persons username :P all in jest, just thought that was kinda funny. Sometimes the login does act hella g@y tho.

I don't remember where i read the kingdom information and the war over the crystals, i wish i knew cuz it'd give me a better understanding obviously. I'll search around and link it when i can. But yea that traile with him fighting all the soldiers, and the screenshots of another person, a girl i believe, beign involved got me hooked. Especially the fight sceen. It was like KH2 with FF7 AC wrapped in FF3/6 story line. Bad.Ass.

[Pornlord]

I'd like to say I'm looking forward to one more than the other, but honestly, which ever one comes out first is the one I'll get. Then I'll get the other. I just can't let good RPG's slip through my collection. I still pay suikoden and Chrono trigger from time to time hahah

[Britjadg]

genius wasn't it? i hadn't even considered the irony until you mentioned it!

if you do find that stuff will you let me know? i am an avid FF fan and all info on these games should be required by law!

p.s. thanks to dec for letting me use his account! have a bubble fella.

[Doctor Strange]

As long as development on both seems to be going fine then I'm okay, I just want to see some new footage on both XIII titles and a possible release date.

[meepmoopmeep]

i like the idea that the Versus team is helping the XIII team to get the product finished faster, and vice versa.

i'm hoping for a release date announcement at E3

[kindi_boy]

Euro who?!

[Silogon]

All these rumor guys need to go away like surfer girl and Games blow. Oh and to be a little more on topic, I am 100% not into anything Final Fantasy after 12 was such a huge abomination. Well, 10, x2, 11 and 12 actually. That's a whole lot of wasted years in between and the only Final Fantasy I ever beat was

1, 7 and 10. I couldn't bring myself to beat any of the other ones and I played them all. Yes, even the real version of 4 and swapped out 6. Final Fantasy 13, any of the 5 they're making right now, just do not appeal to me.

I want Final Fantasy to be just that. Final, but above all else a Fantasy. Not sifi. I loved 9 more than anyone of them. It was far and away the very best of the series.

[Fishy Fingers]

WOW, your comment is coherent and actually sounds honest.

I'm throwing you a bubble for not being a t*t, keep it up and you will get out of this zone and your bubbles/respect will continue to grow.

Dont make me regret giving you this ;)

[Panthers]

I think I am more excited about Versus than XIII, but both are WAY up on my list. Especially if they go all out with an M rating and BLOOD. COME ON SQUARE.

[Isaac]

Eurofanboy*

Anyway how about a release date? How about some compromise? You pieces of dog sh1t. FFXII was supposed to come out in 2003 and it came out in 2006; if that is what we should expect, then I expect FFXIII no earlier than holiday 2009.

[PS360WII]

Ummm so Square Enix is saying that the developers of Versus have free time to just go ahead and help out with a totally different project?!? kkkkkaaaaayyyy

[kingOVsticks]

I still despise eurogamer(at least eurogamer uk) for the low score they gave MGS4 (Yes a 8 is low for MGS4) to but at least they cleared it up, all those game killers(fanboys) were going on a hater spree and it was getting annoying. but Im glad to see the FF13 moving along just fine

[butterfinger]

Gamesblow is pathetic now, and surfer girl is totally gone. Gamesblow used to have some good insight at a certain point in time with a supposed web site (sony-backed allegedly) coming out, but now he has been reduced down to a sad little forum poster. You can find him posting daily on the Playstation boards. It's so funny to see someone with so much arrogance get dropped to our level. Here's hoping Sev can keep his site afloat with solid insider information. I would steer clear of the temptation to divulge exact release dates, and use a time frame instead.

[Reibooi]

I would bet that Nomura-san is closer to being right in this situation. SE may have not liked the way he referred to Versus as "On Hold" and there by felt they needed to speak. However if even a few members of the Versus team are helping the FFXIII team development on Versus will be slower and there fore could be referred to as On Hold. This is most likely SE trying to make sure fans don't think the game is canceled or what not.

[Sir_Ken_Kutaragi]

I thought everything on the internet was true!!!;-D
Companies who make games would be mad not to make games for the PS3!!!;)

[Laexerias]

Yukata, really, im glad that FFV13 is still be working on.. <3

[KatanaSteel]

I would like to get both titles at the same time. But if development for FFVXIII was halted whilst SqE pushed (not rushed) FFXIII for a December 2008 release, it wouldn't be a tragedy.

[J@D]

Eurolame I most said.