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New Square Enix MMORPG under development confirmed

The GDC website reveals that four Square Enix staff members will be speaking at the Game Developers Conference 2008. The full list:

· Fumiaki Shiraishi and Toshiro Tsuchida will be presenting an in-depth look at the development process of Square Enix's Wii Ware launch title Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Young King and the Promised Land.

· Isamu Kamikokuryo, Final Fantasy XIII's art director, will touch upon the secret of Final Fantasy art, how he gets inspiration, how he was trained, how his concept art influence the game development, etc.

· Taku Murata, the head of Square Enix's R&D. In this talk, Taku will describe the whole process of the engine development; why now, why not third party engine, what is unique, how it is being developed, what were challenges, etc. You'll be able to see the technological essence of Final Fantasy development.

Taku Murata's page also confirms that a new MMORPG is in development:

"The new game engine will be used for FINAL FANTASY XIII, new MMORPG under development, and other titles in the future."

This pretty much confirms that "the new MMORPG", which might actually be Final Fantasy Haresis XIII, will be released for the PlayStation 3 as it will use the White Engine.
Alternative Sources:
Untitled Square Enix project - en.wikipedia.org | By: BIoodmask
Square Enix to reveal new M... - strategyinformer.com | By: JamieSI
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vloeistof - 688 days 14 hours ago
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so is ff xiii going to be there ???

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deep - 688 days 14 hours ago
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Yes. At least the engine will be. And this MMO is multiplatform for Xbox 360....this is such old news.
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mikeslemonade - 688 days 12 hours ago
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No the white engine takes advantage of the cell, so sorry because this won't be coming to the 360. FFXIII won't be going 360 and so will this one not be going 360. It's the SE games that are using the Unreal 3 engine that are going to be multiplatform.

Looks like 2009 will be another great year for the PS3.
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deep - 688 days 12 hours ago
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MIKE. The White Engine is a multiplatform engine.

This MMO will be on the PS3/Xbox 360/PC. I don't lie, so don't tell me what I do and don't know.

"Last year we went through a development reorganization, with the development of our own cross-platform middleware – the white engine. This is the foundation for FFXIII and the new MMO," he stated.

Square Enix had previously suggested that White Engine was built specifically for PS3. However, a new MMO is currently in development that also uses White Engine, and it will be a cross platform and cross region title."

Suck on that. If you want up to date, to the point news listen to me., instead of believing your out of date bull.
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mikeslemonade - 688 days 12 hours ago
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If that were true than FFXIII would be going to the 360 and it's not. It's middleware so that it can go to the PC.
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k2d - 688 days 12 hours ago
1.5 - @ deep
Yup! And if the PS3 flops, FFXIII might go multi platform.
Like that'll ever happen. lol.
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deep - 688 days 12 hours ago
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"If that were true than FFXIII would be going to the 360 and it's not"

WHY!!!!????

Bioshock, Gears, Mass Effect are on UE3 which is a cross-platform engine - but that doesn't mean they are coming to the PS3! Does it.

The White Engine is cross-platform and the MMO will be coming to the Xbox 360. Stop feeling so worried. FFXIII and FFXIII Versus are PS3 exclusive, the MMO is not. All three are made with the White engine.
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mikeslemonade - 688 days 12 hours ago
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Exactly you just made my point you can't really judge if it's exclusive solely on the engine. FF Last Reminant happens to be multiplatform and it doesn't use the white engine. The title "FFXIII" will make the game PS3 exclusive. Just like how FFXI took so long to get to the 360. It's because Sony has some sort of deal for the FF # name.
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Genki - 688 days 12 hours ago
1.8 - "Exactly you just made my point you can't really judge if it's exclusive solely on the engine."
What? You just said that the game can't be multiplat because the White Engine is built for the cell, and then when you're proven wrong you say that he proved your point?
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Panthers - 688 days 11 hours ago
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Mike you are contradicting yourself.

And Sony has no deal with the FF name. That is why Crystal Chronicles is going to Nintendo.
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deep - 688 days 11 hours ago
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Mike...I don't know what you're on, but I'm telling you this from what Square Enix themselves have said.

The White Engine is cross-platform, but of course concentrates very heavily on the cell - which any good cross-platform engine SHOULD do.
FFXIII and Versus use the White Engine. Both are PS3 exclusive.
The MMO uses the White Engine, but is cross-platform.
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rofldings - 688 days 11 hours ago
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What happened to this quote?

Nomura: "Versus" is taking time being developped because the team is trying to explore the whole specs (of the PS3). Our programmers were asking, "is it okay if we program it as a PS3 exclusive? If you're thinking of porting it to other consoles, we might have to change the specs to follow suit the others." And I answered, "PS3 exclusive, of course."
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mikeslemonade - 688 days 11 hours ago
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I did contradict myself but only because Deep contradicted himself first and gave the idea to contradict myself. He named 360 games that are exclusives but use the Unreal 3 engine. And then he said since the White Engine is multiplatform it's going to the 360. If that were true then those 360 exclusives would be going to the PS3. SE hasn't made an annoucement yet really. Your conclusion on saying it will go to the 360 is that FFXI did go tot he 360 but that's after years. It will be timed exclusive on PS3. It won't be a simulataneous release.
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Skerj - 688 days 11 hours ago
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@Rofldings

FFXIII and Versus are still PS3 exclusive so that quote is still true. The Unknown MMO has been stated as being multiplat since it's announcement.
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deep - 688 days 11 hours ago
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"And then he said since the White Engine is multiplatform it's going to the 360."

NO HE DIDNT. He said this MMO will be on 360/PC/PS3.

You said it can't because it uses the white engine which is for PS3 only.

I said the White Engine is Cross-platform.

Thus my original statement is still valid. There was NO inference of the cross-platform engine meaning it would be 360, I had already stated it was 360.

Deep does not contradict himself.
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deep - 688 days 11 hours ago
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More evidence?

"I'm still working on XI as it's on-going but we are also working on a next-generation MMORPG for 360 and Vista but PS3 is a possibility."

http://www.videogamer.com/d...

Edit: Mike below. I'm not predicting. Your record is "guessing"...which isn't a record at all. Speak sense, and I won't type in a surprised manner at the oddness of your words.
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mikeslemonade - 688 days 11 hours ago
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Alright you win, but my record is high picking the Giants to win and HD-DVD to lose etc. And can't you correct me in a nicer manner? All those exclamation points and caps aren't needed.
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antoinetm - 688 days 9 hours ago
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/me hugs mike
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JVIDICAN - 688 days 6 hours ago
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thought i should point out sony owns 40% of square enix. doesnt affect this much but yeah =P
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resistance100 - 687 days 23 hours ago
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@JVIDICAN

Not true, while it is true they used to they sold a large amount of the shares. Sony now own around 10-15% of Square and with the success of Squares games worldwide i imagin sony get fairly large dividends at the end of each year
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StrboyM - 688 days 13 hours ago
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just stopped playing ffxi after 5 years...all i can say is WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW WWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHH YEAH!

i cant wait i miss my char soooo much...
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Skerj - 688 days 12 hours ago
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Hopefully it's like the vision of the original PlayOnline FFXI trailer that was never fully realized. I'm really hoping that it's a MMO in the FFXIII world, that would be freaking AWESOME.
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Mercutio - 688 days 12 hours ago
3.1 - Dude, that's exactly what it is.
It's gonna be so awesome..
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heyheyhey - 688 days 12 hours ago
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if it uses the White Engine then i guess its another exclusive game to add to the PS3's list

although after the flop that was FF11 i cant say im too excited- unless it completes the FF13 story somehow
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deep - 688 days 12 hours ago
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the white engine is multiplatform.
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heyheyhey - 688 days 12 hours ago
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link? proof?

SE has said that they built the White engine specifically for the PS3- so stop saying that until you can provide some proof

besides Sony owns 40% of SE, and they probably have a deal saying that FF games can only be on the PS3 and the Wii
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Skerj - 688 days 12 hours ago
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After the merger between Square and Enix, Sony's stake is roughly 10% unless it has increased in the past 4 months since I checked. You're both right though, the White Engine is both created for PS3 and I'm guessing the middleware multiplat one is lacking PS3 specific features like SPE optimization but it does exist.

http://ps3.psu.com/Square-E...
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Lew_Ijgee - 688 days 12 hours ago
4.4 - I would also like to add...
That MMOs usually require a HDD.......
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deep - 688 days 12 hours ago
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One. I am the proof.

Two. Hiromichi Tanaka, an executive officer at Square Enix, said "Last year we went through a development reorganization, with the development of our own cross-platform middleware – the white engine. This is the foundation for FFXIII and the new MMO.”

http://www.gamasutra.com/ph...

Three. "The "new MMO" he refers to is an as-yet-untitled project that is indeed multiplatform." http://blog.wired.com/games...
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heyheyhey - 688 days 9 hours ago
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@deep

perhaps- but i will not be convinced until i see a game on the 360 using the white engine

i heard that it is designed to work with the SPE's of the Cell
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Sevir04 - 688 days 8 hours ago
4.7 - Hey hey hey... just to let you know
both project sylpheed and infinate undiscovery both use the the white engine... also

@ deep while it says multiplatform. i do remember them saying that PC was definately the main target for the MMos and the PS3 as well. and because the 360 isn't HDD standard, square wouldn't really sell too many of the mmo's on the 360 becaus enot everyone has an HDD 360. with that being said. multiplatform can also mean PS3 and PC... like alot of the SOE games coming out this year and next. also Hearesis was only copywritten. it was never announced and neither was a specific platform.

So to just claim that it's going to be on the 360 without square confirming it is pure assumption and speculation on your part.

i will say that square will have an MMO on the 360 at sime time in the future but we dont know what it is and when, and if they do it will be long after the PS3 and PC versions because they both have HDD standard.
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Kain81 - 688 days 6 hours ago
4.8 - Projekt sylphed and Infinity Undiscovery
dont use White-Engine thats for sure.
Tri-ace developes the game Square-enix publish this for them nothing more.
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Genki - 688 days 12 hours ago
5 - Where the HELL have all of you been who DON'T know that the White Engine is multiplatform?
I, among many others have known this for at least 4 months now.

Do people not know how to use google anymore? So, are those of you who like to beg people for links saying that you'll remain WILLFULLY ignorant to something instead of using the easiest resource at your disposal?

Here's what I found with a SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH

http://ps3.psu.com/Square-E...

http://www.ff-xiii.net/inde...

http://blog.wired.com/games...

http://www.gamasutra.com/ph...

Nobody ever said that FFXIII was going multi, that's probably contracted, but you can't contract a middleware engine.

Not knowing something is one thing, but believing something else is true just because you don't know about another is just ridiculous.

Have fun fanboys. I know this hurts, but for what it's worth, I'm glad. You could use a good dose of reality every now and then.
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deep - 688 days 11 hours ago
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thanks :)
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SUP3R - 688 days 11 hours ago
5.2 - Does It Matter?
What does all of this matter if this MMORPG is going to be cross-platform?
SquareEnix has already announced 2 titles for the 360, Infinite Undiscovery(something about this game just looks....meh) and this unannounced MMORPG.
People are acting like it's XIII and vsXIII that's going over to the 360.
The point is. An MMORPG=Money, SquareEnix is a business that likes to make money, the more platforms this MMO crosses the more money they make and the more players in the game itself.
In the end everyone is happy.....as long as the game is good.
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kewlkat007 - 688 days 6 hours ago
5.3 - Damn Deep that was one tough
"White-Engine is Cross platform" battle..lol
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kewlkat007 - 688 days 6 hours ago
5.4 - hmmm
I wonder if it will relate to the the FF world...
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Lanontscuz - 688 days 12 hours ago
6 - oh crappp!!
if its true there goes my ps3 !!! imma have to keep my ps3 on so i can sell fishbait (damn millioncorn harvest instead of ores GRRR) and chiefkabob on my taru taru bazzar lmao hope fully this game does not take over 2 years to make.... can't wait for it
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Nykamari - 688 days 12 hours ago
7 - Is it Possible!
That they will make FF VII itno the MMORPG!!!!!!!
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cloud360-7th_account - 688 days 11 hours ago
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i dont want to swear or call u.

but keep quiet
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Kain81 - 688 days 11 hours ago
8 - 3 weeks ago square-enix told us that there main plattforms are
PS2,PSP,PS3,Wii and NDS so i hope this game is an PS3 game.
I hope
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Kain81 - 688 days 11 hours ago
8.1 - @ the Guy who disagreed with me
this is Fact search foryouself
Can you tell me why you are disagreed with me?
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cloud360-7th_account - 688 days 11 hours ago
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5. Haeresis is the US name for Versus which is an extremely silly name and would probably make the ignorant masses think it's a one-on-one fighting game....or even worse, some kind of mad crossover between Final Fantasy and a mediocre cel-shaded FPS. (i.e. "Final Fantasy" vs. "XIII")

Seriously though, Haeresis and Versus both mean similar things in Latin in addition to sounding similar.

Haeresis/Heresy: "dissent or deviation from a dominant theory, opinion, or practice"

Versus: "in contrast to or as the alternative of"

Ever since it was announced, "Versus" never sat well with me and whether Haeresis is an alternate title for it or a completely different game I'll wager that a game called Final Fantasy Versus XIII will never come out in the US.

http://blog.wired.com/games...
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SUP3R - 688 days 10 hours ago
9.1 - Huh?
You're wagering that a game called versus XIII will never come to the US even though it's already been confirmed for US release?
I don't know if I'm missing your point or you're just not making any sense.
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PirateThom - 688 days 10 hours ago
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If White Engine is cross-platform... then why are Square Enix paying to use Unreal Engine 3 for their only multi-platform game, The Last Remnant?

Bare in mind, White Engine uses 4 of Cell's SPEs as a rule.

It's equally possible that "cross-platform" relates to PS3/PC... but I digress, the White Engine was made because of the development challenges of PS3, it's made to take advantage of the PS3 hardware.
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gEnKiE - 688 days 9 hours ago
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If they made something for the PSN, it would be awesome and probably do pretty dam well. But considering how big MMOs are now, it would def take a chuck out of HD space. Who knows, either way its something to look forward to.
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TwissT - 688 days 8 hours ago
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Im not really a fan of MMORPGs but if it gets good user feedback I might acctually try it.
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StateofMind - 688 days 8 hours ago
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Uh oh, FFXI consumed my life for like four years. This news kind of scares me.
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Spike47 - 688 days 7 hours ago
15 - I don't really
care if this mmo goes on the xbox360 or not, it may be on pc and ps3 only. But it's all speculation at this point.

But I'm really geting tired of this" not a ps3 exclusive"thing.

Why do fanboys always have to bash the ps3 saying that this mmo won't be only on the ps3 or just jump to that conclusion.

should'nt we be talking about how the game will be?

The xbox360 has it's exclusives, and the ps3 has it's own, just enjoy them and that's it.
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