Final Fantasy XIII-2 Announced

Square Enix has announced Final Fantasy XIII-2 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. During a Square Enix 1st Production Department event in Japan, producer Yoshinori Kitase revealed the direct sequel to last year's Final Fantasy XIII, which is to be directed by Motomu Toriyama.

 

 

Though we hope the "-2" in the title signifies the subtraction of Hope and Vanille, the logo highlights the addition of a new character alongside XIII's prickly leading lady, Lightning. Final Fantasy XIII-2 is set to launch in 2011, the Japanese version though. They confirmed that the English version would be coming next winter; so hopefully all the Final Fantasy fans will get FFXIII-2 at hand by mid March 2012.

 

The first image from Final Fantasy XIII-2, which will feature the return of main character Lightning, now wearing armor plates and sporting a sword and shield combo.