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Final Fantasy XIII (ファイナルファンタジーXIII, Fainaru Fantajī XIII) is the next installment of the Final Fantasy video game series, and is the first of the series to be released on the Playstation 3. Unveiled at E3 '06, the game features high-tech, futuristic world and a heroine who wields a gun and a sword. Motomu Toriyama is the director of the game.
Final Fantasy XIII will run on the "White Engine", an propietary engine built for Square Enix's next-gen games. The game was originally planned for the PlayStation 2 but was later moved to the PS3 after the development team discovered the power of the platform.
Two other games were announced alongside FFXIII: Final Fantasy Agito XIII, a prequel for the mobile phone, and Final Fantasy Versus XIII, a sequel action game for the Playstation 3 made by the Kingdom Hearts team. The three games make up the three part saga, Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy XIII.