"With nearly a full year of of game releases ahead, Gamasutra is picking out noteworthy titles due in 2009 for each home and handheld platform. Looking at the PlayStation Portable's slate, we've previewed 15 standout titles, from Japanese RPGs like Phantasy Star Portable to quirky releases such as Prinny: Can I Really Be The Hero?

With nearly a full year of of game releases ahead, Gamasutra is picking out noteworthy titles due in 2009 for each home and handheld platform, this time for Sony'..."

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"The CLOUD Message scans have already surfaced on the internet a day before the books official release. It contains nine Final Fantasy XIII Compilation scans including "Creators Messages" for all three of the games as well as what looks like a drawing board showing character artwork, environment designs and even a world map. So out of this what's new?"

"Final Fantasy XIII
Final Fantasy Versus XIII
Final Fantasy Agito XIII
Dissidia: Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete
Kingdom Hearts 358 / 2 Days
Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep
Kingdom Hearts Coded
The 3rd Birthday (The Third Birthday)
DKS3713 Event Report"

"We've been seeing a lot of remakes lately, and they're actually quite welcome. For publishers, it's a gold mine - they're low risk, but have high returns. For veteran gamers, playing a classic in souped up engines is a great experience. For new gamers, they get to appreciate the old games in their remade glory.

With the current situation of the gaming industry - lay-offs and realignments here and there - Square Enix president Yoichi Wada explains how there came to be a remake boom. "The pr..."

Again from this week's issue of Weekly Famitsu, come new screenshots for Square Enix's upcoming Final Fantasy Agito XIII for the PlayStation Portable. Some story sequences are depicted, along with a screenshot of the game's battle system, which is modified from Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, featured with ATB and the ability to control multiple characters. There will be some ad-hoc and infrastructure wireless play implemented.

"The scans contain a lot of new images such as Sera from Final Fantasy XIII being attacked by a flying monster, Final Fantasy Agito XIII screenshots showing the battle system very clearly and some extra shots of the Party Scene from Versus. You really do need to see these."

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Above:
Snow Villiers faces off against the brand new Final Fantasy XIII enemies."

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This image shows the new long blonde haired, glasses wearing, female from Final Fantasy XIII.

More images after the jump !"

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More scans after the jump !"

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Square Enix has created their website for the upcoming Tokyo Game Show, and has uploaded their show lineup:

[NDS] Snoopy DS: Let's Go Meet Snoopy and His Friends [Playable, Video]
[NDS] Cid and Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon: Toki Wasure no Meikyuu DS+ [Playable, Video]
[NDS] Valkyrie Profile: Toga wo Seou Mono [Playable, Video]
[NDS] Pingu's WakuWaku Carnival [Playable, Video]
[360] The Last Remnant
[NDS] Chrono Trigger [Video]
[PSP] Dissidia Final Fantasy [Playable, Video]
[NDS] Cho...

"Considering Versus is due out after FFXIII, which is scheduled for a 2009 release, it’s fairly reasonable to deduct - even though we hate to say it - that Agito might not be seen on shelves until 2010 at the earliest. Insert sad emotion here."

During the Square Enix Party new trailers for both Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy Versus XIII were shown, both with in-game footage. Today scans of the latest Famitsu PS3 were leaked and translations, as well as impressions from the event, have revealed that all the images are in fact real-time !

[Discuss in the Final Fantasy XIII Forum]

"According to Square Enix, The 3rd Birthday is not a sequel, which is why Parasite Eve has been excluded from the title. However, since Parasite Eve lead character Aya Brea is making an appearance, fans refer to the game as "Parasite Eve 3."

No other details have been released, but we'll continue to update this article as more is leaked from the DKΣ3713 event.

UPDATE:

The 3rd Birthday is set to release sometime in 2009."