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After doing a bunch of rounds on the rumour mill lately, Square Enix has at last confirmed the gossip by announcing Final Fantasy XIII-2 at its production conference event for PS3 and 360 platforms.

Motomu Toriyama, he who directed Final Fantasy XIII, will return to direct the game again, with Yoshinori Kitase taking the reigns of producer once again. Apparently, development on the title is carried out with fan feedback concerning Final Fantasy XIII in mind. Hmmm, hopefully that’ll mean we’ll get less linearity and more in the way of character development flexibility.

Very little else is known in the way of details at the moment, but what is known is central protagonist Lightning will return, alongside a new cast of characters with the game releasing this year in Japan (likely before Versus XIII) with a European release date TBD.

Trailer, media and additional details will follow so stay tuned.