Final Fantasy XIII is the thirteenth installment in the Final Fantasy main series, and is the first of the series to be released on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Unveiled at E3 2006, the game is the flagship of Square Enix’s Fabula Nova Crystallis project. The game runs on Crystal Tools, a proprietary engine built for Square Enix’s seventh generation games.

The game was released in Japan on December 17, 2009, and March 9, 2010 for North America and Europe. A traditional Chinese version for PlayStation 3 was released in May 27, 2010. A sequel titled Final Fantasy XIII-2 was released on December 15th, 2011, and a second sequel, Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, was released in 2014.

Also by Gamer Guides:

• Final Fantasy XIII-2
• Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII