Square Enix rebukes Versus XIII 'on hold' accusation

by Darren Lee Taylor - 2008/06/19 8:01am

Square Enix has come forward to rebuke suggestions that Final Fantasy XIII Versus is on hold, and continues to plough through the development process.

"Reports that development for Final Fantasy Versus XIII is on hold are false," the publisher said in a statement.

"The truth of the situation is that when free, some staff from the Versus team have been helping with the XIII team on development of Final Fantasy XIII. Development for both titles is continuing as originally scheduled."

That rather significantly contradicts translations of game director Tetsuya Nomura's comments in a Famitsu article, where he reportedly used the words "on hold" and said "the entire Versus team is helping to finish Final Fantasy XIII".

When Nomura was quizzed about the development of Versus, he commented

"In Versus I'm trying to propose a new vision of how a Final Fantasy game can be. The game's going to be more human than the science-fiction caricature we so often see. It will focus around current world events - in that sense it's darker," he explained at the time.

Square Enix will be fully unveiling all three titles in the XIII series at E3