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For all of you people who have Facebook out there and will be playing Final Fantasy XIII-2, you will be glad to hear that Final Fantasy XIII-2 has been patched with Facebook connectivity today. Input your facebook info into the game and this will allow you to update your wall with things like story progression, monsters in your party, etc.

Square Enix opened up their own Final Fantasy XIII-2 Facebook Page today as well.

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Final Fantasy XIII-2 DLC Trailer

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Some DLC screenshots from the coliseum mode. Midway through your battle with Lightning Farron, lieutenant Amoda will be joining the fight making things just a little bit more interesting. This DLC will be available for every region of the world on February 7th. Can you beat them? Check out the screenshots below!

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A few bits and pieces of information regarding the Final Fantasy XIII-2 Ultimania Guides have surfaced today including the exact weight of these books. Both books weighed on a scale together comes out to about 1.6KG. As you may know, ultimania guide books usually come with interviews from the developers of the game, these are no different.

Director Motomu Toriyama and Producer Yoshinori Kitase mention and refer to Noel & Serah's journey as the "Noel & Serah Volume." We can also expect a Lightning Volume, a Snow Volume, a Sazh Volume, and more. These other volumes do not necessarilly mean they will be downloadable content as they pointed out that they could come in different forms like novels. What else will Toriyama and Kitase have in mind for Final Fantasy XIII-2? We'll just have to wait and see.

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Square Enix has released additional information concerning the previously announced Lightning Colosseum battle DLC. The DLC will be released on February 7th and will be priced at is ¥300 on PS3 and 240 MSP on Xbox 360.

Additionally the Lightning battle is split into two parts; Firstly you'll face off against Lightning. Around the middle of the battle Lieutenant Amoda of the Guardian Corps will join the fight. As reported earlier, defeating Lightning results in her becoming playable specialized in the "Blaster/Ravager" role.

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Final Fantasy XIII-2 Collectors Edition Unboxing Video:

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Another Final Fantasy XIII-2 piece of artwork has surfaced, which is from the Ultimania Guide. Check it out below!

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Media Create figures for week 3 (1/16 - 1/22) have finally come out and Final Fantasy XIII-2 has sold 8,706 copies in its sixth week. The game has now sold 762,674 copies in Japan so far.

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Square Enix have released a new gameplay trailer, which shows off what players will be able to do throughout the game. Not long to go now, folks!

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This week's Famtsu Magazine includes some new information regarding Lightning becoming available as a party member through DLC and much more. As reported a while back, Lightning can be defeated in the coliseum, after which she will be available for use in your party.

Square Enix also plans to release DLC story episodes for Lightning as well. Apart from Lightning, there will be plenty of other familiar bosses from the final fantasy series that can be defeated in the coliseum battle mode.

Though not confirmed as to who the reps are in this interview, they are from Square Enix's 1st Production Department and these interviews are usually done with Motomu Toriyama and Yoshinori Kitase of Final Fantasy XIII-2. Square Enix also reveals that they would like to expand the story outside of DLC. They hope to bring us Sazh, Dajh, and even Chocolina either in DLC form or novels. They mention that the Japanese market is changing greatly and that they would like to consider a variety of things for future developments.

Lastly, the staff has mentioned that it might take a little bit longer before we see any actual screenshots for Final Fantasy X HD, aslo mentioning they would like not to take so long releasing this title.

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