MEGATON: Final Fantasy XIII announced for Xbox 360

A day that will live in infamy.

Just in, Square Enix President and CEO Yoichi Wada has just announced at E3 that Final Fantasy XIII is coming to the Xbox 360.  This is a massive coup for Microsoft that has been trying for years to get the legendary franchise onto the console.

Obviously, more details to come.  The internet just exploded with this news.  Don’t believe me (because it is that unbelievable) then you can see the announcement yourself below.

E3 Countdown Begins…Time for all 3 Platforms to Show their Hands

As all gamers know, the biggest and most interesting game conference is just around the corner.  As is always the case, Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft will bringing out the big guns and showing the world why their console is the best.  Expect big new game announcements, new peripherals, firmware upgrades, movie services and the list goes on.

Check out just a few of the rumoured announcements that are making the rounds:

• PS3 and Xbox 360 have motion control on the way
• Halo 4 is in development already by Bungie
• Final Fantasy XIII will be there
• Alan Wake may be there
• the Xbox 360 will introduce a motion controlled dashboard (like seen in Minority Report)

And the list goes on.  This is the big industry event that sends game journalists into an over-stimulated frenzy.  Every year there are surprises that catch everyone off guard and the anticipation for the event can be felt throughout the gaming community.  You’d be hard pressed to find a gaming site that doesn’t have full blown, insane coverage of E3.

That being said, IGN has some awesome countdowns for the most exciting parts of E3….the press conferences for Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo.  Make sure you don’t miss them.  It would suck to miss Peter Jackson walk out with an assault rifle only to announce his next movie is Halo.

Microsoft E3 2008 Press Conference Coverage at IGN

Nintendo E3 2008 Press Conference Coverage at IGN

Sony E3 2008 Press Conference Coverage at IGN

So sit back and relax…or get more excited with each passing second. The countdowns certainly don’t hurt the anticipation…