Rumor Time: Final Fantasy Versus XIII Not Happening?

<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;kotaku&period;com&sol;5927645&sol;rumor-final-fantasy-versus-xiii-is-dead&quest;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;twitter&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;dlvr&period;it">Kotaku<&sol;a> has reported that&comma; according to sources&comma; <em>Final Fantasy Versus XIII <&sol;em>is no longer happening—meaning the game has been quietly killed off&period; The title itself was announced in 2006 but had failed to make any appearances at recent gaming shows and had very little information regarding a release&comma; leading to some suspicion around its progress&period; The decision to kill it off without much noise was done to avoid damaging Square Enix&&num;8217&semi;s stock prices&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In March of this year though&comma; Tetsuya Nomura&comma; designer for the title stated to Famitsu&comma; &&num;8220&semi;We&&num;8217&semi;re almost done with preparing the latest info for the game&period; Because of a totally unrelated reason&comma; there are circumstances in which that info cannot be released&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Then in May&comma; speaking to Game Informer&comma; he remarked&comma; &&num;8220&semi;We would like to ask for your patience on an official announcement for this title&period; It always takes time when tackling the challenge of doing something completely new&comma; but we are doing our best to bring information to the fans as quickly as we can&period; Your patience is greatly appreciated&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Other sources apparently mentioned to Kotaku that <em>Final Fantasy Versus XIII<&sol;em>&&num;8216&semi;s assets have actually been redirected towards the next FF title&comma; a possible <em>FFXV<&sol;em> but this is unconfirmed at the moment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When asked by Kotaku for a comment regarding the status of <em>FInal Fantasy Versus XIII<&sol;em>&comma; Square Enix replied&comma; &&num;8220&semi;We have no information on the status of <em>Final Fantasy Versus XIII<&sol;em>&comma; but will be sure to update you as it becomes available&period;&&num;8221&semi; The company has an FF event scheduled for the end of August&sol;early September&comma; so perhaps more light will be shed on the game&&num;8217&semi;s status then&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;kotaku&period;com&sol;5927645&sol;rumor-final-fantasy-versus-xiii-is-dead&quest;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;twitter&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;dlvr&period;it">Kotaku<&sol;a>&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;