The edition of XIII will definitely definitely definitely not be getting a release in Japan. That's the word in today, confirming what other people in the know had already told us.

"There will absolutely not be an 360 version of Final Fantasy XIII for Japan," director Motomu Toriyama told Dengeki PlayStation, according to Kotaku.

The announcement that an Xbox 360 version of the game would be coming to the West, was Microsoft's major E3 coup, although will be relieved to see they still have the game exclusively in Japan.

The edition will hit next year. Western debuts on both formats will follow.

By Luke Guttridge