January 20, 2006

FINAL FANTASY XI BETA AVAILBLE NOW FOR XBOX 360

Fully Playable Beta Disc Available Exclusively with Official Xbox Magazine

Square Enix, Inc., the publisher of Square Enix™ interactive products in North America, today announced that the FINAL FANTASY® XI beta for Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft is available now. A fully playable disc is available only with the February 2006 issue (on stands January 17, 2006) of Official Xbox Magazine.

The exclusive beta disc includes full versions of the Rise of the Zilart® and Chains of Promathia™ expansions. The feature article in the Official Xbox Magazine will include in depth information about Final Fantasy XI, a preview of what awaits in the beta and a guide to accessing the beta program.

About FINAL FANTASY XI

FINAL FANTASY XI is a massively multi-player online role-playing game (MMORPG) with over 1.5 million characters to date. Players undertake multiple adventures through Vana'diel®, in a gaming universe that contains the award-winning visual content, innovative gameplay and deep storyline for which the FINAL FANTASY series is known. The Rise of the Zilart and Chains of Promathia expansion packs expand the storyline and open up a variety of higher-level skills and abilities. The upcoming third expansion, Treasures of Aht Urhgan™, will include the exciting introduction of the long-awaited job class, blue mage as well as others.

With the release of FINAL FANTASY XI for Xbox 360, Square Enix will be expanding its cross-platform strategy, making the award-winning MMORPG available to a much wider audience across the world. The powerful next-generation capabilities of Xbox 360 will provide a much more dynamic and visually impressive gateway to Vana'diel. In addition, players can finally experience FINAL FANTASY XI in high-definition and 5.1 channel surround sound, only on Xbox 360. FINAL FANTASY XI is accessible through the Xbox Live® online game service.

For more information on fees, PlayOnline and FINAL FANTASY XI, please visit the official web site at http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/index.shtml.  Information about Xbox 360 and Xbox live can be found at http://www.xbox.com/en-US/. 

CHAINS OF PROMATHIA, DRAGON QUEST, FINAL FANTASY, RISE OF THE ZILART, SQUARE ENIX, the Square Enix logo, TREASURES OF AHT URHGAN and VANA'DIEL are trademarks or registered trademarks of Square Enix Co., Ltd. in the United States and/or other countries. Xbox, Xbox 360, and Xbox Live are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

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