Lightning Returns – Final Fantasy XIII Announced.

Square Enix has announced Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII which is Set to arrive in 2013, Lightning Returns will incorporate “a brand-new story, world, characters and an enhanced gameplay system,” said Square Enix, The game will feature Lightning as a solo playable character and allow her to freely roam a new world.

All we know about the main story is that it takes place hundreds of years after Final Fantasy XIII-2, set in a world called Novus Partus which is composed of four islands connected by monorail.

According to Square-Enix, the world will end after 13 days, and a massive clock will count down constantly in the corner of the screen to indicate this looming deadline. Any action players take, even taking the monorail from place to place, will spend time and hasten the end of days, Lightning Returns will also include a real-time block system, designed to make battles much more active and time-based,Even dying mid-battle will activate a prompt to give players the choice to rewind their mistakes at the expense of the timer.