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Final Fantasy XI Online Beta Available Exclusively through OX360M-- Posted by XanTium on December 19 13:27 EST
Rumors surfaced last week already that the UK Official Xbox360 Magazine would contain a 'Final Fantasy XI Online Beta' disc (Japanese get it free with their Xbox 360 console). This news is now confirmed and it's not only for UK. From teamxbox.com:

Square Enix Ltd. and Future, the international special-interest media company are delighted to announce a deal that sees the next issue of Xbox 360: The Official Xbox Magazine exclusively covermounting the FINAL FANTASY XI Beta version for Xbox 360.

As the biggest covermount in the five-year history of Xbox magazines, the beta disc will only be available with Future's Xbox 360: The Official Xbox Magazine in the USA, UK, France, Italy and Germany, joining the title's existing monthly coverdisc.
The exclusive disc is completely free for the duration of the beta test and will give fans of the Final Fantasy series and readers of Xbox 360: The Official Xbox Magazine an exciting opportunity to be the first to sample the next-generation version of Final Fantasy XI.

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[unclepauly]

who cares?  

[ILLusions0fGrander]

QUOTE(unclepauly @ Dec 19 2005, 01:55 PM)

who cares?  

i for one would like to see the "next gen" of final fantasy... if it can be called that.

[twistedsymphony]

QUOTE(unclepauly @ Dec 19 2005, 01:55 PM)

who cares?  

I DO... punk  

This is great news, though I'm a little confused what exactly is "Future's Xbox 360" Does this mean it will be available in the US and the UK or just certain parts of the UK or what?

[deltop]

QUOTE(ILLusions0fGrander @ Dec 19 2005, 08:59 PM)

i for one would like to see the "next gen" of final fantasy... if it can be called that.

Hardly next gen it's a 2/3 year old game that's been ported to the 360.

[XanTium]

QUOTE(twistedsymphony @ Dec 19 2005, 08:01 PM)

This is great news, though I'm a little confused what exactly is "Future's Xbox 360" Does this mean it will be available in the US and the UK or just certain parts of the UK or what?

That means that all OXMs published by 'Future Publishing' (http://www.futurenet.com) will have the demo disc.
'Future Publishing' won the rights for the OX360M in USA, UK, France, Italy and Germany.

[twistedsymphony]

QUOTE(XanTium @ Dec 19 2005, 02:07 PM)

That means that all OXMs published by 'Future Publishing' (http://www.futurenet.com) will have the demo disc.
'Future Publishing' won the rights for the OX360M in USA, UK, France, Italy and Germany.

ahh, ok, that makes much more sense now... maybe I should subscribe  

[Himura]

QUOTE(unclepauly @ Dec 19 2005, 10:55 AM)

who cares?  

I certainly care also  

This reminds me, I have to renew my subscription to LIVE soon since it expires in January.  

[iLLNESS]

i wonder if canasda is included. if not looks like ill have to get a copy shipped to me

even if this game is old. its new to xbox. itll be interesting to see how it plays. if it succeeds, i imagine ur gonna see FF as being common witht eh 360

[WarriorSan]

We always get the UK version of OXM / OX360M in the Netherlands. And the demo's always work. So my Q is does the demo also work for somebody living in The Netherlands? (I hope so)

This post has been edited by WarriorSan: Dec 19 2005, 09:19 PM

[nfs911]

What month will it be in the magazine?

[twistedsymphony]

The Team Xbox article said "the next issue" so I would imagine January, possibly Feburary?

[Gamesfan 3sixty]

http://www.oxm.co.uk/articles/news/massive...ine_with_oxm360!

there is the link it is in the UK Issue 4 available Jan 6th

hope this helps???  

[dikdiamond]

QUOTE(twistedsymphony @ Dec 19 2005, 03:19 PM)

The Team Xbox article said "the next issue" so I would imagine January, possibly Feburary?

I have the January issue,probably February or March..."You'll be among the very first to get your hands on a special full beta version of FFXI in an upcoming issue of OXM." from an article about FFXI

[edleob]

I wonder if this is going to be in the issues on the shelves or just for the subscribers.  If they are on the shelves we'd better get a stack for ebay.