PS3 Informer

WINGS OF THE GODDESS Soars to Fans

Square Enix has announced that the highly anticipated expansion pack for FINAL FANTASY XI, WINGS OF THE GODDESS, has shipped to retailers across North America. Service for WINGS OF THE GODDESS officially goes live on November 22, 2007. Available for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, Windows PC and Xbox 360(R) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft in a wide variety of SKUs, the latest expansion adds new jobs, new characters and new adventures to the ever-evolving world of Vana'diel.

WINGS OF THE GODDESS is available in five different SKUs:

FINAL FANTASY XI Vana'diel Collection 2008 (Stand-alone product including all expansions)

Platforms: PlayStation 2 system, Xbox 360
MSRP: $39.99 and $49.99 respectively

FINAL FANTASY XI: WINGS OF THE GODDESS (Expansion pack only)
Platforms: PlayStation 2 system, Windows PC, Xbox 360
MSRP: $29.99 each

Experience the next chapter in the immersive and ever expanding world of Vana'diel in FINAL FANTASY XI: WINGS OF THE GODDESS, a content-rich expansion pack that brings exciting new features to the world of FINAL FANTASY XI. Delve into new quests, meet new players, view new sights and experience the fourth chapter in the award-winning MMORPG that has a community of more than 500,000 active subscribers and more than 1.7 million characters from around the world.

Whether they are in North America, Europe or Japan, FINAL FANTASY XI is the first massively multiplayer online role-playing game capable of simultaneous multiplayer across three different platforms, allowing players to take up arms together on the PlayStation 2 system, Windows PC or Xbox 360.

STORY
    There was once a war that shook the very foundations of Vana'diel.

    It was a dark and dreadful age.

    The lives of many were lost.

    The futures of many were destroyed.

    The joys of many were extinguished.

    However, there are those from that age who remember...

    They remember the hope that burned in the darkness.

    The companions that banded together.

    The heroes that strove onwards.

    The rivals that joined forces.

    And now history is reborn, as we return to that age of strife...

    FEATURES

    --  Unravel the secrets of this highly anticipated new chapter and

        discover its ties to the exciting world of Vana'diel

    --  Experience the world through the eyes of two new job classes, the

        dancer and the scholar, both exclusive to the FINAL FANTASY XI: WINGS

        OF THE GODDESS expansion pack

    --  Master new techniques like the dancer's Steps or use new black and

        white magic with the wise scholar, further enhancing magical

        capabilities

    --  Learn more about the main stage, Vana'diel, and see San d'Oria, Bastok

        and Windurst like never before with epic battles and new inhabitants,

        good and bad

    --  Engage in combat, alone or in a party, with powerful new monsters and

        foes -- claim the spoils and rewards that come from defeating

        ferocious enemies such as gnats, gnoles, ladybugs, pixies, sandworms

        and more

    --  Team up with friends from around the world and across the PlayStation

        2 system, Windows PC and Xbox 360 to experience the world's only

        triple cross-platform, triple-region MMORPG with a community of more

        than 500,000 active subscribers and 1.7 million player characters

FINAL FANTASY XI: WINGS OF THE GODDESS is rated T (Teen). Please visit the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) Web site at http://www.esrb.com for more information about ratings. The official FINAL FANTASY XI: WINGS OF THE GODDESS Web site can be found at http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/index.shtml.