Rapture (video game)

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title = Rapture" (code name)


caption = Screenshot from a concept video of the game
developer = Square Enix
publisher =
designer = Hiromichi Tanaka
engine = Crystal Tools
platforms = Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, Playstation 3
released =
genre = Massively multiplayer online role-playing game
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modes = Multiplayer
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input = nihongo|"Rapture"|ラプチャー| is the code name of a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) currently in development by Square Enix with a tentative release date of Q4 2009.

Development

In August 2005, Square Enix announced they had begun working on a new MMORPG, but neither confirmed nor denied that it is a sequel to "Final Fantasy XI", or that it is "Final Fantasy"-related. [cite web | last = Ransom-Wiley | first = James | title =Square Enix won't confirm Final Fantasy XI-2| work =joystiq.com | date = 2006-07-18| url =http://www.joystiq.com/2006/07/18/square-enix-wont-confirm-final-fantasy-xi-2/| accessdate = 2008-03-08 ] Hiromichi Tanaka, producer of the MMORPG "Final Fantasy XI", stated in April 2006 that developers are working to make Rapture a worldwide release. [cite web | last = Ransom-Wiley | first = James | title =Square Enix snubs Xbox 360, targets PS3 & Vista for new MMORPG| work =joystiq.com | date = 2006-04-19| url =http://www.joystiq.com/2006/04/19/square-enix-snubs-xbox-360-targets-ps3-and-vista-for-new-mmorpg/| accessdate = 2008-03-08 ] He announced in February 2007 that the game was being developed for the Xbox 360 and for personal computers running the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system. He also stated that it might also be brought to the PlayStation 3. [cite web | last = Ransom-Wiley | first = James | title =Square Enix confirms new MMO for Xbox 360 & Vista, maybe PS3| work =joystiq.com | date = 2007-02-08| url =http://www.joystiq.com/2007/02/08/square-enix-confirms-new-mmo-for-xbox-360-and-vista-maybe-ps3| accessdate = 2008-03-08 ] Square Enix announced at GDC 2008 that the new MMO will indeed target the Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and Windows operating system, and hinted that Mac and Linux clients are not out of question. [cite web | last = Tanaka | first = Hiromichi | title = E3 Square Enix Interview with FFXIclopedia| work =ffxiclopedia.org | date = 2007-07-14| url =http://forums.ffxiclopedia.org/viewtopic.php?t=5032| accessdate = 2008-05-14 ] The game will utilize the Square Enix created graphics engine called Crystal Tools. [cite web | last = Satoshi Nakamura | first = Mamoru | title = Game Developers Conference 2008 local report| work =GameWatch | date = 2008-02-18| url =http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/docs/20080225/gdc_cry.htm| accessdate = 2008-03-08 ]

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