Namco Bandai to distribute Xbox 360 Final Fantasy XIII-2 in Asia

The upcoming Final Fantasy XIII-2 will be out in North America next year, but previously, there had been little news on the official release dates for Asian territories. Now, Namco Bandai Partners Asia--a distribution offshoot of Namco Bandai Games--has announced that it will be handling distribution duties in the region for the upcoming role-playing game.

Gamers in Taiwan and Hong Kong can look forward to playing the Japanese language version of the game on December 15, while the Chinese subtitled version of the game will be released on January 31, 2012. Korea will get to interact with a Korean language version of the game on January 31 of next year. Meanwhile, Southeast Asian territories (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, and India), will receive the English version of the game on January 31, 2012.

In related news, Sony Computer Entertainment Hong Kong announced recently that it will be releasing the PlayStation 3 version of the RPG with Japanese voice-overs, along with both English and Chinese subtitles. This version will be out in the whole of Asia on January 31, 2012. For more information, check out GameSpot's recent preview.