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FF13 360 to use Bink for Cutscene Compression

February 6, 2010


The back of the box for the Xbox 360 version of Final Fantasy XIII has revealed that the 360 version of the game will utilize Bink video, likely for compression of the game's many cutscenes.

The Bink Video logo is displayed clearly on the back of the box. Bink have special video tools designed for the Xbox 360 and they have been used in RPGs such as Borderlands, Mass Effect and Square Enix's The Last Remnant. The Japanese PS3 version of FF13 did not use Bink.

The Bink webpage indicates that the codec will show 720p video. The Japanese PS3 version of the game had the game's 40+ minutes of FMV encoded at 1080p at a much lower rate of compression. Over 30gb of the Japanese FF13 disc is video content.

US retailer GameStop released the image of the back of the box, which also suggested the game will have Downloadable Content.

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