Another week, another batch of rumours about the status of Final Fantasy Versus XIII . The latest one to surface claims the troubled-title is now in development for the next-generation of consoles and will finally be released in 2014.

This claim comes courtesy of NeoGAF user Verendus , who adds that when the game finally does surface it'll be without the Versus XIII suffix that it's sported so far.He purports that all this will be revealed later this year when the game gets another outing; as it currently stands we haven't seen hide nor hair of the action-RPG since January 2011. This fits in with what we've heard previously; Square Enix has repeatedly asserted that the game hasn't been cancelled , and the original plans for the Fabula Nova Crystallis series are still being followed.In fact, Verendus seems so confident that the game-formerly-known-as Final Fantasy Versus XIII will be released on the next generation in 2014 under a different title, that he volunteers to have his account deleted if the information proves to be false.He also goes on to say that work is underway on both Final Fantasy 15 and Final Fantasy 16 for the next-gen consoles, with 15 looking likely to be "an exclusive release. Kind of."Now while this isn't particularly surprising, it's interesting when viewed in conjunction with his previous claims that Versus will be getting a rebrand. What if Final Fantasy Versus XIII is now Final Fantasy 15 and set to be an exclusive title for Sony's console, as it was planned to be for the PS3. This would then mean Final Fantasy 16 would be the next main entry in the series that would also appear on Microsoft's new console.Ultimately, we don't know. When IGN reached out to Square Enix we were told the company wouldn't comment on rumour or speculation. So for now, at least, we're going to have to wait and see. But with a big PlayStation event taking place in just over a week, who knows? Maybe we'll be hearing something sooner than we think...

Luke Karmali is IGN's UK Editorial Assistant and would sell his family for some new Versus info. You too can revel in mediocrity by following him on IGN and on Twitter