After saying the rumors going round about Final Fantasy XIII seeing a release in 2008 were dismissed by Square-Enix officially, Japanese analysts are saying they don't think that Final Fantasy XIII will release until Spring 2010, according to Kotaku.com.

These claims are based on "no news from the company" about the game. Trailers for both Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy Versus XIII has been shown at every TGS and Jump Festa event since the games' announcements. They may not be public, but they are being shown. Not sure how that clarifies as "no news".

However, as always with analysts they often don't know what they're talking about or are making wild claims based on very little fact. Only time will tell as Square Enix are yet to mention an official release date, but don't get all upset, because the game releasing as late as 2010 is quite unlikely.