A week before it's international release, the Xbox 360 version of Final Fantasy XIII has been leaked. Unsurprisingly pirates have gotten their hands on it and it's appearing on torrent sites all over the web. Whether this could cause a substantial hit on sales or not is up for debate but we can assume people at both Square and Microsoft are looking into the source of the leak.

In October last year, Microsoft took action against pirates playing Forza 3 and Borderlands early by permanently banning their accounts. The following month they banned any modified consoles connected to Xbox Live rendering them useless. It's uncertain whether they will take similar action with Final Fantasy XIII.