Last May at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, one of Microsoft's biggest announcements for the Xbox 360 was that Square Enix's popular online role-playing game, Final Fantasy XI, was headed to the system in 2006. Since the game first launched in Japan way back in the summer of 2002, we never could have expected that it'd be a showpiece for a next-generation console four years later. But Final Fantasy XI for the Xbox 360 is definitely on its way, and we've been playing the open beta version to prove it. Available exclusively with the latest issue of the Official Xbox Magazine, the Final Fantasy XI beta test essentially lets you experience the game for free on the Xbox 360, while the beta lasts. We're just starting to get our feet wet with this version of the game, but our first impression was one of surprise, since so little has changed on the surface of Final Fantasy XI all these years later.