Game news Final Fantasy 16: A release date during the Game Awards? First clue for the PS5 game
Published on 30/11/2022 at 21:59
Since its announcement during the PlayStation 5 Showcase in 2020, Final Fantasy XVI has been more than expected by fans, to put it mildly… However, it seems that this wait is soon coming to an end, since the Game Awards have just taken place. reveal a nice surprise.
Finally some news from Final Fantasy XVI!
In less than a week, starting on December 8, the Game Awards – once again led by Geoff Keighley – will finally elect the game of the year. A formidable fight that will be played out between God of War: Ragnarok and Elden Ring in particular, even if others have been named in this same category, namely Stray, A Plague Tale: Requiem, Horizon: Forbidden West and Xenoblade Chronicles 3. However, in addition to this award and many others (Best Direction, Best Narration, Best Artistic Direction, Best Music, etc.), the event will take advantage, as usual, to reveal a lot of new information.
With this event, we hope to get information on all the biggest titles coming in 2023 like Starfield, Hogwarts Legacy: Hogwarts Legacy, Dead Island 2, Forspoken or even Final Fantasy XVI which has been particularly discreet since its announcement in 2020 during the PlayStation 5 Showcase. This is good, since one of them, namely the future hit of Square Enix, will be entitled to a nice spotlight during this show.
A release date during the Game Awards?
New information has just dropped, and good news, it comes directly from the Game Awards Twitter page.
Next Thursday, The Game Awards have the honor of welcoming Naoki Yoshida, producer of Final Fantasy XVI, to the show for a very special live presentation!
You have surely understood, Naoki Yoshida, one of the thinking heads of Final Fantasy XVI will be present at the Game Awards. The event also promises a “very special live presentation”. If we can easily expect to have new gameplay images of the PlayStation 5 exclusivity, there is a good chance that this will also be the opportunity for Square Enix to strike a blow and finally reveal the date long-awaited release.
For now, the Action-RPG set in a medieval fantasy universe only has a vague release window. This last points to the third quarter of 2023. So we just have to wait wisely until the Game Awards, and hope that the show specifies this famous window.
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