Final Fantasy 16 is lastly nearly right here on PC and developer Sq. Enix has shared precisely when gamers can begin taking part in the role-playing sport.
Sq. Enix confirmed the launch occasions for every area in an X/Twitter publish, beneath, throughout its September 17 launch date. Each beforehand launched expansions for Final Fantasy 16, Echoes of the Fallen and The Rising Tide, will probably be launched concurrently however value further.
The RPG has loads of content material by itself, nonetheless, as gamers are thrust right into a world the place highly effective elemental monsters (dare we are saying summons) reside inside choose vessels referred to as Dominants, and gamers, as protagonist Clive Rosfield, should be part of forces with or take down each one.
(*16*)Not lengthy to go.
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— FINAL FANTASY XVI (@finalfantasyxvi) September 4, 2024
Final Fantasy 16 PC Release Times
- Los Angeles – 7am PDT
- New York – 10am PDT
- Brasília – 11am BRT
- London – 3pm BST
- Berlin – 4pm CEST
- Hong Kong – 10pm HKT
- Tokyo – 11pm JST
- Sydney – 12 midnight AEST (September 18)
- Wellington – 2am NZST (September 18)
Final Fantasy 16 arrives on PC after tons if conflicting info from Sq. Enix and a plea from producer Naoki Yoshida asking gamers to not make offensive mods. The unique reveal trailer claimed blatantly the sport is “additionally obtainable on PC,” and whereas Sq. Enix mysteriously scrapped this declare quickly after, its standing as a PlayStation 5 unique was introduced into query once more in November 2022 when an commercial for the PS5’s DualSense controller stated Final Fantasy 16 would solely be a “PS5 unique for six months.”
Yoshida himself then denied a PC model existed in any respect. “No person stated a phrase a few PC model releasing,” he stated, incorrectly. “Why is it like a PC model is releasing six months later? Don’t be concerned about that, purchase a PS5. Sorry, I went overboard. We did our greatest, so please sit up for it.”
Yoshida then admitted in February 2023 it is true that “Final Fantasy 16 is a six-month restricted time unique on the PS5” however “the PC model is not going to come out in half a 12 months.” It is because the crew would not be capable to begin improvement till the PS5 model launched in June that 12 months.
Lastly, nonetheless, the role-playing sport was introduced for PC in August 2024, with the aforementioned September 17 launch date. This got here after Final Fantasy 16 failed to fulfill the expectations of Sq. Enix alongside different PlayStation exclusives together with Foamstars and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, prompting a shift to an aggressive multiplatform technique going ahead.
Yoshida made clear in August that Sq. Enix can be doubling down on Xbox releases following this modification in technique, whereas Final Fantasy 16 director Hiroshi Takai stated future video games within the franchise would probably come to PC on launch.
In our 9/10 evaluation of the PS5 model, IGN stated: “Final Fantasy 16 is definitely a departure from what followers could anticipate out of a Final Fantasy sport, however its wonderful story, characters, and world constructing are proper up there with one of the best the collection has to supply.”
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.