Some prominent examples of these agreements include Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix), Bloodborne (From Software), the upcoming Final Fantasy XVI (Square Enix) and the recently announced Silent Hill 2 remastered (Bloober team)."įinal Fantasy 7 Remake was originally intended to be a timed exclusive for the PS5, with the hope that it will eventually make it to the Xbox. In addition to having outright exclusive content, Sony has also entered into arrangements with third-party publishers which require the “exclusion” of Xbox from the set of platforms these publishers can distribute their games on. Back in October, Microsoft confirmed to the UK CMA that Sony on it's part has set up permanent Xbox-exclusion deals for several titles on the PlayStation.Īccording to Microsoft, Sony has effectively prevented games such as Final Fantasy VII Remake (FF7R), Final Fantasy XVI (FFXVI), Bloodborne, and Silent Hill 2 remaster from coming to the Xbox. We also live-blogged the show as it happened right here.Microsoft's US$68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard is not going down well with regulators with the Redmond-giant having to respond to both the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the UK CMA (Competition and Markets Authority) on the need for the deal to go through. So yes, we've likely got an even bigger wait on our hands before we can finally get to grips with Final Fantasy 16, but I'm excited to see how it fares on PlayStation next June.įor more of the latest news and trailers, check out our Game Awards 2022 hub. That's got to count for something, if only slightly. A real shame, but at least it did confirm ride-able chocobos again. They said lots of wrong things, and it doesn't look like this latest trailer will do anything to assuage those fears, either. Of course, Final Fantasy 16's dev team came under fire recently when quizzed about the game's apparent lack of diversity in its cast. Known as Eikons in this version of Final Fantasy, Clive and other characters will be able to transform into these enormous creatures at various points in the game and do big, bombastic battles with them. Mostly, though, I'm just excited to see how its big summons feel in the hands. Just look at all those fire effects! Lovely stuff.Īt long last, we also get a glimpse of protagonist Clive's party mates in this trailer, including a very good dog. Still, if the trailer's anything to go by, Final Fantasy 16 really does look like the series is back on top form. By the time Final Fantasy 16 comes out next June, it will be seven years since the release of boys-stag-do-roadtrip Final Fantasy 15, and 14 years since Lightning and pals appeared in Final Fantasy 13. Maybe because it's been so long between entries. Still, based on what we've seen in its new "Revenge" trailer tonight, I reckon it will be well worth the wait.Ĭor, I just watched it again and it's looking a bit good, innit? Final Fantasy games have always been technical showcases for the cutting edge in years past, but I don't know, somehow it hasn't quite felt like that in recent years. So, unless Squeenix are going to deliver us a belated Christmas New Year special next year, I think it's safe to assume that FF16's PC release won't be available to summon until 2024. For us folks on PC, tonight's Game Awards trailer confirmed in tiny small print that Square Enix's next JRPG epic won't be landing on "other platforms" until December 31st 2023 at the earliest. At least that's the date for PS5 players. Final Fantasy 16 got a fiery new trailer tonight, as well as a final release date of June 22nd 2023.
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