With Final Fantasy XV, Square Enix made some major changes to the franchise's JRPG formula. As it turns out, there could have been some even bigger changes, as Eidos Montreal was working on the game at one point. Back in 2018, YouTuber ‘SuperBunnyHop' (via GamesRadar) claimed to have heard through …
Read More »An MMO based on Final Fantasy XV is currently in development for mobile
The Final Fantasy series is well known for its use of transmedia storytelling – with its mainline games being accompanied by spin-off titles, books, films, and anime. The latest mainline Final Fantasy, XV, is no different. With a film, anime, and mobile game adaptation already in existence, Final Fantasy XV …
Read More »Lost Soul Aside, the Final Fantasy XV inspired Action RPG, is targeting a 2020 release date
Lost Soul Aside was first revealed in 2016. Starting as a one-man project, the Action RPG takes inspiration from games such as Final Fantasy XV and Devil May Cry, to create a game that’s equally as stylish as it is ambitious. The game was originally targeting a 2018 release, although …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV ships 8.9 million copies
Final Fantasy XV had a tumultuous development, beginning in 2006 as ‘Final Fantasy Versus XIII’, the game had a new engine introduced partway through development, and even a change in the game’s director. The game finally released in 2016, and while it didn’t reach the heights of some of the …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV adds support for Nvidia DLSS on RTX GPUs
Over the last few months, we've had a rather big list of games set to support Nvidia's new RTX 20-series features, including DLSS and real-time ray-tracing. One of the flagship titles for DLSS has been Final Fantasy XV, support for the technology has been available in benchmark form for a …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV director forms new studio ‘JP Games’
Last month, Final Fantasy XV director Hajime Tabata left Square Enix to open his own development studio. Preparations are well under way according to Tabata, as ‘JP Games' is now established ahead of its planned January launch. “I started up my own company called ‘JP GAMES, Inc,'” Tabata announced on …
Read More »Square Enix cancels future Final Fantasy XV DLC, game director resigns
Following on from Square Enix's $33 million loss yesterday, the publisher has held a Final Fantasy XV livestream, essentially to announce that future DLCs are now cancelled. The game was set to get another set of character focussed ‘episodes' in 2019 but this will no longer be the case. On …
Read More »Square Enix confirms Final Fantasy XV will get four more DLCs next year
Final Fantasy XV has had a good run so far, with plenty of DLC to keep players coming back. So far we've had individual ‘episodes' to explore the backstories of Gladios, Ignis and Prompto, multiplayer has been added and one of the game's story chapters has been expanded. Now in …
Read More »Two major oversights have led to Final Fantasy XV being cracked on PC ahead of release
Final Fantasy XV will be launching on PC this week but it looks like some users are already able to play, as the Origin version of the game has already been cracked. Square Enix opened up the door for buyers to pre-load the game on a few storefronts earlier this …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV is a demanding but scalable game on PC
Final Fantasy XV is heading to PC officially next week but we've managed to get a quick look at performance ahead of time thanks to the release of a free playable demo. The game's initial benchmark release didn't turn out to be all that useful, but the demo version of …
Read More »Nvidia’s latest GeForce driver preps for Final Fantasy XV, Vermintide 2 and boosts PUBG performance
March is coming up fast and some big PC game releases are coming along with it. We've got Final Fantasy XV and Warhammer: Vermintide 2 coming up in the next week, and Nvidia is already prepared with a new Game Ready driver update. The latest driver update also brings a …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV PC will get a demo next week, Gordon Freeman will appear in the game
Final Fantasy XV is set to land on PC in March, complete with upgraded graphics and mod support. The previously released benchmarking tool gave us a brief look at what the game will look like, but we'll have an even better chance to see the game in action next week, …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV on PC will support multiplayer cross-play with Xbox One
We've been getting more and more details surrounding Final Fantasy XV on PC over the last month or so. We have all the necessary system requirements, a benchmark and now we know that Final Fantasy XV on PC will support cross-play with the Xbox One. Before the end of last …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV PC benchmark tool released, pre-orders live
Square Enix will finally be bringing Final Fantasy XV to PC in a couple of months time. So far we have a release date, minimum/recommended/4K system requirements and now, we have a benchmarking tool to check out performance well ahead of time. Pre-orders for Final Fantasy XV have gone live …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV has a PC release date, 4K requirements and 4K screenshots
Final Fantasy XV is finally coming to PC in just a few short months. The game was announced for Steam at Gamescom last year with a Q1 release date but now we have an exact launch date, alongside system specifications to run the game at 4K. There are even some …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV’s multiplayer mode launches later this month
Over the last year, the Final Fantasy XV team has been hard at work delivering on Hajime Tabata's vision. Episodic DLCs have expanded stories for individual characters, a PC version is on the way with mod support and finally, co-op multiplayer is also coming to the game. The Final Fantasy …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV’s official PC system requirements have been announced
Shortly after Final Fantasy XV was officially announced for the PC at Gamescom, some fake PC system requirements began doing the rounds, claiming that the game would take up 170GB of space while also recommending extremely high-end CPUs and GPUs just to run the game. It painted a worrying picture …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV’s co-op DLC release has been pushed back a bit
In the year following Final Fantasy XV’s initial launch, the development team has been hard at work on additional content. One major expansion heading to the game is the addition of co-op multiplayer. This has been in the making for a long time and while it was initially supposed to …
Read More »Square Enix is currently testing Final Fantasy XV on the Nintendo Switch
Earlier this month, Bethesda surprised us all by announcing that it would be bringing both DOOM and Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus to the Nintendo Switch. Now, it seems other major publishers are also looking to bring their full-fat Triple A titles to the console, with Square Enix currently testing …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV PC requirements not finalised, game won’t take up 170GB
This week, Square Enix confirmed that Final Fantasy XV would be heading to the PC after many months of teasing from director Hajime Tabata. We’ve already heard about plans to bring mod support to the game and we have seen a breakdown of all the PC graphical improvements. However, some …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV director still planning to bring mod support to PC version
Yesterday PC gamers rejoiced when Final Fantasy XV was finally announced for the platform. At the time, Square Enix promised that this would be the ultimate version of the game but that will stretch beyond graphical changes. Final Fantasy XV director, Hajime Tabata has confirmed that he is still planning …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV PC version confirmed, launching in ‘early 2018’
After months of rumours and non-stop teasing from the game’s director, today, the PC version of Final Fantasy XV was officially announced at Gamescom 2017. It will be released on Steam, Origin and Windows 10, complete with all of the DLC released so far. The full title is ‘Final Fantasy …
Read More »Square Enix is planning a Final Fantasy XV announcement for Gamescom, possible PC version?
The team behind Final Fantasy XV has been teasing a PC version for a while now, we even got our first look at it running back in March. Unfortunately, while there is a PC version of the game running at the Square Enix office, an official release has yet to …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV PC version finally shown off at GDC
The Game Developers Conference is underway right now and it appears that Final Fantasy XV director, Hajime Tabata had something very interesting to show off. After months of talking about a PC version of Final Fantasy XV in interviews, we finally got to see a public demonstration of what the …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV’s 60 frames per second patch isn’t very good
Yesterday, the long awaited 60 frames per second patch for the PS4 Pro version of Final Fantasy XV launched. The patch changes the ‘lite mode' within the game options, which previously gave 1080p visuals at 30 frames per second. Now, the visuals remain at 1080p in lite mode but the …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV patch lets PS4 Pro Lite Mode hit 60 FPS
If you are a bigger fan of frame rates than you are visual fidelity, the new patch for Final Fantasy XV will give you a chance to hit something a little smoother than the 30 FPS you've been used to. On PS4 Pro consoles, gamers can now expect to hit …
Read More »Square Enix already has Final Fantasy XV running on PC, but only as a ‘technical experiment’
Recently, we heard Final Fantasy XV director, Hajime Tabata talk a bit more about a PC version of the game, mostly for the purposes of really pushing the engine as far as it can go graphically. Now, just over a week later, it seems that an experimental PC version of Final …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV director wants a PC version with mod support
We have heard a few times that Final Fantasy XV director Hajime Tabata would like to see the game running on PCs at some point after the console release. However, we had no idea how much ambition he had for a high-end PC version. It turns out that if green-lit, Final Fantasy …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV update lets you be the photographer
One of the most quirky, but beloved features in the recent release of Final Fantasy XV, was that your pal Prompto would take pictures of what you got up to on your travels. That's neat, but some players feel that their photography skills are better than the AI, so Square …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV and VII Remake to hit PC in 2018?
Final Fantasy's 30 year anniversary is coming up in 2017, so as you might imagine, Square Enix is cooking up a few surprises in order to celebrate, which will include the releases of Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age HD and even possibly the first episode of the Final Fantasy …
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