In the end, since the official website opened in October 2020, we have not had any tangible information concerning Final Fantasy XVI. Director Naoki Yoshida had given us news of the development this summer, but nothing concrete had been mentioned at the time.
He resumes today by posting a message on the official social networks of the title on his behalf. Already, he apologizes for the media absence of the title in 2021, explaining this by the fact that the development schedule was 6 months late due to the health crisis. However, the team is now acclimatized to remote work and should approach a more normal pace from the start of January. He now hopes to do a next big revelation on FFXVI in spring 2022, and not before. Will it happen as part of a small special event, a State of play or in another way? Case to be continued!
Salutations to all,
In our last conversation, I promised to give more information on Final Fantasy XVI a little later in 2021. However, I regret to inform you that I will not be able to keep this promise, because complications from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic have delayed the game’s development by nearly half a year.
As the latest addition to the Final Fantasy series currently in development for the PlayStation 5, Final Fantasy XVI has assembled a large team of talented creators from around the world. However, in an effort to offset the effects of COVID-19, we have had to decentralize this workforce by allowing staff to perform their duties from home. This unfortunately hampered communication from the Tokyo office which, in turn, resulted in delays or, in extreme cases, cancellations of asset deliveries from our outsourcing partners.
That said, we’ve spent much of 2021 fixing this problem and hope to see its impact reduced to a minimum by the new year, which will allow us to better focus on the tasks at hand: increasing the quality of graphics resources. , refine the combat mechanics, flesh out the battles, put the finishing touches on the cutscenes and perform an overall graphics optimization. Our main goal now is to be as active as possible in the game so that we can see it fully tweaked.
So that leaves us with the question, when can we expect the next round of information? Well, I’m happy to report that the current plan is to lead our next big reveal in Spring 2022 as we look to build excitement ahead of the game’s eventual release.
I deeply apologize to all who have been eagerly awaiting to learn more about Final Fantasy XVI, and thank you for your continued patience as we focus our combined efforts on development.
We may have to wait for the release of Forspoken, scheduled for May 24, 2022 (you can pre-order your copy from € 79.99 on Amazon.com) so that Square Enix talks about his other Action-RPG exclusive to the PS5.
Also read: Final Fantasy XVI: Limited Information to Avoid Speculation About “Half-Ready” Revelations
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