FF16 The Rising Tide DLC: Release Date, Price, & Everything Included

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's second and most expansive DLC release,, finally has an official release date. This DLC, which is more story-focused than, aims to tackle one of 's biggest mysteries. Set sometime during the base game's story, it'll take 's protagonists to a new region of Valisthea, where they'll hunt down the lost Eikon Leviathan and likely uncover some ancient secrets along the way. The DLC will color in some gaps in the base game's lore, and meaningfully expand on Clive, Jill, and Joshua's story.

's DLC release date was announced during a panel at PAX East, featuring base game director Naoki Yoshida, DLC director Takeo Kujiraoka, and localization director Michael-Christopher Koji Fox. Besides the DLC, the panelists also hinted at an upcoming PC release for , something that's long been teased by the developers. Until more details are confirmed, here's everything to expect from DLC when it's released.

's second DLC,, will be released on April 18, 2024, only a few months shy of a full year since the base game came out. This release date was likely chosen to provide adequate space between the release of, and that of the new expansion for, . As expansive as the DLC looks, it's not yet known how long it'll take to complete. Still, players should have plenty of time to finish before comes to .

Unfortunately, (and as a whole) is still a PS5 exclusive. Despite talk of a PC release of the base game coming soon, there's no concrete release date yet. And it's still unknown whether and will be available for the PC version at launch, or whether they'll be added as DLC later. However, the developers promise a PC demo will be available before the full release. This will likely be the same demo that was released for the PS5 edition, consisting of the unabridged first two hours of .

: costs $19.99 USD when purchased individually on PS5. However, players can save a few dollars on both DLCs if they buy them together as a bundle. costs $9.99, so when combined with 's $19.99, the two DLC packs