Final Fantasy 16: Everything you need to know

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There are few series in gaming as famous or as long-running as Final Fantasy — the towering RPG games are utterly beloved all around the world, and the series has produced multiple of the best role-playing games ever.

Unsurprisingly, it's therefore a big deal when the next Final Fantasy game gets announced, which Sony knew full well when it unveiled the game in late 2020 as part of a PS5 showcase. What do you need to know about the next big entry in the series, though? Read on to find out.

To cut to the chase, Final Fantasy 16 will release on 22 June 2023, as confirmed at The Game Awards in December 2022. You can see that story and gameplay trailer below.

The first trailer for Final Fantasy 16, as detailed as it was, didn't end with a release date for the game, as you can see below.

We got a second trailer in early June 2022, which confirmed that the game will be coming out in Summer 2023, giving us a window during which to expect it.

This was followed up in October 2022 with a stunning new story trailer that you can see below.

We also know plenty about the game's developers — it's being produced by Naoki Yoshida and directed by Hiroshi Takai, who both had a major say in the rebirth and renewed success of Final Fantasy 14, the online game that's still thriving now. Their success looks to have booked them the biggest job possible — steering the ship on a new mainline game.

On the platform front, there's a little more clarity, as we know that the game will be a PlayStation exclusive, at least for a period, and will be coming to the PS5 and nowhere else.

We'd expect the game to likely to come to PC close to launch as well, but the question of it arriving on Xbox is a little harder to guess at. Skipping Xbox entirely would