PlayStation State of Play Event to Showcase Final Fantasy XVI Gameplay: Details
Sony is hosting a new State of Play event this week, headlined by Final Fantasy XVI. In a tweet, PlayStation confirmed over 20 minutes of new gameplay from Square Enix's highly-anticipated dark fantasy game. The event will be live across PlayStation's official YouTube and Twitch channels on April 14 at 2:30am IST in India, and April 13 at 2pm PT in the US. The company did not elaborate on whether we'll get to see any new announcements as well, as seen with the previous State of Play showcase where Sony unveiled five new PS VR2 games. Final Fantasy XVI went gold last month and will be out exclusively on the PS5.
With Sony having pulled out of E3 in 2019, these digital-only State of Play events seem to be PlayStation's preferred destination to present upcoming games. Considering the cancellation of E3 this year, there's no telling what else Sony has got planned for its summer-time reveals.
After a developmental setback due to COVID-19, Final Fantasy XVI finally settled for a June release, beginning a six-month exclusivity of the game on the PS5. The PC version was originally planned for release right after, but back in February, producer Naoki Yoshida confirmed that it's not enough time for optimisation. “I would like to release it eventually, and I think I will, but I am not at the stage where I can say when,” he said in a Japanese PlayStation blog post (translated by Google).
State of Play presents more than 20 minutes of new Final Fantasy XVI gameplay this Thursday. Tune in live at 2pm PT / 5pm ET / 11pm CEST: https://t.co/nOULcwLVnQ pic.twitter.com/vNR9kGbxL6
Set in the medieval-inspired world of Valisthea, Final Fantasy XVI has you take control of warrior Clive Rosfield, First Shield of Rosaria, who must navigate a
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