Final Fantasy XVI (PS5) News Articles
Friday25th Jul 2025
News Expedition 33 Devs 'Exchange Ideas' with Final Fantasy Team
Oh to be a fly on the wall
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 would not exist without Final Fantasy. While that may read like an alarming opening salvo, it’s true – we doubt the team at Sandfall Interactive would even try to deny it. The comparatively low-budget RPG has taken the PS5 by storm this year, but it plays like a modern evolution of a...
Monday16th Jun 2025
News Final Fantasy 16 May Have Underperformed on PS5, But It's Doing Terribly on Xbox
Was exclusivity really to blame?
There’s been a lot of chatter about Final Fantasy lately, with Sony’s console exclusivity deals blamed for the franchise’s underperformance. After a heavy marketing campaign mostly funded by PlayStation, the likeable Final Fantasy 16 sold approximately three million u
Monday9th Jun 2025
News Final Fantasy 16 Is No Longer a PS5 Console Exclusive, Gets Superb Artwork to Celebrate
Out now on Xbox
In case you didn't hear, Final Fantasy 16 is no longer a PS5 console exclusive. As was announced during the Xbox Games Showcase, the big-budget action RPG is now available on Xbox Series X|S as well, having already released for PC back in September of last year. You may recall that Sony had actually helped out with the development...
Thursday1st May 2025
News Top Final Fantasy 16, NieR: Automata Talent Leaves PlatinumGames to Start Own Studio
Action man
One of PlatinumGames' most influential employees has confirmed that he's left the company — and has now formed his own studio. Takahisa Taura was a designer on beloved action RPG NieR: Automata, and following that project's success, he stepped up as director on Nintendo Switch exclusive Astral Chain. It's fair to say that Taura's a...
Monday28th Apr 2025
News Expedition 33's Sublime Success Sparks Chatter About Final Fantasy's Future
Your turn, Square Enix
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s breakout success has sparked fraught conversations on social media regarding the future of the Final Fantasy franchise. Some fans feel that Square Enix’s decision to transition the series in a more action-oriented direction, in search of attracting more mainstream players, has irreparably...
Sunday23rd Mar 2025
News Journalist Apologises for Adding Fuel to the 'Final Fantasy 16 Flopped on PS5' Fire
Square Enix president misquoted
When a game gets the stench of failure, it can be hard to shake. We saw this in the most extreme instance with Concord: a game that, admittedly, had plenty of faults – but just couldn’t shake the bad reputation attached to it. Final Fantasy 16 has never been victim to such extreme treatment, but there has been a...
Monday30th Sep 2024
News Final Fantasy 16 Receives Permanent Price Cut on PS5 as Complete Edition Launches
Eikonic
This sort of flew under the radar over the weekend, but one of 2023's biggest PS5 titles has now been permanently lowered in price. Square Enix has announced that Final Fantasy 16, the latest entry in the long-running series, has had its PS Store price tag cut. It's gone from $69.99/£69.99 to $49.99/£49.99. This news comes alongside the...
Saturday21st Sep 2024
News Final Fantasy 16's Outstanding Soundtrack Finally Available on Music Streaming Services
Fire
Following on from the game's recent PC release, Square Enix has unleashed the Final Fantasy 16 soundtrack on music streaming platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music. The score's arrival has been a long time coming, with the action RPG having first launched for PS5 in June of last year. In our Final Fantasy 16 PS5 review, we...
Wednesday18th Sep 2024
News PS5 Exclusives Final Fantasy 16, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Failed to Meet Expectations
Expect future entries to be multiformat
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth will be competing for the top accolades when it comes to Game of the Year this Christmas, but Square Enix isn’t happy with how it’s performed. In fact, the Japanese publisher’s two big PS5 exclusives, also including Final Fantasy 16, have failed to “meet expectations”...
Tuesday17th Sep 2024
News Final Fantasy 16 Is F**cked and PS5's New Firmware Is to Blame
Square Enix investigating
Final Fantasy 16 has been suffering from some unexpected bugs on the PS5 this past week, and it’s beginning to look like the system’s recent firmware update is to blame. Players have reported everything from graphical glitches to crashes in the console exclusive – none of which occurred prior to last week’s system...
News Yoshi-P Pleads for Modder Restraint Ahead of Final Fantasy 16 PC Launch
"Please don't make or install anything like that"
With its lengthy period of PS5 exclusivity now at a close, Final Fantasy XVI producer Naoki "Yoshi-P" Yoshida is concerned about the inevitable debauchery that will follow once the PC modding community gets its grasping paws on the game (available today, 17th September). Yoshida doesn't want to see...
Friday30th Aug 2024
News Final Fantasy 16 Was Temporarily Free on PS Plus Extra, Premium
Reports of downloads from PS Plus members
Update (30th August, 9am): The glitch in question has now been fixed overnight, returning a price point to Final Fantasy XVI on Sony’s digital marketplace. Original article: PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium subscribers have in the pa
Monday19th Aug 2024
News Final Fantasy 16's PS5 Exclusivity Ends in September as PC Launch Is Locked Down
Feeling hot hot hot
We've known for a while that Final Fantasy 16 would eventually launch on PC, and now we have a confirmed release date. It drops next month, on the 17th September, ending the game's spell of total PS5 exclusivity, which has been in place since the action RPG first launched on the 22nd June, 2023. What's more, there's a demo...
Wednesday26th Jun 2024
News Auto-Cast Firaga with Uniqlo's UT Final Fantasy Collection This Summer
Fast fashion for FF fans
Square Enix has announced "FINAL FANTASY UT", a collaboration between Uniqlo's graphic T-shirt brand and the legendary JRPG series. The collection combines classic Yoshitaka Amano imagery with iconic pixel art from the first six games, as well as designs that will appeal to fans of MMO Final Fantasy XIV and the most recent...
Thursday6th Jun 2024
News Final Fantasy 16 Patch 1.33 Makes Us Think the Frame Rate Will Never Be Fixed on PS5
One for PS5 Pro
A new update for Final Fantasy 16 has landed, and to say it's minor would probably be an understatement. Patch 1.33 adds colour-coding to custom controller layouts in order to "improve visibility", and it fixes some very specific issues that most players won't even know exist. While it's nice that the action RPG is still being...
Thursday2nd May 2024
News Final Fantasy 16 New Game+ Glitch to Be Fixed in PS5 Patch Next Week
Trophy fixes included too
Square Enix has revealed the bugs stopping Final Fantasy XVI players from starting New Game+ and unlocking specific Trophies will be fixed in a PS5 patch slated to arrive at the end of next week. When beginning a second playthrough and deciding to skip the prologue, some users are not seeing essential party members spawn,...
Monday29th Apr 2024
News Final Fantasy 16 New Game+ Bug Preventing Progress, Square Enix Offers Temporary Fix
Just when you thought it was safe to start over
Square Enix has warned Final Fantasy XVI players that it's aware of a potentially progress-impeding bug, specifically affecting players trying to boot up a New Game+ run. The good news is that the developer is prioritising a fix and will push out a patch once a resolution is found. On
Wednesday17th Apr 2024
Patch notes are huge
Update: Final Fantasy 16 update 1.31 is available to download now on PS5, ahead of The Rising Tide's release on the 18th April. It weighs in at 2.8GB, and you can read the full patch notes below, in the original article. Original Story: Square Enix has published the patch notes for Final Fantasy 16's next update, which is set...
Monday15th Apr 2024
News Final Fantasy 16: The Rising Tide DLC Is Designed to Be More Challenging
Forged in flames
The Rising Tide, the second and final expansion for Final Fantasy 16, is set to feature some of the game's most challenging combat scenarios. That's according to DLC director (and a lead combat designer for the base game) Takeo Kujiraoka, who, in an interview with
News Final Fantasy 16 Successfully Expanded the Series to New, Younger Players, Says Square Enix
Hot topic
Final Fantasy is a long running series at this point — it's easily one of the most storied franchises in gaming. But when you're up to the sixteenth mainline entry, you must start wondering whether fresh installments still have the power to pull new players in. Indeed, audience growth will be an important metric for the suits upstairs at...
Friday22nd Mar 2024
News Next Final Fantasy 16 Patch Makes Side Quests Quicker, Adds Ability Loadouts, and More
Some nice improvements
Ahead of (or maybe alongside, we're not sure) the release of its second expansion, Final Fantasy 16 will be getting a free update that includes some rather positive-sounding changes. Patch 1.30 was detailed during the developer's PAX East panel, so we've gone ahead and sorted the additions and improvements as bullet points:...
News Final Fantasy 16: The Rising Tide Expansion Releases on PS5 in April
High tide
The second expansion for Final Fantasy 16, titled The Rising Tide, now has an official launch date. It arrives on the 18th April, and costs $19.99 if you're buying it by itself. The Expansion Pass, priced at $24.99, gets you this second DLC and the previously released Echoes of the Fallen. Expectations for The Rising Tide are fairly high...
Monday11th Mar 2024
News Timed PS5 Exclusive Final Fantasy 16 Is Almost Ready for Primetime on PC
"The PC specifications are looking to be high"
Square Enix is putting the PC version of Final Fantasy 16 through its paces, as it completes the final stages of optimisation for the platform. Obviously, the game launched last year as a timed PS5 exclusive to much critical acclaim, but a port to PC was always on the cards, and it sounds like the team...
Monday26th Feb 2024
News Second Final Fantasy 16 DLC Set to Be Revealed Next Month
A panel at PAX East will have new details
Square Enix has revealed a PAX East panel will be the place to be to learn more about the second piece of Final Fantasy 16 DLC, titled The Rising Tide. Set to take place on 22nd March 2024, lead developers Naoki Yoshida, Takeo Kujiraoka, and Michael-Christopher Koji Fox will be in attendance, and the event...
Wednesday13th Dec 2023
News Final Fantasy 16 Dev Team Disbands, Making Sequels or Spin-Offs Unlikely
On to the next Fantasy
Final Fantasy XVI is an epic adventure in its own right, but fans hungry for more Clive and company might be disappointed to learn the development team has already disbanded. Aside from a small team working on the upcoming DLC The Rising Tide, the evocatively named Square Enix Creative Business Unit III, helmed by Naoki...
Friday8th Dec 2023
News Final Fantasy 16's First Expansion Out Now on PS5, Second Arrives in Spring 2024
Look a-Clive
Both of Final Fantasy 16's expansions have been officially announced in one trailer. The first, titled Echoes of the Fallen, is out right now on PS5 — which is one hell of a shadow drop. The second, titled The Rising Tide, arrives in spring 2024. As if next year's first few months weren't already busy enough! You can buy an...
Friday1st Dec 2023
News Final Fantasy 16's First Expansion Should Be Revealed This Month
A lock for The Game Awards?
Back in September, Square Enix confirmed that two paid DLC expansions for Final Fantasy 16 were in development — but we're still waiting on any concrete details. However, producer Naoki Yoshida did state that more information would be heading our way before the end of the year — and we're obviously now in December...
News Another Final Fantasy 16 Update Is on the Way, But Don't Get Your Hopes Up
It's just a new leaderboard
A new Final Fantasy XVI patch will be deployed at the end of next week, but you shouldn't be hoping it includes anything even remotely substantial: it's just going to make an adjustment to the way scores are calculated in Arcade Mode. The PS5 update will be available for download on 8th December 2023, adding a new...
Wednesday25th Oct 2023
News Final Fantasy Creator Makes Yoshi-P Cry Live on Stage with Heartfelt Praise
Final Fantasy's "even better"
Naoki Yoshida — commonly known by his nickname Yoshi-P — has been a key figure in getting Final Fantasy as a brand back on track over the last decade or so. He heads the team that rebuilt Final Fantasy 14 and eventually turned it into the juggernaut that it is today, and he's the producer on the very well received...
Sunday3rd Sep 2023
Final Fantastic
Square Enix has dropped an information bomb on the future of Final Fantasy 16. The immediate news is that patch 1.10 is available to download now on PS5, with the update adding alternate outfits for main characters, and the ability to change the look of Clive's sword (without changing its stats). The patch also makes some gameplay...
