Square Enix recently shared an article on its official website detailing the games we should expect the Japanese firm to release throughout 2022, and Final Fantasy XVI is nowhere to be seen. Instead, Life Is Strange Remastered Collection, Babylon's Fall, Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin, Forspoken, and a few other titles feature instead. Square Enix has never confirmed the RPG will launch this year, but there has been enough reason to believe it could happen in 2022.
Perhaps the biggest piece of evidence is that Square Enix has said that once it shows Final Fantasy XVI publicly once again, it wants the game to be near enough done and ready for release. Confirmation was shared late last month that the next time we shall see the title is this spring. Development has been delayed by half a year, but "the next big reveal" will happen in the next couple of months.
The Square Enix blog post does state the company will have "some surprises to share over the course of the next 12 months" and that the games included are "just scraping the surface of what we're releasing this year". However, Final Fantasy XVI is a bigger deal than anything else Square Enix currently has on its docket. You'd imagine it wants the world to know if its most important title is out this year. But then again, a random blog post isn't the place to share such vital information.
Interestingly, Sony shared a very similar article on the PlayStation Blog yesterday where it reiterated a 2022 release for God of War Ragnarok. Final Fantasy XVI wasn't included in that list either. Do you think Final Fantasy XVI will be out this year for PS5, or will we have to wait longer? Share your prediction in the comments below.
[source square-enix-games.com]
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I'd like a FF15 deMake for the PSX.
Parasite Eve Remake please.
@PSXDave play the mobile version, probably close and you’ll get
Highly highly doubt FFXVI will be released this year but I can't wait for the next update. I've been waiting far too long, SE.
Hopefully a release date for Dragon Quest III HD-2D remake. That and Triangle Strategy are the only things coming from Square-Enix I'm immediately interested in.
That's fine. 2022 is pretty good enough
Spider-Man 2 and FF16 headlining PS5's 2023, not a problem in my eyes.
Playing FF7 Remake on PC atm so defo ready for some 16 news
I hope it happens, but seems unlikely.
It would be nice but they do have their hands full with XIV. I’d say VII-2 would be more likely to have news but Nomura is the slowest man on Earth.
Did anyone actually think 16 would be out before 2023 to begin with?
It's FF. 13 versus took like a decade and was just renamed 15....
No Triangle Strategy on the posting, Square? A little odd. Anyway, regardless of FF16, which I am eagerly awaiting (seriously, if 16, Starfield, and BotW2 are all holiday releases, I don’t know what I’m going to do), I’m honestly most excited for Forspoken and Triangle Strategy this year of any games on the docket this year. Forspoken, in particular, for some reason, may be my most anticipated game this year.
This game sounds like we're going to have to wait 3 years until we see anything about it. sigh
ouch. looks like a rough year for s-e. all of their scheduled releases look AWFUL, especially forspoken and ff origin.
@Ashina perhaps they are having trouble porting it to ps4. this was not confirmed or denied, but you have to wonder if the small ps5 install base is bothering them.
@Snake_V5 yup. definitely on my top 5 remake list.
2022 is already jammed.
Horizon, Elden Ring, Forspoken, God of War, Starfield, possibly Breath of the Wild II...
These are all games that I'll need months with.
As excited as I am for FF XVI, I wouldn't mind if it slipped in to 2023.
@Porco I'm really excited for Origin. Feel like it might surprise a few people
@somnambulance triangle strategy is being published by Nintendo so probably why it’s not on the list
Forspoken is in my top 5 most anticipated for the year.
Might also get LiS Remastered. Just finished True Colors and I need something to scratch my LiS itch for awhile.
And honestly, I'd love if they gave Kingdom Hearts III a native PS5 version. Full 4K/60 fps and DualSense support would be awesome.
I’ve always thought it was highly unlikely that they would release two FF games in the same year.
It's not coming out this year. You are setting yourself up for disappointment.
Perhaps they're going back to the drawing board in order to make this actually look & feel like a Final Fantasy game? Rather than another Square action RPG.....with chocobos.
FF 16 is the biggest thing for SquEnix? yeah for err-one else.
...umm, I hope to see more of
DuRaGoN Quest(-o) XII? / maybe show gameplay of DQ III HD-2D?
That clearly means its not coming out this year
@strawhatcrew oh yeah, what HAPPENED to that game anyway.
DQ III HD-2D remake I mean
@anoyonmus i don't know lol that's why I hope they show more of it and at least some more info/short trailer for DQ XII. I'm not much of a FF guy so I'm not pining for FF XVI as much as others.
2022 was always a pipe dream...I'm content with FF16 releasing in 2023.
Don't worry, I'm sure square is busy churning out more Avengers content instead....
@Ichiban You imply a disparity between these items I do not understand....
@Porco I love Forspoken it looks bloody awsome.
Parasite Eve 2 was fantastic i really want see a remake from that game.
Would be nice if it were out this year but im firmly in the camp of when its ready is good enough.
Rather it comes out polished than rushed.
After the repeated showings and delays of FFXV they will be wanting to get this spot on before showing it off.
Think they suggested previously that we'd get an announcement of a new tomb raider this year too (fingers crossed), although who knows who'd make it whilst crystal dynamics waste their time on Avengers (and perfect dark), whilst eidos montreal will likely be working on a sequel to the excellent guardians of the galaxy given its success (sadly a conclusion to the deus ex trilogy seems further away than ever).
Still hopeful we will get a release of ff16 this year, and a reveal of remake part 2, but lets see
@PSXDave Please call it by it's proper Square Enix title
"FF15 deMake in Excelsis Deo v1.1 NoCtIs Edition"
Honestly I thought SE had learned their lesson and were done with announcing games far too early. Or perhaps they have just hit some sort of roadblock and gone back to the drawing board on some aspect.
It will be a March 2023 release.
You know what else is missing from the lineup article? Deus Ex 5.
#BringBackDeusEx
#ReleaseTheAdamJenshinImpact
Forget Final Fantasy 16, Where's the new star ocean
I don't think this necessarily deconfirms 2022 given all the games in the article already had 2022 release dates announced previously. It's like how Nintendo doesn't reveal new release dates in investor meetings.
If FFXVI was to get a 2022 release date, it would be announced in that big reveal during Spring 2022.
@Grumblevolcano Yeah, they wouldn't announce FF16's release date in a blog post.
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