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FIFA 17 maintains its top spot in the UK charts this week despite strong competition from the new Final Fantasy. FFXV debuts in second place, enjoying the second-best UK launch ever for a Final Fantasy title behind FFXIII. Ubisoft’s new extreme sports release Steep can manage only 24th in its …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV sold 5m units on first day
The latest entry in Square Enix’s JRPG franchise has had a huge start around the world, making it the fastest selling game in the franchise to date. The firm reports that Final Fantasy XV, which launched on Tuesday, shipped and sold digitally a massive five million copies in its first …
Read More »Limited Edition Final Fantasy XV PS4 Slim confirmed for the UK
Final Fantasy fans are very much being encouraged to buy into the new world of PS4 Slim with a brand new limited edition console heading to retail in November. The Limited Edition Final Fantasy XV includes a 1TB PS4 Slim, complete with a special design printed across the console’s top. …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV suffers two month delay
Square Enix has confirmed rumours that upcoming RPG Final Fantasy XV will be released two months later than planned. The game, which has been in development for around a decade, will now be released on November 29th. From the moment we joined this project, our vision was to create a …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV will have a Season Pass
It seems that the upcoming Final Fantasy XV will be the first entry in the RPG series to have a Season Pass. This will give those who purchase it access tosix packs of DLC. Final Fantasy XV is not the first entry in the franchise to have post-launch DLC, but …
Read More »Streamline Studios co-developing Final Fantasy XV
Kuala Lumpur studio assisting Square Enix with upcoming fantasy blockbuster
Read More »‘Final Fantasy Disease’ threatened series’ future, director says
Hajime Tabata, the director of Final Fantasy XV, has admitted that he had a fight on his hands to implement the sort of modernisation needed to secure the RPG series’ future. Speaking to 4Gamer in an interview translated by Kotaku, Tabata talked of what he calls a ‘Final Fantasy disease’ …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV director: ‘It was modernise or die for the series’
Hajime Tabata recalls that development team was inflicted with ‘Final Fantasy disease’ and he had to tell them: ‘We’re not special. Wake up’
Read More »Persona 5 squares up to Final Fantasy XV in September
Atlus has announced the much anticipated release date for its next RPG hit Persona 5. The game will be released in Japan on September 15th. What’s most notable is that this means it’ll hit shelves just 15 days before Square Enix unleashes Final Fantasy XV on the nation. Who will …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV on PC would mean ‘starting development from scratch’
Although it might be a bit of a wait for the ‘more technically developed’ version – the RPG originally began life in 2006
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