14 DAY TRIAL // The team at Square Enix working on Final Fantasy XV is finally ready to confirm that the long-awaited Japanese role-playing game will be out on the PlayStation 4 from Sony and the Xbox One from Microsoft on September 30 of this year, just as a previous leak about the title suggested.
The demo that was hinted at in the trailer is also live, which means that a sort of spin-off video game is now available on both consoles, weighing in at 4.5 GB, focused on a story of young Noctis.
The so-called Platinum Demo features both a drivable car and some battle action, but Square Enix has made it clear that this is not actually a section of the coming game, but is designed to introduce the franchise to a wider audience and will allow those who play it to get access to extra downloadable content for Final Fantasy XV.
The English trailer for the JRPG offers some more details about the story and shows many game systems in action, and players can also take a look at a Japanese video that has subtitles and reveals some monsters, the open-world driving sections, and some new locations.
Square Enix has promised to offer more information about the game as it gets closer to launch, with a focus on the way its mechanics are being tweaked to appeal to a wide number of players.
Final Fantasy XV also features a number of tie-ins
The weirdest collaboration that Square Enix has announced involves Audi and will lead to the development of one of the cars features in the game, the R8, although the production model that will be created will not be available for sale.
A special mobile game is also linked to Final Fantasy XV, called, somewhat confusingly, Justice Monsters Five, and will use classic pinball mechanics when it arrives on Windows 10 and devices that run either iOS or Android.
Hironobu Sakaguchi, the original developer of the series, says that he is excited to see that the new video game will bring it back to its roots and give players a chance to explore and tackle exciting new challenges.
On September 30, fans will be finally able to get access to a video game that has been, under one name or another, in development since 2006, when Square Enix decided to make the entire series more expansive in terms of both story and gameplay.
