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Feature Final Fantasy 16 Expansion Pass Review: Is It Worth Buying?

Final Fantasy 16's DLC offering reviewed

Final Fantasy 16 released on the 22nd June 2023, offering up an action-heavy RPG that greatly deviates from the more traditional blueprints of past Final Fantasy titles. Initially, Square Enix had no plans to expand the game with DLC, but several months after its launch, in September 2023, the publisher...

• Thu 2nd May 2024
• Features
• Square Enix
• PS5
• Final Fantasy
• DLC

Poll Are You Playing Final Fantasy 16: The Rising Tide?

Making waves

The second and final expansion for Final Fantasy 16, titled The Rising Tide, is out now on PS5 — and if you can believe it, we're fast approaching the base game's first anniversary. But such a realisation has made us wonder... Are you returning to Final Fantasy 16 in order to play through this new DLC? Or could it be that the...

• Thu 18th Apr 2024
• Square Enix
• PS5
• Final Fantasy
• Polls
• Features

News Final Fantasy 16 Patch 1.31 Out Now on PS5, Brings Big Damage Buffs for Clive, Better Side Quests, and Much More

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...

• Wed 17th Apr 2024
• Square Enix
• PS5
• Final Fantasy
• Patches

Interview Final Fantasy 16's DLC Director on The Rising Tide, 16's Success, and What Makes a Great Expansion

High tide

Final Fantasy 16 was one of our favourite games of 2023, and so we wanted to find out more about The Rising Tide — the title's second and final expansion — ahead of its release on the 18th April. Fortunately, we were lucky enough to land an interview with Takeo Kujiraoka — the veteran Square Enix dev who's actually the director of...

• Mon 15th Apr 2024
• Square Enix
• PS5
• Final Fantasy
• Interviews
• Features

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

• Mon 15th Apr 2024
• Square Enix
• PS5
• Final Fantasy

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...

• Mon 15th Apr 2024
• Square Enix
• PS5
• Final Fantasy

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:...

• Fri 22nd Mar 2024
• Square Enix
• PS5
• Final Fantasy
• Patches

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...

• Fri 22nd Mar 2024
• Square Enix
• PS5
• Final Fantasy
• Release Dates