Associate editor Robert Ramsey was close to tears yesterday when Final Fantasy XV's anticipated Active Time Report served up a measly 90 seconds of new gameplay footage. But speaking with GameSpot at Gamescom 2015, director Hajime Tabata has dropped the biggest hint yet that the long-awaited sequel will release in 2016 – a decade after its original announcement.
"At the very least, I can tell you that it isn't going to be released this year," he admitted, before adding: "We can certainly say to people: it's not going to be 2017. It's going to be before that." That seems like a roundabout way of saying 2016 to us, but you never can tell with Square Enix. Either way, we should learn more at PAX Prime later in the month.
"I think that we'll be able to tell you when we're making the announcement around PAX Prime, at the end of this month," he clarified. So, we assume that it'll tease a Tokyo Game Show reveal in Seattle – the developer sure loves making its fans wait, eh? To be fair, Tabata seems to understand that this year's Gamescom 2015 presentation simply wasn't up to scratch.
"We really do get the feeling that people are a bit worried," he mused. "Certainly, one thing I would like to say to them to reassure them, is that we've set down the release date, we know when it is, and we've got a complete road map lined up, right up to launch, and we're proceeding along that as planned." Ramsey still hasn't been seen since storming out of Push Square Towers last night.
We hope that he's okay.
[source gamespot.com]
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I'll believe it when I see it.
Holiday 2016 I would imagine. Oh well, at least we won't be offended if it get delayed into 2017 lol.
I refuse to believe!
Also, what happened to "we'll give a release date when we're ready to"? Was the backlash so bad that Tabata had no choice? This makes no sense after what he said during the stream.
I wan to believe
I hate these pointless announcements, either give us a quarter or a date or don't give us anything at all
@Anchorsam_9 The best of it is, they're announcing that they're going to announce the date of when they're going to announce the date.
@get2sammyb Oh god, this is like the time where there was a teaser trailer for a teaser trailer of Batman vs Superman
I will be happy if I can play am excellent copy of ff 15 Xmas day next year. Fingers crossed
@ekreig
I read that it is 65% complete.
Are they being too ambitious with the game?
I was annoyed yesterday, but now I just have to laugh. It really is bordering on parody at this stage!
@ShogunRok Well technically he never gave a release date, he gave dates when it ISN'T coming, 2015 or 2017, so he's good. Oh, and glad you found your way back to work, we'll unless your posting from some unknown lication.
Like the Last Guardian, after so many years and so many broken promises, why should I believe this one?
Speaking of "worried", I have a feeling that Dragon's Dogma Online won't be getting a Western release but that's only because it's Capcom.
@ekreig you claimed my first laugh of the day! XD
People forget this game had to be completely rebuilt, new engine for a whole new generation of consoles. I think 3rd or 4th quarter 2016 is very likely. We have waited this long, what's one more year?
@SonyInfinity Exactly. We can say 10 years in development all we want but it was completely overhauled. So this version hasn't been in development all that long and these games take freaking ages it seems. Said it before, i'll be amazed if it sees 2016, especially being as this gen is the gen for delays. 2017 sounds about right to me. Not that i'm a gaming expert or developer that is
Now in Development...
So many nay-sayers. We all know that if the pre-order came out today we would all say "shut up and take my money!!"
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