PlayStationhas announced that it will be hosting a State of Play showcase on Thursday later this week. The show will air at 2pm PT / 5pm ET / 11pm CEST on April 13 and will feature a 20 minute segment that will show off new gameplay fromFinal Fantasy 16. It doesn’t seem like there will be any other announcements for different titles during the show, so it’s best to keep your expectations low unless you’re just watching for some new Final Fantasy 16 footage.
As for what this showcase might include, we’ve already seen quite a bit of Final Fantasy 16 from previous showcases and trailers. It’s possible we could see a slice of the game’s story or the opening, as it’s the only aspect of the game we still don’t know that much about, and we’ll also probably get an extended look at the game’s Devil May Cry-esque combat system in full flow once again.
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It’s also possible we’ll see a bit more of Final Fantasy 16’s open world. A trailer that aired last month gave usa good look at the world of Valisthea, which featured almost everything from bustling marketplaces to volcanic islands. However, we still don’t know what kind of activities will fill Final Fantasy 16’s open world, so this State of Play might let us see what kinds of side stories or optional quests the game will include that we can sink our teeth into.
Now that we’re getting closer to release, this will probably be the last good look we get of Final Fantasy 16 before it hits store shelves. The game is expected to launch on June 22 later this year andrecently went gold, meaning that a delay is relatively unlikely to happen. It’s also going to be exclusive to PS5 consoles on release, something which was apparently very necessary as producer Naoki Yoshida recently claimed thatonly the PS5 can handle Final Fantasy 16’s extravagant combat system.
If you’re one of many now worrying a little bit about the lack of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 despite us being a third of the way into the year, fear not. Even though we’ve now had two major State of Plays from PlayStation this year, industry insider Jeff Grubb recently claimed that the company is planning to put on a big PlayStation Showcase this summer, which promises toset up the “second phase” of PS5 announcements.
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