With lower than one week till its launch, Square Enix has confirmed that bodily copies of Final Fantasy 16 have leaked into the wild and that it’s investigating “illegitimate acquisitions” and is “performing to restrict” the harm they might trigger forward of the sport’s June 22 launch date. So, my mates, watch out on the market as there could also be spoilers on their manner.
Square Enix shared the information on Twitter, and it additionally requested anybody who will get an early copy to please respect those that have but to play it by not sharing any screenshots or movies and to chorus from doing any livestreams with the sport till June 22.
A message from the Final Fantasy XVI crew. #FF16 pic.twitter.com/EwJQRu9loB
— FINAL FANTASY XVI (@finalfantasyxvi) June 17, 2023
“We’re conscious {that a} small variety of bodily copies of Final Fantasy XVI are being circulated,” Square Enix wrote. “We are within the technique of a radical investigation into illegitimate acquisitions and are performing to restrict this forward of the official launch of the sport on June twenty second.
“For those that obtain a duplicate forward of launch, we kindly ask that you don’t share any side of the sport; together with screenshots, movies, and livestreams, till after Final Fantasy XVI has formally launched.
“Our precedence is to make sure that the complete recreation expertise shouldn’t be spoiled for our followers, and to do this we might be taking down any photographs, movies, or streams revealed forward of launch day. We ask on your help and cooperation on this remaining week forward of launch.
“It’s nearly June twenty second, and we won’t wait so that you can expertise the complete recreation the best way the event crew supposed.”
If you possibly can’t anticipate Final Fantasy 16, you will be blissful to know a playable demo is now obtainable on PS5 that options the primary couple hours of the sport and can switch your save information to the complete recreation.
If you’d wish to know what we have considered the sport, you’ll want to take a look at our hands-on preview of the primary 4 hours, the place we stated, “From what I’ve seen thus far, the long run seems very brilliant for Final Fantasy 16.”
For extra, do not miss any of our IGN First protection of Final Fantasy 16, together with a mid-game boss battle, 18 minutes of dungeon-crawling gameplay, how facet quests have an effect on the story and vice versa, and how the sport’s New Game+ will deliver an entire new problem.
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