With all the recent talk on Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker, it’s not hard to forget about the next game in the mainline series. Square Enix has been working on Final Fantasy XVI from the shadows, and released a bittersweet message on it this week. The game hasn’t gotten much attention since its announcement over a year ago. And we still have a while to wait. Due to issues surrounding the ongoing pandemic, Final Fantasy XVI development has been delayed by “almost half a year” — but a reveal is coming in spring.
The weekend message was delivered by none other than Naoki Yoshida, the game’s producer. Yoshida wrote that he wanted to make due on the promise of more info by the end of the year. An update certainly came, but it isn’t exactly the most optimistic of news. Yoshida writes: “I regret to inform you that I will be unable to keep that promise as complications stemming from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic have delayed the game’s dev… Source: https://www.pcinvasion.com/final-fantasy-xvi-delayed-pandemic-reveal-spring/
