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All the News From Final Fantasy 15's Release Date Announcement

In addition to the September release date, Square Enix revealed a lot of big news coming soon to Final Fantasy XV. Read it all here.

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The highly anticipated Final Fantasy XV "Uncovered" event is now over but we have all the biggest news for you to check out right here!

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The show itself took place at the Shrine Auditorium in Hollywood, one of the most famous venues in southern California. It's hosted shows like the Grammys and Academy Awards, while Frank Sinatra, Bruce Springsteen, and Jimi Hendrix have all performed there.

Uncovered features all the biggest names in Final Fantasy's development and was hosted by Kinda Funny's Greg Miller and Tim Gettys

It's been a long time coming for Final Fantasy XV. The game was originally announced years ago as Final Fantasy Versus XIII. It was later was re-named Final Fantasy XV and shifted from last-generation consoles to current platforms. The game's main concept, world, and story were kept intact during the transition, though there have been some changes.

What do you think of the game and announcements? Let us know in the comments below!

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They must really want this game to succeed, after the screw up that is FFXIII...if they spend the time to even make an anime of it.

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Apparently amazon is pushing some kind of DLC for the FFXIV game...

I don't play FF, so here, come and get them:

Thank you for redeeming your FINAL FANTASY XIV promotional code from Amazon!
HERE ARE YOUR 6 DLC CODES
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Butler Attire
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Crag Mask
FAHU CG8W 4XZ3 VSQ6 Z6N5
Inferno Mask
FANU XPW5 8RH8 9SJ7 LFP3
99x Magicked Prism (Wings)
FALU 4E47 66ZC W6J5 KSVB
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I guess SE put all of their money into this game.

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Watch gamespoter's flip out when this recieves a whopping 6.0 review score, if that even.

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MAN that big snake they were fighting kinda reminded me of the big monster you fight in Final Fantasy 7 when you are fallowing the Sephiroth trail.

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You didn't even mention the exact date in the article. You are a serious timewaster.

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@bfa1509: i know right, im not really much into final fantasy games lately, i think they lost me somewhere around crisis core, i went on and replayed some 8 and 7, but thats it.

i only came here for an exact launch date, not because im buying it, but because i read the title and i thought it was good to know. too bad gamespot is going completely downhill with its journalism methods...

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SOO MUCH EXCITE!

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any news on FF7 ?

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Trailer looks awesome and Florence and the Machine singing Stand by Me is a great bonus :)

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Way to fucking blow it gamespot.....these poor saps spend a fortune for the unvieling and gamespot just pissed on all their effort by breaking embargo and publishing the dates and everything earlier.....real professional

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@GregoryBastards: Whoa. A quick google showed all the gaming news site reports on what Gamespot did. Quite the shameful move. But it keeps in line with the direction Gamespot is going.

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@GregoryBastards: They did mention Gamespot leak in the event...lol

Gamespot shoul've known better...we are all gammers after all.

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that music sucks

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Who wants to take bets on whether or not the release date gets pushed back?

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i want combos chains rares weapons drops bazaar goods all he had in fffxii.

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he looks like Sasuke in the picture on gamespot home page....

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SE please stop trying to do everything at once, that's why your products have been terrible!! Specialise just like you did when your games were actually good and not over-hyped BS.

Also whats with the confusing trailers? They showed bits and pieces from a demo sequence that isn't going to be in the main game in the actual main game trailer? So basically, when you see Noctis as a kid running around with Carbuncle, which at first I thought was a quirky game sequence that harkens back to the Final Fantasy's of old, is actually just a demo and not part of the game.

After FFXIII I'll wait a few months for USER reviews before deciding whether or not to splash out. I'm not getting burned again by nonsense reviews.

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@tidus_ff: Doing things like anime or movies has no real effect on the game for the simple reason that those are carried out by separate groups. The only people involved in everything are the higher ups in management meanwhile. The dev team is already specializing because they are solely working on the game to begin with.

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This game IS terrible. Just saw the demo. omg. Characters have no physical weight, so not only they feel disconnected from the world they are in, but it seems that you play Mario xD

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@nomailx: And how's Naruto?

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@gotrekfabian: naruto games are awesome...

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@nomailx: hoo..thank god its just the physics...i hope no one notices the fact that he conjures swords and fire from his hands....

That wold be so unrealistic....can you imagine? magic?....boooo not realistic.

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@nomailx: Complaining about the lack of realistic weight and physics from a game franchise where characters have wielded swords bigger than their bodies. Not everything needs to be realistic.

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@phoenix1289: If Fromsoft can do it properly with the Dark Souls series, so should Square-enix.

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@kaealy: This is a matter of artistic license. I cannot for the life of me understand why a developer should confine themselves in such a way. The games where they "don't do it properly" are quite plentiful thank you very much. And where were you when kingdom hearts came out? I don't remember any of this happening; though one has to admit, all of the fantasy stuff going on might have made complaining about it a bit ridiculous, don't you think?

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Most of my favorite games are from Japan. Funny.

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I hope...i REALLY hope this game doesn't turn out like FFXIII...

I want a good immersive story that I have longed for since FFX, I hope this game rekindles the old FF formula flame. I'm optimistic since the people working on KH have been working on this title for years...still have my doubts, but I'm sure I'll snag a copy on release date.

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You know Gamespot, seeing as you mention it being info from the "release date announcement" one of the important bits of info you might want to include IS THE DAMN RELEASE DATE.

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@phoenix1289: September? Is the exact release day that important to you?

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@mirage_so3: Considering the event was primarily about the release date yes, the exact release date is important info.

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@phoenix1289: I'm sure you'll find out the exact date sometime before then, but I suggest you take solace in knowing which month it comes out.

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Ten and a half years.

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I'm so torn on this game. On one hand, the graphics and gameplay look awesome. On the other hand, it's been a long time since I've been satisfied with a Final Fantasy game. Plus, why did they have to make the characters look so effeminate? I don't need them to look like a bunch of roided out meatheads, but come on! There were boy bands in the 90's that had a more masculine look to them.

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@jcharp: it's a japanese game, they look japanese. There are some really masculine looking japanese guys, i'm sure. But the majority of them look like these guys as far as stature and muscle tone and what not.

just the game reflecting the primary environment of where it was created. that's all.

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@Jdzspace: The Souls games are Japanese games too and they don't look anything like this. Plus, it's not stature and muscle tone that bugs me. It's more about the gelled hair-dos, the prissy clothes and the girly way some of the characters move.

But, honestly, it's just a minor gripe. The game in general looks great and I'll probably at least give it a try. I plan on playing the demo when I get home tonight.

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@jcharp: Souls games are influenced pretty damn heavily by medieval europe, so not necessarily the best example. Though I agree with you that it's more about the thing they've got going in japanese culture than any real environmental cues.

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@jcharp: If you look at amano's artworks stemming all the way back to the very first game, FF protagonists have always been androgynous looking. So please stop with your hipster bs.

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And the release date is????

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@VakarianGirl: 9/30/16

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Man that was awesome. FF15 is gonna be the best for PS4 and PS4 just keeps getting better and better.

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Kinda Funny isn't funny at all and that Miller guy and his friend are quite totally obnoxious. Why give them screen time? Just why...

Other thoughts, I wish all these extra media would have been an integrated part of the game. The film and anime as something tou can quickly acesss abd watch from the game main menu or disc.

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Ultimate Collector's edition for PS4 is sold out, if you go there now they put you on a waiting list.

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@Jdzspace: I manage to snag one although I had some issues several times trying to complete my order: http://imgur.com/h6KF03K

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@Jdzspace: No surprise :).

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Why can't Greg Miller go mute already. As for the game, it looks alright though I don't know if I can handle subpar 30 FPS these days anymore; I'd probably get nauseous.

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@cboye18: i get nauseous at 60fps messes w/ my eyes 30-40fps

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