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01 Square Enix reveals its next-gen fantasy

“A WEALTH OF MAGICAL ABILITIES IN FLUID, SWORD-BASED, REAL-TIME COMBAT.”

Talk about a power move! Despite weeks of rumblings from the Final Fantasy rumour mill, we didn’t expect to hear much news about the series – let alone that Sony would open its PS5 stream with a tempting extended trailer for the next mainline game.

A departure from FFXV before it, which was something of a Boys’ Own Road Trip, Final Fantasy XVI will be leaning full tilt into the sort of classic, pseudo-medieval, capital ‘F’ Fantasy the series initially cut its teeth on, with swords

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