Final Fantasy 16 Development Reportedly About “95 percent” Complete

According to a recent Famitsu article, director Hiroshi Takai claimed that Final Fantasy 16 is about “95 percent” complete. So far, development progress on the game includes ironing out bugs and fixing render and performance issues. Yoshida also claims that the game’s release date will be announced soon alongside a new trailer that will be released by the end of 2022. Yoshida also told Dengeki that a demo for Final Fantasy 16 is also planned.Relevant snippets from the interview via Gematsu can be seen below:“We’re planning to put out even more information before the end of the year, so I think we’ll be able to tell you [a release date] at that time. It won’t be any later than summer, so don’t worry. (Laughs.)Currently, we’re playing through the game day after day, ironing out any rough patches, and brushing up some performance and rendering issues. After that comes bug fixes.We’re planning to put out even more information before the end of the year, so I think we’ll be able to tell you [a release date] at that time. It won’t be any later than summer, so don’t worry. (Laughs.)Since I’ve grown so accustomed to the development environment of online games over these past few years, I was a little surprised at how quickly we had to go gold. (Laughs.) If you consider the production of physical discs, shipping them worldwide… all of that takes several months of physical time after going gold. So when we say development is 95 percent complete, some might say, ‘well then release it immediately,’ but that’s the reality of the situation…”

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