A whole lot of Final Fantasy XV

At UNCOVERED: FINAL FANTASY XV Square Enix announced the release date for Final Fantasy XV, but the publisher didn’t stop their. Oh no they had a lot more announcements related to FF XV to share and all of them just as exciting as finally knowing the release date for the long awaited 15th entry in the franchise.

The first and probably the most exciting to fans was the announcement of KINGSGLAIVE: FINAL FANTASY XV™, a CG movie, presented by Sony Pictures Entertainment and Square Enix. The animated feature weaves together the complexities of kingdoms at war, royal relationships and epic battles in a tale that will set the stage for the main FINAL FANTASY XV narrative. The CG movie features an all-star cast with Sean Bean (Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones) voicing Regis, the King of Lucis who has sworn to protect his kingdom, Lena Headey (300, Game of Thrones), voicing Luna, the princess who has been entrusted to deliver the royal ring of Lucis to Prince Noctis, and Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad), voicing Nyx. The title will be released digitally worldwide before the game’s launch.

Then was BROTHERHOOD FINAL FANTASY XV™ is a new anime series that consists of five standalone episodes that delve into the extraordinary friendships between crown prince Noctis and his three comrades, setting the stage for the adventure players will set out upon in the action-packed RPG. The first episode is available now to stream on YouTube. Subsequent episodes will be released before the game’s launch.  All episodes will be free. The series announcement trailer is available on YouTube.

Lastly was the Announcement for the new demo for FF XV, and a mobile game named Justice Monsters Five,  a pinball game for mobile devices combining role-playing elements with some of the franchise’s most iconic monsters. The game will be available to play in-game in FINAL FANTASY XV when it launches this September on the App store, Google Play and Windows 10 store.

OK i know you’re all wondering why I didn’t go into details about the Demo right? Well it’s only because I wanted to save the best for last. The demo, titled Platinum demo is FREE and and available now digitally for Xbox One and PS4.  It offers a glimpse into the final game as it whisks players away to a fragmented dreamscape of Noctis as a child. This storyline is unique to the demo and will not be available in the final version of the main game.  Players can take control of young Noctis as he masters various weapons, magic skills and driving.  To overcome the many monsters within this fantastical dream world, young Noctis will have Carbuncle as is his magical guide. Players who complete the demo will unlock the exclusive Carbuncle summon DLC for the full game at launch.

So what are you still doing here, go get the demo…. (Left to get FFX DEMO)