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Final Fantasy 15 Delay Confirmed, New Release Date Announced

Square Enix announces new launch date for Final Fantasy XV, nearly two months later than its previous release date.

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UPDATE August 15, 2:30 pm PT

Representatives from Square Enix reached out to confirm that the release date for the digital film, Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV, has not been changed from its original release schedule. Kingsglaive will come to theaters on August 19, Digital HD on August 30, and DVD on October 4. You can read our full review of the tie-in film right here.

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Following several reports that the release of upcoming role-playing game Final Fantasy XV has been delayed, Square Enix has confirmed a new launch date for the game. Final Fantasy XV will be released globally on November 29--nearly two months later than its previously scheduled September 30 launch date.

According to a statement released by Square Enix, the new date "will allow the development teams time to further polish and conduct quality testing so that the reality of the game can match the expectations of both the fans and the creative teams."

Game director Hajime Tabata said: "From the moment we joined this project, our vision was to create a level of freedom and realism previously unseen in the series. Regrettably, we need a little bit more time to deliver on this vision and are confident that this new release date will help us achieve this.

"As the director and lead of this project, I wish to personally apologize for the additional wait. As a team, we want Final Fantasy XV to achieve a level of perfection that our fans deserve. We kindly ask for your understanding."

Speaking in a video posted to YouTube (embedded above), Tabata explained that the team had finished working on a "master version" of Final Fantasy XV, and subsequently began working on a day-one patch. According to the video, Tabata felt that the contents of the patch should ship with the final game and not just be applied as a downloadable update, which led to the decision to delay the game's release date.

Square Enix will confirm whether this delay will affect the disc release of both Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV and Brotherhood Final Fantasy XV "at a later time."

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Good. I would rather wait two months for a well-polished game than a turd they pushed out too early.

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@brandinho86:

If they took 10 years to make this game i highly doubt theyre "polishing" it. Its probably to drum up more sales during christmas time. Regardless, this game took too long to come out. It will never live up to whatever hype is still there and this delay will only justify that further.

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@brandinho86: Would you wait 10 years for a "well polished" game?

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That's pretty pathetic. They've been making this for 10 years and they still need two more months? Is this game actually coming out or are they just trying to take in more cash on the hype? I have a feeling no amount of time and polish will help it live up to people's expectations.

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@Pierce_Sparrow: really only 4 years or so they didnt re use most assets

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@Pierce_Sparrow: I have a feeling you whine a lot.

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@Zenopants:

I have a feeling your a sucker who will believe anything they hear and kiss the backpockets of any company just because they make something you like.

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Massive day one patch download averted. I'm glad they decided against that and went for the delay instead. There are plenty of other games to play in the meantime so no worries here.

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welcome to devolopment hell folks. Id be pretty amazed if the game actually makes that date. but apparently my opinions are wrong so i wont say more then that.

all im going to say is F-ck square for waiting till the whole weekend to tell us this. The rumors started on Friday hours BEFORE their new trailer went up which showed the old date. if they had taken oh i dont know 5 seconds to tweet that it was a delay or 5 minutes to upload the same video they did today. it would have a) not made me look like a complete idiot) and b) stopped all the speculation.

thanks a lot for making me look like a complete fool. if i had F-cking known that i woudnt have even GOT the damn ps4 in the first place.

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@almatha: I wouldn't have gotten PS3.

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@almatha: Whiiiiiiiiiiner. Christ.

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Plain and simple just don't give a release date if your gonna change it. Still getting the game hopefully douch-enix gives us some type of extra dlc for there lies lol.

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@neoshadi: The release date is needed by many other people like shareholders, stakeholders, potential investors, disc manufacturers, suppliers, certification process. That's why these things are decided 6-12+ months in advance, unfortunately we have yet to develop the ability to foresee the future, meaning sometimes shit happens and delays ensue.

There is very little they can do really besides trying to keep it secret from the general public for as long as possible but even then you have people leaking them or looking for them in financial reports or general meeting summaries, even the delay couldn't be kept secret until the Monday when the developers came back to the office after the weekend to make the announcement.

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@neoshadi: You're new to this whole gaming industry thing, aren't you?

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@Zenopants: lol no just giving my opinion I hope this delay actually improves the game and I hope square rises back to there former glory. I'm just salty because we are so close to the finish line and denied.

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I'd rather see a game delayed and complete than a game make it's arbitrary date, and get patched to hell to finish it weeks later. Now what very recent big name release is doing that? hmmm.

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@Alawishis: So True about NMS...but I still love it, lol. It's mesmerising. The kind of game you think about when you can't play it. It's definitely in it's early stages, but the foundation is there. I'm glad they finally got it out and are building onto it. There's nothing like it.

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@voltron-iii: I'm honestly looking forward to playing in a few weeks once all the kinks are worked out. Possibly my first Neo game if the dates work out.

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@Alawishis: Awesome! As encouragement, I haven't encountered 1 problem thus far (knock on wood)

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I canceled my preorder. I'll get it next summer when it'll probably cost $20. I would of given you full prize SquareEnix! Now, you will only get $20 from me for delaying it one more time!

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@Jag-T1000: Whoa, take that Square!

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When I play Final Fantasy, it's not for "freedom and realism." I don't think any amount of delays is going to save the game at this point.

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@Thanatos2k: I was going to make a snarky comment, then realized the name is Final FANTASY, you're kind of right, why care about realism.

Still, their last great game was FF IX the rest was meh after that. It can't get worse than XIII.

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I have so many unfinished games as it is, I will gladly take the delay. Still need to finish the Witcher and its expansions and move on to Quantum break.

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@MegamanX97: QB is cool, but short. Shouldn't take but a dozen hours to beat it.

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@MegamanX97: meehh you could pass quantum break and not miss much lol

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This game better be a 10/10

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Hopefully this can help set a positive trend in the gaming world for once.

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No surprise, they are waiting for the Backstreet Boys to release a new album so they can use it in the game for the main theme song.

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@TheGreatGhoul: LOL

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@TheGreatGhoul: Not emo/hipster enough. Maybe Fall Out Boy?

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lol if would look any good I might care, but from what I've seen and what I've played in both demos, this is going to be one of the worst JRPGs this gen

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Was this game coming to PC?

Anyways, better two months delay than a crappy release needing several patches to polish it.

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@stopeer: Ha. It's still going to need patches, on all systems.

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@stopeer: nothing planed for pc but i bet it will get ported within a year or 2

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@leon00x: Ah, thanks. Then the delay doesn't affect me at all.

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I have zero problems with this...

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Those of you who "lost interest", get lost! Lose yourself!

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@edubb85: Bad day?

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LIESSSSS LOL. Real reason is because a September release date would force earnings into Q3, not just that but it would diminish Q4 earning since the game would have a $20-30 price drop for the holiday season. Also they are avoiding competition with big September/October releases. To avoid all that and maximize profits, it's better to just release it in November, especially since nothing else is really coming out then to interfere with the release.

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@G4mBi7: They may as well just delay it until next year if they want to avoid big releases.

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@G4mBi7: other big games are releasing in november... dishonoured 2, cod, watch dogs 2 and gran turismo sport among others. while not direct competition to ff xv, those are games people also want to play and may overlook ff xv due to a lack of time and money. it all depends on their priorities. there was nothing in september, at least in north america, so s-e lost a good release slot.

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@Xristophoros: Didn't consider any of those relevant anymore, also releasing before it, meaning chances are they will have a price drop come boxing day. There was a lot in September lol, persona being a direct competitor.

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@G4mBi7: You may not consider those games as relevant, but millions of others do.

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@G4mBi7: persona 5, yes, but only in japan. s-e might be afraid of persona and got out of september for this very reason.

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They might as well delay it forever, I'm getting Forza Horizon 3 instead anyways.

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