E3 2016: Everything we’ve learned about Final Fantasy

After ten years, the game formerly known as Versus XIII makes its final E3 appearance...but the FF7 Remake has skipped the show

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Daniel R. Miller
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Final Fantasy XV was the focus.

Ten years ago, we were introduced to the Fabula Nova Crystallis series, that was to be headed by the (disappointing IMO) Final Fantasy XIII. The odd thing about it was that many fans were actually more intrigued by one of the spinoff games, Final Fantasy Versus XIII. Versus became the stuff of legends as years would go by without a word.

Year after year, the game would continually miss E3 conventions while desperate fans would take the forums declaring that this would be the year (and damn that Xbox 360 for ruining the game's development cycle….a train of logic many of them actually had). And of course, it wouldn't show, and then they'd pretend like they knew it all along like most people on the internet do.

E3 2016: Everything we learned about Final Fantasy

Until finally (FINALLY) in 2013, that magical Sony Press Conference unveiled a game many had thought dead. It's been a fair amount of time since then, and as the developers have promised, Final Fantasy XV is releasing this year on September 30, 2016.

Now in its final E3 appearance, Final Fantasy XV is putting the finishing touches on its promotion, with an extensive stage demo at the Microsoft E3 presser (seen above), a small Chocobo focused trailer at Sony's E3 Press Conference, and a more in-depth Active Time Report following the Sony show.

Ten years is a long time for anything, but none of that will matter if Final Fantasy XV is the epic we've been waiting for. And by all accounts, Square Enix needs it to be.

Here's everything on Final Fantasy XV:

E3 2016: Everything we learned about Final Fantasy

The Final Fantasy VII Remake did not make it to the show

Sony's E3 2015 Press Conference was the kind of thing dreams are made of. The Last Guardian, Shenmue 3 and the Final Fantasy VII Remake were the company's trifecta of tear-jerkers, and holy crap did it work. Granted, we don't know whether or not if the final products will turn out well or not, but possibly the best hope lies in the long-desired Final Fantasy VII remake.
 
Since the old tech demo from the PS3 days, the Final Fantasy VII Remake had been the elusive ghost fans have been chasing in their heads until last year. But we've only gotten a small taste of what the game has to offer, and not much is actually known about it other than its episodic nature, the fact that it's hitting PlayStation consoles first and its combat mechanics being different from the original. 
 
Now a year later, we've heard a few details here and there but nothing concrete. The game has been largely absent from E3 2016, though famed Final Fantasy veteran and Kingdom Hearts 3 Game Director Tetsuya Nomura commented in an interview with Famitsu that the game is very far away from release, but that development is "steadily ongoing."
 
Keep yourself glued to GameZone.com for all things E3 2016 and Final Fantasy VII.

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