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![Final Fantasy XVI Review](https://images.rpgsite.net/articles/cover/da49c9a1/14418/entity_feature/cbig.jpg)
Final Fantasy XVI is a confident game with amazing combat, an earnest narrative, and unbridled spectacle. Faults in pacing, RPG depth, quest design, and all those other nagging criticisms be damned - this game is special.
review by Cullen Black on 21 June, 2023
![Final Fantasy XVI: Echoes of the Fallen offers a compelling reason to return to Valisthea](https://images.rpgsite.net/articles/thumbnail/da49c9a1/15226/list/ffxviechoesminipic.png)
The first of two DLC packs for the game lets players face off against Omega in a combat-focused side chapter of the story.
feature by Cullen Black on 12 December, 2023
![Final Fantasy XVI Non-Spoiler fan FAQ - Your Questions Answered](https://images.rpgsite.net/articles/thumbnail/da49c9a1/14417/list/dx1dc.jpg)
We answer your burning questions about this rarest of things - a new numbed, main-line FF game!
feature by Alex Donaldson on 21 June, 2023
![A discussion with Ben Starr and Ralph Ineson, the voices of Clive and Cid in Final Fantasy XVI](https://images.rpgsite.net/articles/thumbnail/da49c9a1/14419/list/clivecidminipic.png)
During the Final Fantasy XVI launch event we had the chance to sit down and discuss Final Fantasy, brotherly love, and the road to playing the main characters of the latest Final Fantasy.
interview by James Galizio on 21 June, 2023
![“We have a dream team on 16” - Final Fantasy XVI Developer Interview](https://images.rpgsite.net/articles/thumbnail/da49c9a1/14257/list/dx1dc.jpg)
We sit down with FF16's Naoki Yoshida, Hiroshi Minagawa, and Michael-Christopher Koji Fox and talk finding new audiences, hopes, fears, and the identity of the hardest-working American on the planet.
interview by Alex Donaldson on 25 May, 2023
![“It feels like the sort of bold change FF has needed for a while,” - Final Fantasy XVI Preview in Discussion](https://images.rpgsite.net/articles/thumbnail/da49c9a1/14247/list/xvipreviewindiscussminipic.png)
James and Alex sit down to discuss their thoughts, having played a hefty preview of Final Fantasy XVI
feature by Alex Donaldson and James Galizio on 23 May, 2023
![After a lengthy hands-on Final Fantasy XVI seems incredible - but the depth of its RPG credentials remains unclear](https://images.rpgsite.net/articles/thumbnail/da49c9a1/14241/list/ffxvipreviewminipic.png)
Final Fantasy XVI is poised to be one of the most exciting releases of the year, and we had a chance to get our hands-on with it
preview by James Galizio on 22 May, 2023
![Final Fantasy XVI is a different take - and it's valid to love or loathe that. But saying it's 'not FF' is wrong](https://images.rpgsite.net/articles/thumbnail/da49c9a1/13382/list/dx1dc.jpg)
FF16 is certainly different to everything that came before it. But to say it isn't Final Fantasy is just ludicrous.
feature by Alex Donaldson on 01 March, 2023
![The Best Final Fantasy games revealed - as ranked by thousands of fans](https://images.rpgsite.net/articles/thumbnail/da49c9a1/13827/list/dx1dc_%281%29.jpg)
Thousands of you had your say - and now he's the best Final Fantasy games, ranked. And since you chose 'em, you can't complain.
feature by Alex Donaldson on 22 February, 2023
![Final Fantasy XVI Characters: meet the cast of FF16](https://images.rpgsite.net/articles/thumbnail/da49c9a1/12207/list/dx1dc.jpg)
Who are the new characters you'll be getting to know in FF16? Let's meet them.
feature by Alex Donaldson on 09 December, 2022
Latest Final Fantasy XVI news and info
![RPG Speedrunning marathon Questing for Glory returns today](https://images.rpgsite.net/articles/thumbnail/da49c9a1/16505/list/QuestingForGlory_THUMB.jpg)
Questing For Glory returns for its seventh year in this week-long event featuring speedruns from some of the best RPGs, new and old
news by Scott White on 04 November, 2024
![Profits from Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and Final Fantasy XVI did not meet Square Enix's expectations](https://images.rpgsite.net/articles/thumbnail/da49c9a1/16324/list/fmini.jpg)
Square Enix finally released the transcript from the May Financial Results Briefing meeting, and the year's biggest games did not do as well as expected.
news by Adam Vitale on 19 September, 2024
![Final Fantasy XVI for PC arrives on September 17 and a playable demo is now available](https://images.rpgsite.net/articles/thumbnail/da49c9a1/16169/list/ffxvithumb.jpg)
Both of FFXVI's DLC expansions will arrive on PC the same day as the base game.
news by Josh Torres on 19 August, 2024
![Epic Store Database entries reveal Final Fantasy 16 PC and what appears to be Final Fantasy 9](https://images.rpgsite.net/articles/thumbnail/da49c9a1/15948/list/ff9mini.jpg)
We already knew a PC version of FF16 was coming, and here's more fuel to the Final Fantasy IX rumor fire
news by Adam Vitale on 12 June, 2024
![Uniqlo to release Final Fantasy shirts modeled after FFXVI, FFXIV, and the Pixel Remaster series in late June](https://images.rpgsite.net/articles/thumbnail/da49c9a1/15732/list/Uniqlo-FFb.png)
Unlike the 2022 edition, this time the brand will only focus on several entries.
news by Kite Stenbuck on 15 April, 2024
![Final Fantasy XVI - The Rising Tide DLC launches on April 18 alongside version update 1.30](https://images.rpgsite.net/articles/thumbnail/da49c9a1/15647/list/fmini.jpg)
The final DLC chapter and some quality-of-life updates land next month.
news by Adam Vitale on 23 March, 2024
![Final Fantasy XVI DLC revealed: Echoes of the Fallen launches, The Rising Tide available in Spring 2024](https://images.rpgsite.net/articles/thumbnail/da49c9a1/15197/list/ffxvidlc.png)
The latest reveal from the 2023 Game Awards accompanied a launch for Echoes of the Fallen, the first DLC pack.
news by Josh Tolentino on 08 December, 2023
![Square Enix says Final Fantasy XVI sales were 'in line with expectations'; hopes to elevate existing IPs to AAA status](https://images.rpgsite.net/articles/thumbnail/da49c9a1/14867/list/fmini.jpg)
Here are the remarks made by Square Enix president Takashi Kiryu regarding Final Fantasy XVI sales and AAA games.
news by Adam Vitale on 21 September, 2023
![Final Fantasy XVI free update available today; paid DLC and PC version officially announced](https://images.rpgsite.net/articles/thumbnail/da49c9a1/14748/list/fmini.jpg)
The news comes from Square Enix's panel at PAX West 2023
news by Adam Vitale on 03 September, 2023
![Now Platinum's Hideki Kamiya weighs in on the JRPG debate: "It's something that should be celebrated moving forward"](https://images.rpgsite.net/articles/thumbnail/da49c9a1/14601/list/dx1dc.jpg)
Another legendary Japanese creator has thoughts on the appropriateness of the term 'JRPG' - but it's a very different take.
news by Alex Donaldson on 04 August, 2023