The company is planning to organize a major event

Aug 30, 2015 19:06 GMT  ·  By

The development team at Square Enix working on Final Fantasy XV has announced during a massive panel at the PAX event that it plans to launch the action role-playing game during the course of 2016, with a big event in March set to be the occasion when the actual date will be revealed.

The full panel also offered gamers a closer look at a lot of concept art linked to the video game, explaining that gamers will be able to explore a very complex world that's designed to add a wide range of innovative elements while expanding on some of the core themes of the series.

The video features some of the Square Enix developers talking about their experience with game development and the ways they are making sure that Final Fantasy XV will offer fans the experiences they are waiting for.

The publisher has not said where the big event in March 2016 will take place or whether it will deliver more information about the core mechanics of the action RPG until then.

Final Fantasy XV will use all the power of the new generation of consoles

Square Enix has explained that the game has been in development for a long-period of time because it wants to make sure that the game's engine will use all the possibilities opened up by the launch of new hardware.

The images released from Final Fantasy XV have been pretty impressive, especially given that the setting of the game is in a world that resembles Earth in many ways.

Square Enix says that it will tell a story focused on Noctis Lucis Caelum, the crown prince of Lucis, as he seeks to recover a crystal that has long protected his country and has now been taken by the rival nation of Nilfheim.

The developers are planning to introduce a new take on the classic combat of the franchise, called Active Cross Battle, which allows gamers to use button presses to power character attacks and special powers, with a focus on the player creating a constant flow for their party in order to defeat enemies.

Final Fantasy XV will be launched on the Xbox One from Microsoft and the PlayStation 4 from Sony.

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