According to recent rumors , Square Enix neglect to show offFinal FantasyXVIduring   thePlayStation 5event in June because it wanted to focalize on more visually impressive game likeProject Athia . Sony ’s next generation cabinet represents a substantial saltation forward in lifelike quality and processing power , and will supportpotent new feature like ray tracingfor better visual faithfulness .

Sony has been understandably eager to sell its new console , but the summons has not been without difficulty . The mien of the COVID-19 pandemic has had a detrimental impression on the entire games industry , and without democratic swap shows like E3 to showcase the new tech , both Sony and its rival Microsoft have struggled to get fans the information they need . To this day , fans do n’t roll in the hay the price of the PlayStation 5 , though this will hopefully exchange during a livestream event set to take place tomorrow . There have been other obstacles as well ; hearsay have circulate latterly that product of PlayStation 5 consoles had to be decrease dramatically , thoughSony has since denied this rumor .

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A lot of decisions go into every look of a new cabinet ’s growing , include which games to show at which events . According to recent speculation from aVG247editor , reported byWccftech , Square Enix made one such determination during the PS5 bring out back in June . The developer declare a mark new deed namedProject Athiabut pretermit to share any news aboutFinal Fantasy XVI . The preceding main seriesFinal Fantasygame , Final Fantasy XV , release back in 2016 , and devotee of the long - course RPG series are clearly anxious to ascertain out what ’s coming next . But according to this rumor , Square Enix made a witting pick not to portion out anyFinal Fantasynews . This rumor claims that the next secret plan will be released on a " try - and - true " engine , possibly something like Unreal Engine 4 . Square Enix need to shareProject Athiainstead because it was designed expressly totake advantage of the powerful new techoffered by the PlayStation 5 .

TheFinal Fantasyfranchise has sure not been dormant since the release ofFinal Fantasy XV.Final Fantasy XIV , presently one of the most played MMORPGs in the world , is still see constant updates to keep players involved and invested . More significantly , the late release ofFinal Fantasy VII Remaketurned a lot of head and realize rave reviews ; Screen Rant is just one ofmany publication taken with the late remake . But remakes and MMORPG update are a far outcry from a brand novel mainline RPG , and fans are   understandably getting antsy .

This is of course just meditation , and as such should be train with pile of salt . Assuming Square Enix does have a newFinal Fantasygame in the works , there could be any numeral of reasons why it was n’t bear witness in June . Still , if the rumor are true , it seems potential that the game might be revealed during this week ’s PlayStation event on the 16th . A swiftlydeleted tweet from   theFinal Fantasybrand managermight just substantiate this . Time will tell how precise the surmisal is , but hopefully raring fan wo n’t have   to wait too much longer for news aboutFinal Fantasy 16 .

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