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Published on January 17th, 2018 | by Admin

FINAL FANTASY XV ROYAL EDITION & WINDOWS EDITION to release in March

SYDNEY, 17th January 2018Square Enix Ltd., today announced the new FINAL FANTASY® XV ROYAL EDITION for Xbox One and PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system as well as further details of the forthcoming FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION.

Available from 6th March, these special editions feature the main game and over 20 game add-ons / DLC (downloadable content), as well as new features including an expanded map of Insomnia with new enemies and side quests and a first-person camera mode.

FINAL FANTASY XV ROYAL EDITION and FINAL FANTASY WINDOWS EDITION will feature*:

  • Expanded Map: Insomnia City Ruins – all-new side quests and enemies such as Cerberus and Omega will be available through the expanded map of the Crown City of Insomnia. Players can also take on a battle with the Rulers of Yore
  • A fully-controllable Royal Vessel boat, expanding the world of Eos and allowing players to explore the area between Cape Caem and Altissia. Players will also be able to fish aboard the vessel and discover new fish and recipes
  • A new accessory that can activate the new action “Armiger Unleashed” – players will be able to unleash powerful attacks while the Armiger is summoned. After collecting all of the royal arms, players will be able to find an accessory in an unidentified part of the world, enabling access to Armiger Unleashed
  • A new first-person camera mode, allowing players to experience the game from Noctis’ perspective
  • More than a dozen pieces of downloadable content including weapons, Regalia car skins and item sets
  • All current season pass content including: EPISODE GLADIOLUS, EPISODE PROMPTO, MULTIPLAYER EXPANSION: COMRADES** and EPISODE IGNIS
  • Archive – players can review the “Cosmogony” stories scattered throughout the FINAL FANTASY XV world. Additional local myths and legends will also be placed in various new locations. Through them, players will be able to obtain more information about the world
  • Quest to obtain and Strengthen Regalia Type-D

*Internet access is required

**FINAL FANTASY XV MULTIPLAYER EXPANSION: COMRADES on console requires an Xbox Live Gold membership or a PlayStation®Plus subscription.

The Australasian and European boxed versions of the FINAL FANTASY XV ROYAL EDITION will feature a reversible inlay with artwork by famed artist Yoshitaka Amano.

Additionally, the FINAL FANTASY XV ROYAL PACK, a downloadable pack consisting of all the previously unreleased content that is added with the FINAL FANTASY XV ROYAL EDITION will also be available from 6th March. This purchasable pack allows existing players of FINAL FANTASY XV to enjoy the new features by applying the pack to the main game.

To watch the FINAL FANTASY XV ROYAL EDITION reveal trailer, please visit: https://youtu.be/Pb6uAkGJz3M

A benchmark tool and instructions to help players optimise their PCs for the game’s launch will be available from 1st February. Please check the official website for more information. FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION supports Native 4K and 8K resolutions with HDR10 and DOLBY ATMOS® along with ongoing mod support. Minimum, recommended and 4K HDR PC specifications for players looking to enjoy the ultimate experience on PC are outlined below*.

  Minimum Specs Recommended Specs 4K HDR Specs
OS Windows® 7 SP1/ Windows® 8.1 / Windows® 10 64-bit Windows® 7 SP1/ Windows® 8.1 / Windows® 10 64-bit Windows® 10 64-bit Fall Creators update
CPU Intel® Core™ i5-2500(3.3GHz and above)
AMD FX™-6100 (3.3GHz and above)
Intel® Core™ i7-3770(3.4GHz and above)
AMD FX™-8350(4.0 GHz and above)
Intel® Core™ i7-7700 (3.6GHz and above)
AMD Ryzen™ 5 1600X (3.6GHz and above)
Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 760
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050
AMD Radeon™ R9 280
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 6 GB VRAM
Radeon™ RX 480
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1080 Ti
Main Memory 8GB 16GB 16GB
Screen Resolution 720p 1080p 4K HDR (2160p)
Hard Disc Free Space on SSD

 

OVER 100GB OVER 155GB
Sound Card DirectSound® Sound Card, Windows Sonic or Dolby Atmos
DirectX® DirectX 11
Other DVD-ROM/DVD-ROM Drive*, mouse, keyboard, gamepad**

*A DVD-ROM Drive (one-sided 1 layer / 2 layer) is required

**Game is compatible with gamepad but not required

*Note if the customer’s computer doesn’t meet the operating environment requirements, or even in the case that it does meet the environment requirements and recommended requirements, there will be cases where the operations may not function correctly due to the combinations or compatibility between each of the drivers, hardware and software.

To watch the FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION: Official Release Date Trailer, please visit: https://youtu.be/O0EQlItIDTg 

For more information on FINAL FANTASY XV, visit: http://www.finalfantasyxv.com/


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