Final Fantasy XV DLC: New FF15 expansion details revealed ahead of PS4 and Xbox release
NEW FINAL Fantasy XV DLC details have been revealed this week ahead of the start of Square Enix’s big deployment period on PS4 and Xbox One.
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Gary Jones
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17:33, Tue, Feb 7, 2017
| UPDATED: 17:39, Tue, Feb 7, 2017
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The latest Final Fantasy XV DLC news from Square Enix
New information surrounding the Final Fantasy XV DLC launch pattern has been revealed by director Hajime Tabata, who has outlined why certain characters are getting the star treatment first.
A range of new FF15 DLC content is being developed by Square Enix, which will focus on providing new playable characters, headed by the companions found in the vanilla storyline.
According to Tabata, the order in which the new DLC would expand the story and gaming mechanics was a mix of thought-out process, and last minute decision.
“Turns out that Episode Gladio has always been planned as the first DLC, as the team intends to deliver enhanced action battle gameplay for it,” Dualshockers revealed following a chat with Tabata.
“On the other hand, they have been debating internally on which one among Prompto and Ignis should come second.
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“Ultimately, they opted to have Ignis as the protagonist of the last of the bro-focused DLCs, because what happens in his episode has a large impact on the story of Final Fantasy XV, and they want to have the time to create a really solid experience, pretty much keeping the best for last.”
What that big impact event is will just have to wait to find out until later in 2017, with several Final Fantasy 15 DLCs launches planned throughout the year.
It was recently revealed that DLC content is set to launch on the same date as a new update for the base game on PS4 and Xbox One.
Square Enix made the announcement during the Active Time Report stream, in which it was revealed that an update for the FFXV thirteenth chapter would be launched very soon.
The date for release has been set for March 28, the same day that new Final Fantasy 15 DLC is to arrive on PS4 and Xbox One.
This will include various enhancements being made to Chapter 13, as well as allowing gamers to play as Gladiolus for a short period.
That’s away from the Final Fantasy 15 DLC being released on the same day, which also makes Gladiolus a playable character and will also star Gilgamesh, one of the franchise’s fan-favorite characters.
Tabata made the announcement, along with confirming another update which will include PS4 Pro support.
Square Enix still have a large amount of their team working on Final Fantasy XV, Tabata has confirmed that 70% of the development team of the game within Business Division 2 is currently still at work on Final Fantasy XV, he told Dualshockers.
That team is currently split between several projects, some are working on the free updates, others on DLC packages and some spearheading the virtual reality experience coming to PlayStation VR.
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