Uncovered Final Fantasy XV Liveblog

Uncovered Final Fantasy XV is almost upon us, and we’re planning on around-the-clock coverage! Stay tuned to Nova Crystallis as we bring you the latest from before, during, and after the show kicks off.

Newest updates are posted from the top:

UNCOVERED FINAL FANTASY XV

• The team planned the CGI movie and the game together right away since the start of the development. Some characters had to be redesigned for Kingsglaive.

• A final trailer with Japanese voice acting plays.
• Final Fantasy XV will release on September 30th 2016!
• The Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Collector’s Edition will be available to preorder at 9PM Pacific.
• The Platinum Demo is available tonight for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
• The Platinum Demo will feature Young Noctis in a dream state with Carbuncle. You’ll be able to control Noct’s Warp Strike in a brand new way.
• Justice Monsters Five will be a minigame inside Final Fantasy XV and will also release on iOS/Android/Windows. Pre-registration begins tonight.

• Sean Bean will voice King Regis in Kingsglaive.
• Kingsglaive revolves around the events in the royal city and King Regis.
• Lena Headey will be voicing Lunafreya.
• Square Enix collabs with Audi for an Audi R
• Kingsglaive Final Fantasy XV is a feature-length CG movie revolving around the events of Final Fantasy XV.
• Brotherhood Final Fantasy XV is a new five-part anime revolving around the events of Final Fantasy XV.
• Rolling combat footage and a new World of Wonder trailer. Magic and cities are shown.
• You’ll be able to listen to series music on the car radio. Music from Final Fantasy I and XIII plays.
• Rolling new footage of a desert area, including chocobo riding.

• The “Stand By Me” cover is performed by Florence & The Machine. Video rolls of the recording process.
• Image illustrator Yoshitaka Amaon and composer Yoshitaka Amano. Series composer Nobuo Uematsu drops a video message. Although he isn’t working on any music for the game he puts his faith in director Tabata for the next direction in the series.
• The Yoshitaka Amano artwork was commissioned by Square Enix and is called “Big Bang”. Originally a 2D, Square Enix animated it into 3D.
• Hosts Greg Miller and Tim Getty take the stage.
• A new trailer with cutscene and cobat footage rolls. The music playing is a cover of Ben E King’s “Stand By Me”.
• Final Fantasy series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi takes the stage. He says that the series is like a child to him, and he wonders if the series is on the right path. He sat down with director Hajime Tabata, and they want to take the series back to its challenger roots. He feels Final Fantasy XV will do this.

UNCOVERED FINAL FANTASY XV PRE-SHOW

• Auditions for JP voicing took place 6 years ago, if not earlier, according to Prompto’s voice actor, Tetsuya Kakihara. Sounds like part of the main cast’s interactions were unscripted; the voice actors inserted their own one-liners sometimes. Suzuki talks about the theme of bonds (friends, family, parent and child). He wants us to remember this theme. Miyano (Ignis) talking about camping and the addition of various new systems in XV. Called Ignis the “Cooking Man.”
• Hajime Tabata via the Japanese pre-show: “I think you already know some things, but there’s a lot more to enjoy tonight.”
• Rolling video of fanart submissions under the “Unbreakable Bonds” category – showing off a fanart calendar. The cover is designed by Final Fantasy XV art director Isamu Kamikokuryou. The calendar will be available at future Square Enix events and online.
• Footage from fan events in Japan and London up now! Cosplayers galore!
• Takahara confirms that the clothes for Noctis and Prompto will be avilable to purchase worldwide today via ROEN.
• ROEN’s Hiromu Takahara appeared with models to show off his designs for Final Fantasy XV‘s clothing.
• The Uncovered Final Fantasy XV preshow is about to begin! Watch with us here.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30 (PDT)

• We’re live chatting in our Discord channel here!
Final Fantasy XV-themed iPhone cases on display. (Via @churroz)
• Fans begin to line up outside the venue. (Via @FFXVEN)
• A Chinese teaser trailer on Amano’s Final Fantasy XV artwork leaked online (Via: YouTube, Re: Final Fantasy Union)
• Series illustrator Yoshitaka Amano is present (Via: @TheCake_News)
• Dave Fennoy officially confirms his involvement in the Final Fantasy XV US voice cast (Via @DaveFennoy, Re: @MoogleKupoCake)
• Art director Yusuke Naora is in town – he designed this iPhone case merchandise (Via: @SQEX_MD_NA)
• Images from the venu feature a CGI bird above Ignis. (Via: @MoogleKupoCake)
Think it’s all been revealed? Make sure to tune in! (Via: @FFXVEN)
Release date, demo footage leaks from GameSpot, other outlets corroborate info
Uncovered attendees get a calendar featuring new artwork
• ROEN’s Final Fantasy XV clothing designer Hiromu Takahara has arrived in LA for Uncovered
• Sony Computer Entertainment Japan Asia and Square Enix will premiere a TV commercial along with a “special” TV commercial for Final Fantasy XV in Japan, right after Uncovered Final Fantasy XV ends. The commercials will be uploaded to PlayStation Japan’s official YouTube channel after 9:00PM JST on March 31. [Via: Famitsu]

TUESDAY, MARCH 29 (PDT)

• The official Japanese blog updated with a set of images featuring assets from the game’s development: [Via: FFXV JP Blog] (Via: @ffworldcom)
• Final Fantasy XV composer Yoko Shimomura is now leaving Japan and heading to Los Angeles for the Uncovered Final Fantasy XV event. [Via: @midiplex]

MONDAY, MARCH 28 (PDT)

• Official Final Fantasy twitter profile tweets that the FFXV team are currently in the Square Enix LA offices. [Via: @FFXVJP]
• Famitsu opens its own official Final Fantasy XV twitter profile. [Via: @Fami_xv]
• Official Final Fantasy XV twitter profile tweets group image of Harley Morenstein and the crew of EpicMealTime for the Uncovered post-show. [Via: @FFXVEN]
• Famitsu opens a “Final Fantasy XV Special Site” [Via: Famitsu]
• A new artwork by Yoshitaka Amano appears as a banner for Uncovered Final Fantasy XV; the game’s pantheon of summons is featured (Video) [Via: VGtime] (Alternate shot/Via: @strhess138)

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Tony Garsow Tony joined Nova Crystallis in 2015, and has spent more than a decade writing in the Final Fantasy community. He also contributes to the Nova Crystallis Twitch and YouTube channels, where you can watch select gameplay highlights, previews, and streams.

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