Square Enix has confirmed it will release a day one patch for Final Fantasy 16, despitepreviously statingit would not need to do so.
Confirmed during apre-release live steamon Saturday, the game’s development team said the update would fix progression and crash issues, as well as making performance improvements in different parts of the game.
ProducerNaoki Yoshidaadded during the stream that the framerate improvements are mostly related to scenes in which a lot of characters are on screen simultaneously, such as city segments.
The development team has also listened to feedback regarding motion blur and will add the ability to turn it off in a future update, Yoshida said, as well as the ability to adjust camera movement.
Here is the message in English from Koji Fox.
He says it is a minor issue fix and it is not needed to play the game. You can play the game without the Day-One patch.pic.twitter.com/1yLDedvHTG
— Genki✨ (@Genki_JPN)Jun 29, 2025
Final Fantasy 16will be released onPlayStation 5on June 22. Aplayable demo for the gamewas released on thePlayStationStore earlier this week.
Ahead of the official release date, physical copies of Final Fantasy 16 reportedly made their way into public hands this week, according to several social media users who’ve begun posting images and details of the game.
This has led toSquare Enixpublishinga spoiler warningon its social media channels and asking all users who manage to get the game earlynot to share media or story details.
In aFinal Fantasy 16 previewpublished last month, we said the game has the potential to be one of the best titles in the series.
“Final Fantasy 16 has the potential to stake a claim as a defining RPG of the early generation,” we wrote. “With production values that are off the charts and music that will knock you off your feet, the game left an incredibly strong impression.”
