Earlier we reported that ESRB has rated an upcoming Final Fantasy XV edition called Final Fantasy XV Royal Edition. Now, Square Enix has announced the royal edition is real and is heading to the PlayStation 4, Xbox One on March 6th. Windows version will be receiving Final Fantasy XV on March 6th as well.
Details below on the new features will hold for Final Fantasy XV Royal Edition and Final Fantasy XV Windows Edition*:
- 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 will also take on 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 fishes and dishes.
- 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 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, allowing players to obtain more information about the world.
- Quest to obtain and Strengthen Regalia Type-D
- New Trophies
- The FINAL FANTASY XV base game
*Internet access is required
*Final Fantasy XV Multiplayer Expansion: Comrades requires a subscription to an Xbox Live Gold membership or a PlayStation®Plus subscription.
Here is the box art revealed for the royal edition:
For those who currently own the original Final Fantasy XV, Square Enix will have the Royal Edition Pack for $19.99.
PC requirements to run the game stated below:
Minimum Requirements
- Operating System
- Windows® 7 SP1/ Windows® 8.1 / Windows® 10 64-bit
- CPU
- Intel® Core™ i5-2500 (3.3GHz and above)
- AMD FX™-6100 (3.3GHz and above)
- Graphics Card
- NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 760
- NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050
- AMD Radeon™ R9 280
- Main Memory
- 8GB
- Screen Resolution
- 720p
- Hard Disc Free Space on SSD
- OVER 100GB
- 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
Recommended Requirements
- Operating System
- Windows® 7 SP1/ Windows® 8.1 / Windows® 10 64-bit
- CPU
- Intel® Core™ i7-3770 (3.4GHz and above)
- AMD FX™-8350 (4.0 GHz and above）
- Graphics Card
- NVIDIA® GeForce®
- GTX 1060 6 GB VRAM
- Radeon™ RX 480
- Main Memory
- 16GB
- Screen Resolution
- 1080p
- Hard Disc Free Space on SSD
- OVER 100GB
- 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
4K HDR Specs
- Operating System
- Windows® 10 64-bit Fall Creators update
- CPU
- Intel® Core™ i7-7700 (3.6GHz and above)
- AMD Ryzen™ 5 1600X (3.6GHz and above）
- Graphics Card
- NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1080 Ti
- Main Memory
- 16GB
- Screen Resolution
- 4K(2160p)
- Hard Disc Free Space on SSD
- 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 that 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.
Final Fantasy XV is available now for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. You can watch the Final Fantasy XV Royal Edition announcement trailer below.