Last Fantasy 16: pre-order, editions, and in-game bonuses

Last Fantasy 16 will launch solely on the PlayStation 5 on Thursday, June 22. Whereas the most recent installment lacks the highway journey bromances of its predecessor, it retains the franchise’s penchant for audacious style and unrealistically sized swords. Now, it is possible that the sport will ultimately make it onto PC and Xbox, however its developer and writer Sq. Enix hasn’t made any official bulletins concerning a cross-platform launch.

Sq. Enix just lately launched a demo of the PS5 sport if you wish to give Last Fantasy 16 a strive earlier than you decide to a pre-order. The demo options the sport’s prologue with a number of hours of gameplay. Higher but, your progress within the demo carries over to the total launch.

For those who’re planning to choose the sport up on launch day for PlayStation 5, there are a number of choices obtainable to you. There are deluxe and normal editions obtainable for the bodily and digital releases of the sport, with some retailers providing unique pre-order bonuses. Nevertheless, in the event you’re in search of a Buster Sword-sized field of loot, scroll down to seek out the collector’s version of the sport obtainable instantly by means of Sq. Enix. If you wish to get a PS5 and the sport collectively, Sony is providing them bundled for $559.99, saving you $10 on the sport’s regular value.

Beneath, we’ve detailed all the things you get with every version of the sport, together with how a lot they value, and the corresponding bonuses provided by retailers.

Last Fantasy 16 normal version

The $69.99 normal version of the sport doesn’t come packaged with any additional bodily loot, except you pre-order the sport from Greatest Purchase. Shopping for from that retailer will get you a free Steelbook case. Goal is providing a $10 reward card together with every pre-order, whereas GameStop is providing six Realms of Valisthea patches to anybody reserving a bodily copy. The Sq. Enix Retailer can be providing an unique assortment of six, 6-inch material banners with pre-orders of the sport, every representing the nations from Last Fantasy 16. If copies aren’t obtainable from these retailers for some cause, you may as well decide up a bodily copy of the sport at Amazon, Walmart, or digitally through the PlayStation retailer.

Pre-orders of the bodily model of the sport are entitled to each the Braveheart and Cait Sith Attraction in-game bonus objects. Nevertheless, pre-ordering the digital model of the sport nets you an extra bonus merchandise not obtainable to individuals who get the disc, referred to as the Scholar’s Spectacles.

Last Fantasy 16 deluxe version

For an additional $30 ($99.99), pre-ordering the deluxe version of Last Fantasy 16 will get you entry to all the identical in-game bonuses from the usual version, plus the entire additional incentives provided by Goal, Greatest Purchase, GameStop, and the Sq. Enix Retailer talked about above.

What units the bodily model of the deluxe version aside are — you guessed it — bodily items. It comes packaged with a material map of Valisthea, the sport’s area, together with its personal Steelbook case. Nevertheless, as you would possibly suspect, the digital model of the sport doesn’t get any of this additional loot, however as an alternative will get a digital mini artbook and soundtrack. It prices $10 much less, promoting for $89.99 on the PS Retailer.

Last Fantasy 16 collector’s version

Actually, I don’t know why Sq. Enix doesn’t simply name it the Restrict Break version, however no matter. The collector’s version of Last Fantasy 16 is out there solely by means of the Sq. Enix Retailer, and is priced at a whopping $349.99. The collector’s version is just obtainable in bodily format, and it comes with the entire digital pre-order bonus objects talked about above, plus the bodily map and Steelbook case included with the deluxe version. You’ll additionally get a digital artwork ebook and the soundtrack.

There are a few additional objects unique to the collector’s version, together with a Phoenix versus Ifrit summons statue, and a set of Eikon pins that look fairly dope. Homeowners of the collector’s version additionally get entry to the Blood Sword DLC when it releases, though Sq. Enix hasn’t confirmed a launch date for the supplementary content material.

Sadly, the collector’s version seems to be offered out on the Sq. Enix Retailer, however you may nonetheless request to be positioned on a waitlist. We’ll be updating this web page commonly forward of the sport’s launch in case issues change.

For those who’re nonetheless somewhat circled about what you get with every version of the sport, Sq. Enix has offered a helpful chart that breaks down precisely what you get with every one.

Replace (June 14): Checked pricing and availability in any respect retailers, added particulars concerning availability of the demo, and up to date textual content to replicate subsequent week’s launch.