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

Closing Fantasy 16 will launch completely on the PlayStation 5 on Thursday, June 22. Whereas the newest installment seems to lack the highway journey bromances of its predecessor, it nonetheless retains the franchise’s penchant for audacious style and unrealistically sized swords. Now, it is doable that the sport might ultimately make it onto PC and Xbox, however its developer and writer Sq. Enix hasn’t made any official bulletins relating to a cross-platform launch.

Should you’re planning to choose the sport up on launch day for PlayStation 5, there are a number of choices accessible to you. There are deluxe and commonplace editions accessible for the bodily and digital releases of the sport, with some retailers providing unique pre-order bonuses. Nevertheless, in the event you’re searching for a Buster Sword-sized field of loot, scroll down to seek out the collector’s version of the sport accessible immediately by means of Sq. Enix.

Under, we’ve detailed the whole lot you get with every version of the sport, together with how a lot they value, and the corresponding bonuses supplied by retailers.

Closing Fantasy 16 commonplace version

The $69.99 commonplace version of the sport doesn’t come packaged with any additional bodily loot, except you pre-order the sport from Finest 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. If copies aren’t accessible from these retailers for some motive, you can too choose up a bodily copy of the sport at Amazon, Walmart, or digitally by way of the PlayStation retailer.

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Picture: Sq. Enix

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

Closing Fantasy 16 deluxe version

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

What units the bodily model of the deluxe version aside are — you guessed it — bodily items. It comes packaged with a fabric 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 a substitute will get a digital mini artbook and soundtrack. It prices $10 much less.

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Closing Fantasy 16 collector’s version

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

There are a few additional gadgets unique to the collector’s version, together with a Phoenix versus Ifrit summons statue, and a group 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’ll be able to 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.

Should you’re nonetheless just a little rotated 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 each.

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