Within the phrases of Paula Abdul and MC Skat Kat, opposites entice. Maybe that kernel of knowledge can clarify the latest announcement that Remaining Fantasy XIV—an epic, fantasy MMORPG—is crossing over with Fall Guys—a colourful, small-scale battle royale—in a future replace.
Remaining Fantasy XIV was a large catastrophe when it first launched in 2010. Nevertheless, following an entire shutdown of the unique model in 2012, FFXIV was reworked into a greater sport referred to as Realm Reborn in August 2013, which was acquired significantly better by followers and critics. Since then, the sport has acquired quite a few updates and expansions, turning into one of the crucial standard MMOs on the earth. And within the close to future, the world of FFXIV will embody Fall Guys content material, for some odd purpose.
The odd information was introduced in Las Vegas by FFXIV producer and director Naoki Yoshida—recognized on-line as Yoshi P—in the course of the first day of Sq. Enix’s Remaining Fantasy XIV Fan Fest 2023 on July 28. Whereas the group didn’t launch any movies or trailers of the Fall Guys content material coming to the sport, some screenshots had been shared that present impediment programs acquainted to anybody who has performed Epic’s standard sport show-like battle royale.
“These warriors of sunshine are having a little bit of a distinct time than normal,” joked Yoshida on stage in the course of the keynote.
In accordance with the producer and director, the brand new content material will assist as much as 24 gamers directly and is at the moment in improvement. This new Fall Guys-inspired content material gained’t be added randomly to missions or within the open world, however will as a substitute be added to the preexisting Golden Saucer, an in-game amusement park that comprises mini-games for gamers to take pleasure in.
Yoshida additional added that because it was given this chance the developer actually tried its finest to benefit from it. That’s evident within the screenshots, which include obstacles and platforms that look very correct to what you’ll see in Fall Guys. Even HUD components from the battle royale appear to be included in FFXIV’s model.
As for while you’ll be capable to play this, Yoshida promised the brand new mini-games can be included as a part of the 6.5 updates someday in September.
However in case you actually can’t look forward to that and also you want some Fall Guys X Remaining Fantasy content material in your life before later, I’ve obtained some excellent news on your weirdly particular need. On August 23, a Remaining Fantasy-themed battle go will launch in Fall Guys and can run for six weeks. The replace will embody costumes primarily based on iconic Remaining Fantasy characters and creatures, like Chocobos.
Now, any individual simply wants so as to add MC Skat Kat to certainly one of these standard on-line video video games. Please. Oh, and in different information, FFXIV is coming to Xbox Collection X/S consoles later this yr.
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