--- description: Everything you need to know about Square Enix's Final Fantasy XV (Final Fantasy 15) open-world fantasy roleplaying game. title: Everything to Know About the New 'Final Fantasy XV' Trailer image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8f1cc873583fb24a/6988af3bcd1bba1ac27032a9/screen-shot-2016-11-21-at-10-50-55-am-1.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Everything to Know About the New 'Final Fantasy XV' Trailer by [Matt Peckham](/author/matt-peckham/) ## Matt Peckham Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 21, 2016 3:52 PM CUT  Final Fantasy XV Final Fantasy XVFinal Fantasy XV by [Matt Peckham](/author/matt-peckham/) ## Matt Peckham Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 21, 2016 3:52 PM CUT Gird yourself for a barrage of buzzy superlatives, because this _Final Fantasy XV_ summary launch trailer is full of them. But it also nicely frames what Square Enix’s decade-in-development game wound up becoming on the cusp of its November 29 debut for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The “101” video covers story, setting, the troupe of protagonists you control, a bit about combat’s team synergies, the basics of drawing, crafting and combining magic, how character advancement works, a glimpse of some of the incredible-looking things you can “summon,” how navigation works (by car or ostrich-like [chocobo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocobo "undefined")), the game’s side quests, monster hunts, and its playable pinball-ish mini-game [_Justice Monsters Five_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLggyflNY8w "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4578441/final-fantasy-15-trailer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4578441/final-fantasy-15-trailer/"},"headline":"Everything to Know About the New 'Final Fantasy XV' Trailer","datePublished":"2016-11-21T15:52:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:50:45.313Z","description":"The 10-year wait is nearly over","url":"https://time.com/4578441/final-fantasy-15-trailer/","keywords":["Tech","Video Games","PlayStation 4","xbox One","Trailers","square enix"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8f1cc873583fb24a/6988af3bcd1bba1ac27032a9/screen-shot-2016-11-21-at-10-50-55-am-1.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Matt Peckham","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/matt-peckham/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8f1cc873583fb24a/6988af3bcd1bba1ac27032a9/screen-shot-2016-11-21-at-10-50-55-am-1.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Final Fantasy XV","caption":"Final Fantasy XV","creditText":"Final Fantasy XV","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4578441/final-fantasy-15-trailer/","name":"Everything to Know About the New 'Final Fantasy XV' Trailer"}}]}] ```