Hello! Aoife here. I'm in LA, where the people are all impossibly beautiful and the weather is currently doing a number on my pasty Irish complexion.
I'm here for Uncovered: Final Fantasy 15, which kicks off later this evening at 7pm PT, or 3am UK time. Square Enix has said it'll be making "a whole host of huge announcements", and it's expected that at the very least we'll see a release date confirmation and some new gameplay.
In fact, we've kind of had both of those things leaked already. Oops.
Anyway, if you're still awake at that ungodly hour and want to join me in hoping Square will tell us something we don't already know, head back here at around 2:30am (what time do people usually start livetexting before an event? [You haven't already started? -Ed]) and keep me company. We can discuss our favourite all-time summons. Remember when 13 had a motorbike made out of women?
UNCOVERED: FINAL FANTASY XV Watch on YouTubeOur live coverage of this event has finished.
16:24 pm UTC Up since 4am LA time. This is going to be an interesting day. Aoife Wilson 00:03 am UTC Well the journalists have all gathered and are now awaiting a minibus to take us to the event venue. Please look forward to other scintillating updates, coming soon. Bet you're glad you stayed awake. Aoife Wilson 00:08 am UTC @sammoore Definitely XV only, apparently. We've been told it'd be pretty pointless asking questions on the VII remake as it's a different team here working on XV Aoife Wilson 00:09 am UTC @mistress Aren't we all. Aoife Wilson 01:28 am UTC Anyone up? Guests are filing in. Venue is appropriately fancy. Cosplayers are in attendance. All is as it should be. Aoife Wilson 01:31 am UTC @riz23 It's tough but I get through it. Somehow. Aoife Wilson 01:31 am UTC A new thing that I learned ten minutes ago is that my data abroad has an upper limit cap. So if I suddenly go dark, you all know why. Aoife Wilson 01:40 am UTC They're playing the chocobo theme as people are getting settled. Because of course they are. Aoife Wilson 01:40 am UTC Geoff Keighley is 2 seats behind me. Who dares me to go scream the chocobo theme in his ear? Aoife Wilson 01:41 am UTC Because I totally will. Aoife Wilson 01:42 am UTC Phil Spencer is here. Sadly not in cosplay though. Aoife Wilson 01:43 am UTC Phil Spencer is a fairly handsome man. Is it weird to think that? Aoife Wilson 01:44 am UTC Sorry guys. You're getting the unedited thoughts of a jetlagged person running on no sleep here. Aoife Wilson 01:59 am UTC @yadspi I'm about ten rows from the front, almost in the centre Aoife Wilson 02:02 am UTC Here we go! Aoife Wilson 02:03 am UTC Sakaguchi on stage like a boss Aoife Wilson 02:04 am UTC The father/child theme is an important one for XV, I feel. Aoife Wilson 02:04 am UTC Oh yes please. He wants to return the series to its roots Aoife Wilson 02:06 am UTC The summons in this game look so insane. Aoife Wilson 02:07 am UTC I actually love the road trip framing. It's adorable and so FF. Aoife Wilson 02:08 am UTC They should have hired me and Chris Bratt for this. Aoife Wilson 02:14 am UTC Amano is in the building Aoife Wilson 02:15 am UTC Uematsu too. He basically scored my childhood. Cosmo canyon theme 4 life <3 Aoife Wilson 02:17 am UTC Florence & the Machine covered Stand By Me as FFXV's theme song Aoife Wilson 02:18 am UTC She looks as sleepy as I feel. And also look. Aoife Wilson 02:19 am UTC Are we here for Final Fantasy or these guys? Yawn. Aoife Wilson 02:21 am UTC We already know it honey. Aoife Wilson 02:21 am UTC PRESS IIIIIIT Aoife Wilson 02:22 am UTC Finally getting to the good stuff Aoife Wilson 02:23 am UTC CHERKERBERS Aoife Wilson 02:26 am UTC God this world looks gorgeous. I like how you can almost forget its Final Fantasy and then see some wicked cool weird geographical stuff off in the distance. Aoife Wilson 02:28 am UTC Titan tho. XV gets scale. Imagine what Bahamut will look like. Aoife Wilson 02:31 am UTC Wine bars confirmed for XV. I'm never leaving. Aoife Wilson 02:33 am UTC The crowd is LOVING Gladio and Prompto. Aoife Wilson 02:35 am UTC A five episode animated series is coming. Elaborates on the team's history and relationships, by the looks of things. Aoife Wilson 02:35 am UTC Episode one available for free online now! Aoife Wilson 02:36 am UTC It's called Brotherhood and has no affiliation to Assassin's Creed, I assume. Aoife Wilson 02:36 am UTC Oh, Luna is Noctis' fiance? News to me. Aoife Wilson 02:37 am UTC A CG trailer or actual film? Aoife Wilson 02:38 am UTC I like hat man. Who is hat man? Aoife Wilson 02:39 am UTC Kingsglaive, a full length feature film, coming soon. Jeez, they are going all-out here. Aoife Wilson 02:40 am UTC Square are partnering with Audi and have made an actual custom car. Square has no chill. Aoife Wilson 02:41 am UTC Lena Headey is SUCH a babe. Aoife Wilson 02:43 am UTC Lena voices Luna. So the film takes place kind of simultaneously to the game and covers what's going on back home while Noct is on his road trip. Aoife Wilson 02:44 am UTC Sean Bean is playing King Regis. Which means he's definitely gonna die. Aoife Wilson 02:46 am UTC It's Aaron Paul BITCH. Aoife Wilson 02:46 am UTC Sorry, that was low-hanging fruit. Aoife Wilson 02:47 am UTC He's playing Nyx, the sexy secret service-style badass. Aoife Wilson 02:49 am UTC Square has been working on Kingsglaive for the last 3 years, apparently. Aoife Wilson 02:51 am UTC Final Fantasy King fighting over a chunk over crystal meth. There's a mental image. Aoife Wilson 02:52 am UTC The film will be available to download and stream 'soon.' It'll be out before the game. Aoife Wilson 02:53 am UTC Mini-gamessss. Aoife Wilson 02:55 am UTC Justice Monsters Five. Mobile game and also in-game mini-game coming before the main game launches. Registration opens today. Aoife Wilson 02:57 am UTC This is the demo that leaked earlier today. Aoife Wilson 02:57 am UTC LOOK AT CARBUNCLE. Aoife Wilson 03:00 am UTC Platinum Demo. It's coming out....soon. Aoife Wilson 03:00 am UTC How soon? Aoife Wilson 03:03 am UTC Demo is totally free, which is nice. Aoife Wilson 03:03 am UTC Carbuncle is a DLC summon for the main game that unlocks if you play the demo Aoife Wilson 03:04 am UTC It's out today. Get downloading guys. Aoife Wilson 03:04 am UTC Xbox One and PS4 only, I'm afraid. Aoife Wilson 03:08 am UTC Deluxe Edition announced. Looks swish, nice Amano artwork steel case and a couple of DLC items. Aoife Wilson 03:09 am UTC Ultimate Collector's edition is even more ridiculous. Comes with..well, everything. Only 30,000 are being released? Aoife Wilson 03:11 am UTC Tabata coming out to push the button. I feel kind of bad that we all already know, tbh. Aoife Wilson 03:13 am UTC @insomaniac to be fair, that's actually members of the public. Tickets were available online. Aoife Wilson 03:13 am UTC Oh god there's confetti. Aoife Wilson 03:13 am UTC MY HAIR YOU GUYS. Aoife Wilson 03:14 am UTC A piece just went down my bra. THANKS SQUARE. Aoife Wilson 03:16 am UTC I would play this for the summons alone, tbh. Aoife Wilson 03:18 am UTC Trust fund boating confirmed Aoife Wilson 03:18 am UTC Holy shit the car just flew Aoife Wilson 03:19 am UTC That was like the end of Grease, only sexier. Aoife Wilson 03:22 am UTC Thanks for staying up guys. I actually played the demo, will be posting some impressions as soon as I get back to the hotel. Aoife Wilson Load more comments Loading
