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Final Fantasy XV launched in 2013 and many players have been hoping that this ambitious jRPG would be supported by Square Enix for years to come. Instead of upgrading
FFXV, Square recently announced that three of the four previously announced DLC (
Episode Aranea, Episode Lunafreya, and
Episode Noctis) have been cancelled and only one of them will be actually finished.
Set to release in March,
Episode Ardyn takes place in the fictional land of Insomnia, approximately 30 years prior to the events of the main game. As you may remember, Chancellor Ardyn Izunia was the main antagonist of
FFXV who also appears in the feature film
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV. In the highly anticipated DLC, the player will see the origin of this villain, as "
the episode is a direct depiction of the story that couldn’t be told within the main game," according to Director Takefumi Terada.
Square is also working on a short animation called
Final Fantasy XV Episode Ardyn – Prologue that will act as a prologue to the upcoming expansion. The full animated short will air in February. In the meantime, be sure to take a closer look at
Prologue in the recently released teaser trailer below:
Joined by your closest friends on the roadtrip of a lifetime through a breathtaking open world, witness stunning landscapes and encounter larger-than-life beasts on your journey to reclaim your homeland from an unimaginable foe. In an action-packed battle system, channel the power of your ancestors to warp effortlessly through the air in thrilling combat, and together with your comrades, master the skills of weaponry, magic and team-based attacks.
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