Final Fantasy fans spot hidden clue that latest game will be coming to Steam

LEAKS have become a huge part of the gaming industry, as players around the world always have their eyes peeled for more information on upcoming games.

This week has seen a number of leaks from official sources, including The Patrick Star Game listed on an online storefront, and PlayStation tweeting about the release date for A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead.

While these leaks come from visible sources that anyone might find, they aren’t the only places that gamers look for information.

Square Enix has previously revealed that its latest mainline Final Fantasy game will eventually be coming to PC via digital stores like Steam, but so far a release date has not been announced.

Other games in the series, such as Final Fantasy 7 Remake, are already on Steam, but newer games have a timed exclusivity deal with PlayStation.

Usually, these exclusivity deals last for one year, and players expect them to come to other platforms like PC after this.

Despite being originally released on June 22, 2023, Final Fantasy 16 remains a PlayStation exclusive.

It could be that the exclusivity period is longer than usual, as the game has received two DLC packs, with the latest launching on April 18, 2024.

However, fans believe that a Final Fantasy 16 PC announcement will be coming shortly, after an Nvidia driver update.

Nvidia produces the most popular graphics cards for gaming PCs, and periodically releases driver updates to ensure that games run smoothly.

As spotted by PC Gamer, some Nvidia users took to Reddit to show others something suspicious they found in the driver’s code.

Players spotted a profile for Final Fantasy 16 in the latest driver update, despite the game not being available on PC.

Further, Nvidia releases full patch notes for each of the driver updates, but a Final Fantasy 16 profile was not mentioned.

These clues have led fans to believe that an announcement for the release date of Final Fantasy 16 on PC will be coming shortly.

Of course, this doesn’t give an accurate timeline for when the PC port will be released, but it makes sense that Nvidia would only update its drivers for this shortly before its release.

Some people have speculated that the announcement will occur on August 20, 2024, during the opening ceremony of Gamescom, one of the world’s biggest gaming conventions.

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