Today Square Enix Europe announced with a press release that Final Fantasy XV will appear in full force at Gamescom, even if some of the content might not be exactly new for those that are already playing the Episode Duscae demo.

The game will be featured at booth B31/B41 in Hall 9, and the Active Time Report with Game Director Hajime Tabata will be livestreamed on the Square Enix Presents Twitch channel.

Every day on the Final Fantasy XV Stage presents a different YouTube or Twitch personality doing a "Let’s Play" of Final Fantasy XV: Episode Duscae Version 2.0 with live commentary for the audience.

Attendees will be able to meet real Final Fantasy experts and top stars at the Square Enix Stand, like Mit Gronkh, the PietSmiet team, Gregor of Rocketbeans TV, and HoneyballLP and Nino of NinotakuTV.

Additionally, every day the Final Fantasy XV development team will answer fan questions, give out goodies, and present the game live on stage from Thursday to Saturday. Here, visitors will also have the chance to be selected as one of the lucky few to try Final Fantasy XV: Episode Duscae Version 2.0 at one of the demo stations.

Right at the end of the first day, there is also a special highlight for trade attendees and Wildcard Holders: the Final Fantasy XV development team will present an exclusive "Active Time Report" live streamed directly from Gamescom. The one-hour live stream on Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. [Noon EDT, 9 AM PDT] promises brand new insight into the highly anticipated RPG with exclusive information. Fans and visitors are welcome.

Here's the full schedule. All times are CEST, which means that you need to subtract one hour for the UK, six for EDT and nine for PDT:

Wednesday, August 5th:

  • 9:30AM: Final Fantasy XV stage show HoneyballLP.
  • 11:30AM: Final Fantasy XV stage show HoneyballLP.
  • 1:30PM: Final Fantasy XV stage show HoneyballLP.
  • 4PM: Final Fantasy XV stage show.
  • 6PM: Active Time Report Final Fantasy XV Live Stream.

Thursday, August 6th:

  • 9:30AM: Final Fantasy XV stage show with Gregory of RocketbeansTV.
  • 11:30AM: Final Fantasy XV stage show with Gregory of RocketbeansTV.
  • 2PM: Final Fantasy XV stage show with Gregory of RocketbeansTV.
  • 3PM: Final Fantasy XV Q&A with the development team.
  • 4:30PM: Final Fantasy XV stage show with Gregory of RocketbeansTV.

Friday, August 7th:

  • 9:30AM: Final Fantasy XV stage show.
  • 11:30AM: Final Fantasy XV stage show with Gregor.
  • 2PM: Final Fantasy XV stage show with special guest Gregor.
  • 3PM: Final Fantasy XV Q&A with the development team.
  • 3:30PM: Final Fantasy XV Cosplay Show.
  • 5:30PM: Final Fantasy XV stage show.
  • 7PM: Final Fantasy XV stage show.

Saturday, August 8th:

  • 9:30AM: Final Fantasy XV stage show of Nino NinotakuTV.
  • 11:30AM: Final Fantasy XV stage show of Nino NinotakuTV.
  • 2PM:Final Fantasy XV stage show of Nino NinotakuTV.
  • 3PM: Final Fantasy XV Q&A with the development team.
  • 3:30PM: Final Fantasy XV Cosplay Show.
  • 4PM: Final Fantasy XV stage show of Nino NinotakuTV.
  • 6PM: Final Fantasy XV stage show.

Sunday, August 9th:

  • 9:30AM: Final Fantasy XV stage show with Chris & SEP PietSmiet.
  • 11:30AM: Final Fantasy XV stage show with Chris & SEP PietSmiet.
  • 1:30PM: Final Fantasy XV stage show with Jay & Hardi & PietSmiet.
  • 3:30PM: Final Fantasy XV stage show with Jay & Hardi & PietSmiet.

The Active Time Report is probably the event in which most of the new information will be focused, since it's what Game Director Hajime Tabata normally uses for his info blowouts.