There are some compelling rumours floating around that Final Fantasy 16, the next mainline instalment to the franchise, will be announced this week.
Trustworthy sources are suggesting that the next Final Fantasy game could be revealed during Sony's PlayStation 5 game showcase on Wednesday.
Among many other games speculated to be announced, Final Fantasy is seeming the most likely at the moment.
Usually, there's a sizeable gap between Final Fantasy instalments because they're such huge games, as it stands it has been four years since Final Fantasy 15 came out and Final Fantasy 7 Remake also came out this year.
Developers Square Enix do typically have something lined up for next-generation consoles, so with that in mind, along with a now-deleted tweet, everything is pointing towards Sony's PS5 showcase giving us the 16th mainline Final Fantasy game.
Final Fantasy 16 was rumoured to be announced in June but, considering we didn't see it, either it didn't make the cut or it was simply untrue.
A producer who works at Square Enix, Shinji Hashimoto, also poured gas on the rumour fire when he retweeted and subsequently deleted, a reply of excitement to the announcement of the PS5 showcase.
Hashimoto has worked on promoting Final Fantasy titles throughout the years and also with the Kingdom Hearts series, all of which are developed and published by Square.
The fact he deleted the tweet does seem to indicate he was jumping the gun and could indicate a Final Fantasy announcement of some kind is going to happen.
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If that's not enough, fans also discovered that a Twitter account has been opened for Final Fantasy 16, but it isn't active. This is something giving people hope for an announcement as it is what happened with Fable before its announcement on the Xbox Series X.
It would be excellent to see a new title from Final Fantasy, especially if it is being made specifically for next-generation consoles. The implications of what could be achieved through these powerful new consoles with a more open-world Final Fantasy is extremely exciting.
At the least, there might be an early reveal of Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 2, as we know that Square is currently working on it at the moment.
And, at the very least, we can expect to see something of Square's new title which has been previously revealed in past PS5 showcases - Project Athia.