As Final Fantasy 16 players face crashes, mysterious black squares, and a flood of eternal darkness after the recent PS5 system update, Square Enix and Sony vow to find a cure

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works.

Instead, these issues have all surfaced followinglast week’s PS5 system software update.

Comes and goes intermittently, between both cutscenes and gameplay."

“I can’t play at all.

My FF16 crashes often.

Fast travels make the game crash.

Black pixel boxes every now and then.

And the same for my brother.

I was a huge fan,” anotherplayer reports.

“Yeah the crashes made the game unplayable for me.

Two crashes per hour for me,” a separatefan adds.

Here’s hoping that the devs manage to get to the bottom of things quickly.

While you’re here, be sure to check out our ranking of thebest Final Fantasy gamesof all time.