{"id":709052,"date":"2026-06-17T07:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T07:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/709052\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T07:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T07:06:08","slug":"final-fantasy-tactics-the-ivalice-chronicles-version-1-5-0-enhanced-update-now-available-adds-new-game-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/709052\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles version 1.5.0 \u2018Enhanced\u2019 update now available, adds New Game+ and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"link-relationship\" title=\"Companies &gt; Square Enix [5,450 articles]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/companies\/square-enix\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Square Enix<\/a> has <a class=\"link-external\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/news\/app\/1004640\/view\/687506377581527683\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">released<\/a> the version 1.5.0 \u201cEnhanced\u201d update for <a class=\"link-relationship\" title=\"Games &gt; Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles [6 articles]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/games\/final-fantasy-tactics-the-ivalice-chronicles\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles<\/a>, which adds \u201cNew Game+,\u201d the \u201cZodiac Compatibility\u201d function, and more. <\/p>\n<p>Here is an overview of the update, via Square Enix:<\/p>\n<p>\u25a0 Enhanced<\/p>\n<p>New Features<\/p>\n<p>New Game + has been added. This feature allows you to start a new game with unit levels, item data, and more carried over from a previously completed playthrough.The Zodiac Compatibility function has been added. You may now check a unit\u2019s zodiac sign and compatibility from its status screen.<\/p>\n<p>Adjustments<\/p>\n<p>        When selecting a tile to move to or target with an ability, you may now check the status of a unit under the selection cursor.\u201cRemove All Equipment\u201d has been added to the Equipment &amp; Abilities section of the unit status screen.Job unlock conditions are now displayed more clearly for those currently locked, via the Job section of the unit status screen.During battle, the camera angle and zoom settings are now retained for the entirety of that battle.<\/p>\n<p>New Settings<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cMaintain Auto-proceed\u201d setting for cutscenes has been added. To activate it, go to the main menu\u2019s Options tab, followed by Settings, then Gameplay, and use the \u201cMaintain Auto-proceed\u201d toggle.The \u201cAbility Incantations Guaranteed\u201d setting has been added, which ensures that dialogue spoken when using certain abilities is always performed. To activate it, go to the main menu\u2019s Options tab, followed by Settings, then Gameplay, and use the \u201cAbility Incantations Guaranteed\u201d toggle.The \u201cAbility Cursor Memory\u201d setting has been added, which retains the cursor position in the Abilities section of the battle menu. To activate it, go to the main menu\u2019s Options tab, followed by Settings, then Gameplay, and use the \u201cAbility Cursor Memory\u201d toggle.Minor text changes have been made in all languages.Certain sound effects have been adjusted.Overall stability has been improved.Other minor issues have been resolved.<\/p>\n<p>New Languages<\/p>\n<p>The enhanced version now includes text support for Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Korean.To change the enhanced version text language, go to the General Settings menu\u2019s Language tab and select a language from \u201cText Language (Enhanced).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles is available now for <a class=\"link-relationship\" title=\"Platforms &gt; PS5 [11,514 articles]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/platforms\/playstation\/ps5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PlayStation 5<\/a>, <a class=\"link-relationship\" title=\"Platforms &gt; Xbox Series [8,796 articles]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/platforms\/xbox\/xbox-series\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Xbox Series<\/a>, <a class=\"link-relationship\" title=\"Platforms &gt; Switch 2 [1,049 articles]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/platforms\/nintendo\/switch-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Switch 2<\/a>, <a class=\"link-relationship\" title=\"Platforms &gt; PS4 [28,737 articles]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/platforms\/playstation\/ps4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PlayStation 4<\/a>, <a class=\"link-relationship\" title=\"Platforms &gt; Switch [18,382 articles]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/platforms\/nintendo\/switch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Switch<\/a>, and <a class=\"link-relationship\" title=\"Platforms &gt; PC [25,613 articles]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/platforms\/pc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PC<\/a> via <a class=\"link-external\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1004640\/Final_Fantasy_Tactics__The_Ivalice_Chronicles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Steam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>View a new set of screenshots <a class=\"link-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/gallery\/final-fantasy-tactics-the-ivalice-chronicles\/june-16-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">at the gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Screenshots<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Square Enix has released the version 1.5.0 \u201cEnhanced\u201d update for Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, which adds&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":709053,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-709052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/709053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}