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It is the first game in the franchise where the human models (Vanessa and Gregory only) are fully modelled and visible. On November 17, 2020, Scott Cawthon made an announcement stating that, due to the size of the game being much bigger than expected coupled with the complications of having to work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, the game was being delayed from a pre-Christmas release until early 2021. [6] FNaF World ( "Update 2" update) • Freddy in Space 2 • Fury's Rage • Youtooz Presents • Freddy in Space 3: Chica in Space This is currently the biggest game in the franchise to date, far surpassing Help Wanted which previously held the title as the largest game in the series. The game's file size is almost 80 gigabytes rivaling and nearly surpassing enormous games like Grand Theft Auto V and God of War. There are multiple paths and endings depending on the choices made throughout the game. Office escapes are also featured. Unlike previous games, this game allows free roaming and combat, features boss battles (with some being optional), and instead of five nights, the entire game takes place in a single night that lasts six in-game hours, with time only progressing alongside the story. Minigames are also featured as arcade games.Steel Wool Studios announced on January 11, 2021 that the second trailer will be released tomorrow during the GeForce RTX: Game On Broadcast. The next day, the video was uploaded, featuring some new locations and new robots ( S.T.A.F.F. Bots to be exact). Few hours later, Scott made a Reddit post to announce that the new video is more of a tech-demo than a real trailer, while confirming that the real second trailer is due in March. [8] FNaF1 Demo • FNaF2 Demo • FNaF3 Demo • FNaF4 Demo • FNaF: HW Demo • FNaF: HW2 Demo • FNaF World Demo On May 19, 2023, a gameplay trailer for the Ruin DLC was posted on Steel Wool's YouTube channel, with a release date expected to be within the month of July. [10] On February 6th, 2022, the creator of the intro cutscene of the game released a blog on Art Station showing behind the scenes footage of the cutscene, as well as turn-arounds of the characters. [10] As well as this, the same footage and turn-arounds were posted on a different blog on Behance, with the added bonus of some untextured shots. [11]

When the game was released, there were many glitches that were taken advantage of by speedrunners, and because of these glitches, the world record speed run is just 3 minutes. At the end of its trailer, the game announced that for the first three months of its release it would be exclusive to the PS4, PS5 and PC. This was somewhat slightly hinted at later in the interview when it was mentioned that Jason Topoliski had attempted to complete the game with all secrets found, but giving up before even getting near the end. Their gameplay time lasted over 4 and a half hours.On March 24, 2020, a new teaser is uploaded on Scott Games, showing a silhouette of Montgomery Gator, with the file name for the image revealing his name as simply "Montgomery" at the time. Toy Freddy • Toy Bonnie • Toy Chica • Mangle • Marionette • Balloon Boy • Withered Freddy • Withered Bonnie • Withered Chica • Withered Foxy • RWQFSFASXC