

In October 2016, it was announced that the game would be renamed Final Fantasy Awakening, releasing under that name in China. It was also stated at the event that Perfect World would act as the game's publishers in Asian territories outside Japan.

Its first playable appearance was at the 2016 ChinaJoy Expo. At the 2015 AWS Summit Tokyo, the open beta for Japan was announced for June, with releases following in Japan, North America and Europe. When it was first announced, a localization for Europe and North America was under consideration. The first beta test ended up starting in mid-April 2016. A beta test was scheduled for Chinese territories in the winter of 2015. The game was announced at that event under the provisional title Final Fantasy Type-0 Online, along with its release window and that players of Agito would receive an unspecified 'favor' if they chose to play Awakening.

The company stated that a 'reborn' version of Agito would be shown off at the 2015 Tokyo Game Show. It was first hinted with the announcement that Agito was shutting down in November 2015.
