A big MMORPG is making its way to Xbox consoles.Final Fantasy XIVis heading to Xbox Series X|S.
Xbox head Phil Spencer took the stage atFinal Fantasy XIVFan Fest today alongsideXIVdirector and producer Naoki Yoshida to announce the news. It will have 4K support on Xbox Series X, and have “faster loading” too. An open beta is scheduled for 2024, during the 6.5X patch cycle. It will also be a digital-only release.
No mention was made of Xbox One, so it looks like that platform won’t be getting access to Square Enix’s MMORPG.
Spencer says he sees this as a “seminal moment” with theFinal Fantasyteam, and hopes to collaborate more with them in the future, which is sure to set speculation ablaze. Square Enix CEO Takashi Kiryu took the stage too, reaffirming a desire to collaborate more with Xbox. This could be interesting to see pan out, with the historically PlayStation-focusedFinal Fantasyseries.
A new world
The Xbox news arrived during an information-filledFinal Fantasy XIVFan Fest presentation. Yoshida and theXIVteam unveiled its plans for 7.0, theDawntrailexpansion, which heads to the New World of Tural. A bunch of new content is coming, includingtwo new DPS jobs.
And for those incoming Xbox players, the amount ofXIVcontent immediately available is expanding too. The famous free trial ofFinal Fantasy XIVisexpandingto include itsStormbloodexpansion. That’s a ton of extra content for incoming Xbox players to dig into, or any aspiring Warriors of Light to check out on PC or PlayStation.
