Closing Fantasy 14‘s subsequent enlargement will likely be Dawntrail, and it is coming subsequent yr.
Revealed at this weekend’s Closing Fantasy 14 Fan Competition in Las Vegas, producer and director Naoki Yoshida confirmed that the fifth enlargement is ready to launch in summer time 2024 (or Q3 2024, should you’re within the Southern hemisphere and your summer time is normally in January) and convey “an abundance of contemporary content material”, together with a boosted stage cap from 90 to 100, new jobs, new areas, tribes, and dungeons.
You may see the motion for your self within the all-new teaser under:
Gamers may also count on to see “new core battle content material” similar to FATEs, Hunts, Treasure Hunts, and sidequests, in addition to the gorgeous New World, Tural, with its capital Tuliyollal, the mountainous Urqopacha and the forest of Yak T’el.
However there’s extra, too. Dawntrial additionally introduces the “recreation’s first graphical replace for each character and world visuals”, together with “enchancment to screen-wide aesthetic attraction, increased decision textures and shadows, and improved materials qualities”.
However one of the best information was saved till final.
In a shock look, Xbox boss Phil Spencer joined Yoshida onstage to verify that the fan-favorite MMO is lastly coming to Xbox Sequence X/S in Spring/Q2 2024, simply in time to get the brand new enlargement. Xbox gamers can count on an open beta earlier than then, though there is not any concrete date for that simply but.
“What I actually recognize about you and your staff is that you simply put the participant within the centre of all the pieces you do,” Spencer stated to Yoshida throughout the presentation.
Did you hear the information {that a} 69-year-old Closing Fantasy 14 streamer simply obtained an in-game go to from the collection’ creator?
Pokochii Bigmum was tackling the ultimate battle in Pandaemonium Anabaseios, the most recent and final raid within the present enlargement, Endwalker. The 69-year-old was trying the Savage problem of the raid, a particularly powerful problem that requires excessive precision and staff coordination to finish.
Just a few hours into the stream, Closing Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi stopped by to supply phrases of encouragement, a lot to the elation of Pokochii and people watching their stream. And in case you are questioning that it could be a case of mistaken identification (or catfishing), Sakaguchi took to Twitter to verify it was certainly him who popped by.
