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Final Fantasy XIV [c] is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Square Enix.Directed and produced by Naoki Yoshida and released worldwide for PlayStation 3 and Windows in August 2013, it replaced the failed 2010 version, with subsequent support for PlayStation 4, macOS, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S.
During a dinner with Final Fantasy XIV producer Naoki Yoshida in 2021, Sakaguchi voiced his wish to bring the game to other platforms, and Yoshida offered to have Square Enix publish the title. [47] Yoshida successfully persuaded Square Enix's upper management to greenlight the collaboration, a process Sakaguchi remembered took a long time.
[10] [13] [14] Expansions for Final Fantasy XIV are designed to compete with offline RPGs in length and content. [ 4 ] [ 15 ] In terms of content, roughly 70% of development time is devoted to standard features common to every expansion, such as new dungeons and classes, and 30% is devoted to creating unique features and modes of gameplay. [ 12 ]
Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood Original Soundtrack collects music from the launch of the expansion pack to Patch 4.3, "Under the Moonlight". The album was released by Square Enix on July 4, 2018, on Blu-ray Disc and includes a code for an exclusive "Wind-up Tsukuyomi" in-game pet. [ 55 ]
Relaunch of Final Fantasy XIV, rebuilt with a new engine, gameplay and server after the negative reception of the original version. [87] Five expansion packs have been released: Heavensward (2015), Stormblood (2017), Shadowbringers (2019), Endwalker (2021) and Dawntrail (2024). Final Fantasy XIV terminated on PlayStation 3 in June 2017. [88]
The Allagan Empire was a historical nation in the video game, Final Fantasy XIV. Emperor Xande, the mad emperor and the founder of the Allagan Empire who has been revived with the reemerged Syrcus Tower and seeks to sacrifice the world to the Void in pursuit of immortality. He is based on the evil wizard with the same name in Final Fantasy III.
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, in comparison to its predecessor, was a runaway success, originally suffering from servers being overcrowded, [162] and eventually gaining over one million unique subscribers within two months of its launch. [163] The series has received critical acclaim for the quality of its visuals and soundtracks. [58]
Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers [d] is the third expansion pack to Final Fantasy XIV, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Square Enix for macOS, PlayStation 4, and Windows, then later on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. It was released on July 2, 2019, two years after Stormblood.