Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker Delayed Two Weeks To Ensure 'Stability'

The biggest expansion in the history of FFXIV is coming later than planned and Naoki Yoshida is very sorry

Originally planned to come out later this month, Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker, the Square Enix MMORPG’s biggest expansion to-date, will instead arrive a few weeks later on December 7. That’s because director Naoki Yoshida and the rest of the development team want to launch the new content without breaking the game.

Yoshida, a 17-year veteran of Square Enix, wrote in the announcement that this is the first time he’s ever postponed anything that already had a release date, but that it was necessary given how ambitious Endwalker is.

“[W]e remained firmly resolved to adjust down to the smallest nuances and ensure our writing covers even the finest points of the vast and intricate story that has spanned these past 11 years since the original FFXIV to ensure that everyone can fully enjoy their adventure in Endwalker,” he wrote. “Unfortunately, the consequence of this was that we ended up in a situation where we cut into the time required for final quality assurance checks due to this time spent on additional improvements.”

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