With only a few weeks until the release of the Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker expansion, many MMORPG fans are certainly anticipating the arrival of one of the game’s most extensive collections of material. The expansion completes FF14’s present plot and adds additional playable classes to the game. However, Final Fantasy 14 producer and director Naoki Yoshida just announced that the expansion’s release date had been pushed back to December.
Endwalker has been talked about a lot online by both Square Enix and the MMORPG’s fandom since its announcement in early 2021. The development team keeps its audience up to date with frequent updates, including in-depth descriptions of new Endwalker locations, modifications to current roles that players should expect, and, of course, information on the new classes coming to the game. Furthermore, supporters generate their own content, ostensibly to demonstrate their enthusiasm for the expansion.
The news of Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker’s postponement coincided with a previously scheduled webcast with the game’s director. In a blog post on the game’s official website, Yoshida apologized for the delay before going into depth about the announcement. Endwalker, according to Yoshida, will be released on December 7, 2021, rather than November 23, 2021, as originally planned. Patch 6.01 and Patch 6.05 will be published on December 21, 2021, and January 4, 2022, respectively, with the Early Access date, pushed back to December 3, 2021.
Yoshida highlighted the major reasons for Endwalker’s delay in an official blog post. He explained that the team decided to put the release date back two weeks so they could fine-tune the features and reassure players of the game’s quality.
We have an important announcement regarding the release date of FINAL FANTASY XIV: Endwalker.
Details: https://t.co/THqwKa0Dpd pic.twitter.com/vdsgUulv7E
— FINAL FANTASY XIV (@FF_XIV_EN) November 6, 2021
Given that the Final Fantasy 14 plot covers 11 years and is expected to last much longer, the developers are understandably under pressure to provide a high-quality product that their fans have grown to expect. Yoshida is confident at the end of the letter that they could successfully communicate the story of Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker.
Though there isn’t much fans can do about the delay, there is still a lot of pre-expansion content in Final Fantasy 14 to accomplish before Endwalker arrives. Hopefully, that will be enough to keep them occupied until the December debut of the expansion.
