Final Fantasy News

Delays are certainly nothing new in the video game industry, especially this year, what with the virus and all. Of course, that doesn’t make it any less unfortunate when things get cancelled and delayed, and on the chopping block this time around is the Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn North American Fan Festival. While it had originally been scheduled for this year, Square Enix is now considering a 2021 date for the fan festival. On top of that, the 5.3 patch for the game is being delayed by at least a month. This information was revealed through a post on the official website, in which producer and director Naoki Yoshida claimed that complications from the COVID-19 situation were the reason for both the cancellation and the patch delay.

Final Fantasy 14 was a bit weird, in the sense that it was one of the few times the franchise branched off from single-player RPG into an MMO. It was also pretty confusing since it came right after a single player RPG entry and was succeeded by one as well, but it didn’t have any kind of moniker to denote that it was an MMO: it was just, ‘Final Fantasy 14.’