The discharge date of Dawntrail, the following enlargement for the critically acclaimed MMORPG Last Fantasy XIV, has lastly been revealed. Director and Producer Naoki Yoshida dropped the information throughout a panel at PAX East. The “summer time trip” enlargement, as Yoshida has described it, will launch shut behind Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree DLC.
That’s as a result of Dawntrail launches on July 2—sure, we’ve acquired a summer time launch for the summer time trip enlargement. Nonetheless, gamers who preorder the expansions will get early entry, which begins 4 days earlier on June 28. Throughout the PAX East panel, Yoshida joked that Sq. Enix wished the early entry of Dawntrail to launch every week sooner than the present date, however that may have conflicted with Shadow of the Erdtee’s June 21 launch date. “I’ll provide you with one week!” Yoshida stated whereas holding up a single finger to the viewers.
Dawntrail has been known as a “summer time trip” for the Warriors of Mild and the Scions of the Seventh Daybreak, and the reveal trailer displaying off crystal-clear waters and tropical forests within the sport’s new world Tural doubles down on that. And we want a break! 2021’s Endwalker wrapped up a decade-long story for the MMO with an emotional climax. Gamers have earned just a little little bit of relaxation! Which is precisely what Dawntrail is trying to provide them (although Yoshida needs to deliver again some problem to the MMO).
Throughout the PAX East panel, Yoshida additionally revealed a few of the in-game bonus content material gamers who pre-order the enlargement or buy the Collector’s Version will obtain. These embrace Wind-up Zidane and Garnet minions and an Ark mount. The emphasis on Last Fantasy IX-themed content material has added gasoline to the rumors {that a} remake of the 2000 title is within the works. Although Yoshida stated that the rationale for these FF9 references is a secret, many have taken that to imply he’s hinting at an FF9 remake—although it’s extra probably that the story of Dawntrail might be impressed by the story of FF9 indirectly, as previous expansions have accomplished with different older entries within the sequence. Regardless of the secret is to those references, followers will be capable to discover out for themselves when Dawntrail releases this summer time.
