Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker launch delayed by two weeks

During a Live Letter presentation, Square Enix has announced that the launch of Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker has been delayed by two weeks. The MMORPG expansion will now release on December 7, with the early access phase starting on December 3.

Producer/Director Naoki Yoshida emphasized that Endwalker is the largest expansion in the game's history, while also representing a sort of finality of the Hydaelyn/Zodiark saga - 11 years into the MMORPG's life. Everything is moving according to plan, but due to the expansion's ambition, Yoshida especially wanted to carefully examine the subtleties in this regard as a culmination of a storyline, which ate into master QA time, which necessitated the 2-week delay.

Square considered cuts or patches, but they wanted to prioritize quality.

A formal delay announcement post from Square Enix can be found here. For more on the announcement, check out this Twitter thread by our good friends at Nova Crystallis that recaps the Live Letter in its entirety.

In brighter news, Square Enix also posted the launch trailer for Endwalker, which we've shared below.