Naoki Yoshida, the producer of Final Fantasy 14, has confirmed the next expansion for the game will be announced in October at Fan Festival (which takes place in Las Vegas). This information was revealed by Japanese website Game Watch (surprisingly, this website has nothing to do with us) in an interview with Yoshida. The interview spoke about upcoming patches to the game, as well as where the story may go now that the Dragonsong War has ended.
“I believe that we’ll see the big changes starting with Patch 3.5,” Yoshida said. “Similar to what we had in Patch 2.5 and 2.55, which I believe was a big pivot.” Final Fantasy 14 players shouldn’t expect to leave Ishgard too soon, according to Yoshida, “If anything, I believe they [Ishgard] will be more involved with the Warrior of Light and the Scions, who helped end the war.”
Yoshida refused to talk about the story in fear that he would accidentally ruin the plot, “Since there’d be spoilers, I can’t say anything about the story, but we’ll see more on it during Fan Festival announcements, and in a way through the main story.”
The Final Fantasy Fan Festival is where players can expect to hear the latest news on Final Fantasy 14. When asked whether we’ll hear more information about the patch at Fan Festival, Yoshida responded with this: “That’s right. This is a game that is supported by many players, so we’d like to share the biggest news together with the fans at the Fan Festival meetings.” It seemed pretty obvious to us, but it’s nice to have the confirmation.
Special thanks to Silicon Era who translated the interview by Game Watch.
