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Square Enix Announces 'Stormblood' Expansion for Final Fantasy XIV Game

posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
New expansion releases in early summer 2017, will stop PS3 support with release

Square Enix announced a new expansion for the Final Fantasy XIV MMORPG called "Stormblood" at the "Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival 2016" event in Las Vegas on Friday. The game's official YouTube channel is also streaming a teaser video for the expansion.

The expansion is slated for early summer 2017, and is the second expansion for the game.

The U.S. PlayStation Blog also revealed more information about the expansion on Friday. Stormblood will feature Ala Mhigo as its backdrop, and the storyline will center on the city's liberation. XIIth Legion Legatus Zenos yae Galvus (pictured below), who is the ruler of the occupied city, serves as one of the enemies players will face.

The expansion will raise the level cap from 60 to 70, and will also add new jobs, new dungeons, new high-level raids, new alliance raids, and new gear. The expansion will also increase players' inventory size.

When Stormblood launches, Sony and Square Enix will stop support for the game for the PlayStation 3. The companies plan to launch an upgrade campaign that "will allow PS3 players to seamlessly join in the battle for Ala Mhigo at launch."

The announcement presentation also revealed a piece of artwork for the expansion from artist Yoshitaka Amano.

Square Enix released Final Fantasy XIV Online for personal computers in September 2010. After criticism from fans, the company revealed an updated version of the game titled Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn that added a new world and story. Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn launched on Windows PC and PS3 in August 2013, and then on PS4 in April 2014. Square Enix released the first expansion for Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, titled Heavensward, in June 2015.

The game currently has more than 6 million subscribers.


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