{"id":69635,"date":"2025-01-28T20:40:27","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T20:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/ffxiv-endwalker-expansion-delayed-square-enix-gives-reasoning-behind-setback-dexerto\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T20:40:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T20:40:27","slug":"ffxiv-endwalker-expansion-delayed-square-enix-gives-reasoning-behind-setback-dexerto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/ffxiv-endwalker-expansion-delayed-square-enix-gives-reasoning-behind-setback-dexerto\/","title":{"rendered":"FFXIV Endwalker expansion delayed: Square Enix gives reasoning behind setback &#8211; Dexerto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FFXIV Endwalker expansion delayed: Square Enix gives reasoning behind setback Square EnixSquare Enix has announced Final Fantasy XIV (FFXIV) Online\u2019s much-anticipated upcoming expansion, Endwalker, which was set to release in November, has been delayed by two weeks. Final Fantasy XIV Online is one of the most popular MMORPGs on the market. Not only does it have more active players than World of Warcraft and New World, but its expansive world spans three expansions worth of content. The fourth expansion, Endwalker, is going to add even more features, including new jobs, races, dungeons, raids, and more. Players have been eagerly awaiting its arrival. However, they\u2019re going to wait a little longer. Director Naoki Yoshida made an \u201cimportant announcement\u201d regarding its planned November 23 release date on November 5, with the expansion launch being delayed by two weeks. We have an important announcement regarding the release date of FINAL FANTASY XIV: Endwalker. Details: https:\/\/t.co\/THqwKa0Dpd pic.twitter.com\/vdsgUulv7E \u2014 FINAL FANTASY XIV (@FF_XIV_EN) November 6, 2021 \u201cThere are several reasons for the postponement, but as I\u2019m the one overseeing all aspects of the title as the head of the project, the responsibility falls solely on me. Allow me to convey my sincerest apologies to our players,\u201d he said. He listed a number of reasons. First, he mentioned the sheer enormity of the expansion means it\u2019s a massive task. Then, he referred to his \u2018selfish\u2019 desire to improve quality and stability by adjusting small nuances to refine the overall experience. \u201cThere was a bigger risk of us reaching the release date without ensuring stability as one form of quality, and for that reason, I have decided to postpone the release,\u201d Yoshida said. FFXIV Endwalker\u2019s new release date As a result, Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker\u2019s official release date has been moved to December 7, 2021. Read More: FFXIV Online hairstyles guide &#8211; The early access will happen a few days earlier on December 3, 2021. It will be followed by two patches on December 21 and January 4. In the meantime, Yoshida assured fans that his team will be investing \u201cevery ounce of their strength\u201d into the game\u2019s development and operations. He\u2019s confident it will be the most immersive expansion to date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FFXIV Endwalker expansion delayed: Square Enix gives reasoning behind setback Square EnixSquare Enix has announced Final Fantasy XIV (FFXIV) Online\u2019s much-anticipated upcoming expansion, Endwalker, which was set to release in November, has been delayed by two weeks. Final Fantasy XIV Online is one of the most popular MMORPGs on the market. Not only does it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69635\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}