Final Fantasy XIV's next expansion is called "Evercold" and releases January 2027

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Teaser Trailer

Keynote Info

Details on the expansion include:
(updating as info is dropped)

• Featuring a frozen realm theme
• "Just a teaser trailer, a lot left to be understood"
• "Taking Final Fantasy XIV to The Next Level with... The Godless Realms Saga"
• The Godless Realms Saga is the name of the next story arc following the conclusion we saw in Endwalker
  
• This will be a long keynote, probably the longest done, to share a LOT of new information
• Japanese title tranlates as "Wanderer or Explorer of the Silver"
• On track for January 2027 release
• We will be visiting the Reflection known as The Fourth: "A Reflection Fallen Into Ruin, ravaged by ever-spreading ice"
• "Who will join you, and who is The Wanderer?"
• Patch 7.5 will set up the story transition toward Evercold.
• Info from today will help explain what we've seen in 7.4 already and will see in 7.5
• Artwork and screenshots are shown
• "All The Fourth Is A Stage" is shown as its own separate title card alongside these images
• More in-depth look at the images, with Yoshi teasing what each part might be. He mentions he cannot share names of any locations just yet. Going through all kinds of art and "speculating" about what each might be and mean.
• "The Fourth is not a world without danger. This time, that danger is going to be massive."
• A new creature is shown. Teased about what it is. "Arcane Giants Roaming The Ice" shows alongside an image
• "There will be many of these roaming. Are they friend or foe? Or are they Gods?"
• Next up are images of town areas. "Fantastical, representative of the art direction of Evercold."
• New character is shown that looks like a cat. "Looks like one of the new races we're going to meet on The Fourth."
• The story from 7.5 will be split into two halves, as usual. That said, by the time Berlin Fan Fest happens, there will be more that can be shared about Evercold.

Game Design Updates

• "An Ever-Evolving FFXIV"

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