Sq. Enix has introduced it would finish Windows 10 help for its MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV this October.
The writer confirmed in a statement that help will finish on October 14, 2025, coinciding with Microsoft’s own end-date for safety updates and help.
“You’ll doubtless have the ability to play FINAL FANTASY XIV on Windows® 10 methods even after the top of help,” the corporate stated. “Nonetheless, after we discontinue help, we’ll as a common rule now not have the ability to present help for issues arising on account of the working system.”
Sq. Enix stated it could responded to requests for technical help relating to Windows 10 points after the top of help, however this can be restricted, on a case-by-case foundation, and never assured.
Moreover, the OS and CPU requirements for the Windows version of Final Fantasy XIV will even be up to date on October 14. Alongside a shift from Windows 10 64-bit to Windows 11 64-bit, CPU necessities will even bump up.
For Minimal System Necessities, the advisable Intel Core i7-7700 (or larger) will shift to an Intel Core i5-8400 (or larger). The Really helpful System Necessities are holding regular on the Intel Core i7-9700 benchmark, although.
At the moment, Final Fantasy XIV is constructing as much as its 7.3 patch, The Promise of Tomorrow, resulting from arrive in early August. Following on from the Dawntrail enlargement, patch 7.3 will introduce a brand new slew of Important Situation Quests following the aftermath of the enlargement and the unusual issues afoot in Resolution 9.
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Moreover, the subsequent leg of Final Fantasy XIV’s Final Fantasy XI crossover raid collection Echoes of Vana’diel will arrive, with San d’Oria: The Second Stroll. Longtime Final Fantasy XI gamers (who may even nonetheless be taking part in to today) will doubtless discover some neat easter eggs and references littered all through the brand new collection of fights.
As for Windows 10 customers, the working system shift nonetheless appears to be an inevitable actuality. If you happen to’re nonetheless on Win10, now may be a superb time to begin contemplating your choices as its end-of-support looms within the distance.
Eric is a contract author for IGN.