Based on Yoji Fujito, the producer and director of Last Fantasy XI, ongoing help for the sport may have led to 2024. Participant curiosity was excessive sufficient that Square Enix in the end determined to not cease supporting the MMO, although, and a sequence of recent updates is anticipated all through this spring and summer time.
Last Fantasy XI was the primary MMO within the long-running RPG sequence, and it first launched for PS2 in Japan on Could 16, 2002. Stay-service help for the MMO, which is now performed on PC, has continued ever since. Last Fantasy XI, which GameSpot reviewed all the way in which again in 2003, has survived Square’s merger with Enix, the disastrous launch and lauded rebirth of Last Fantasy XIV, and the entire different modifications within the MMO area which have occurred within the 23 years since its launch. It’s not the most well-liked MMO, however it has a devoted and passionate fanbase.
That devoted fanbase in the end saved the sport. In an interview with Dengeki Online, translated by Automaton Media, Fujito defined that Square Enix had beforehand thought of ending help for Last Fantasy XI by 2024 following the top of The Voracious Resurgence storyline.
“There was an actual chance that 2024 could be the 12 months updates would come to an finish, with the sport shifting right into a so-called upkeep mode, the place solely system repairs could be carried out,” Fujito stated. “We thought, if The Voracious Resurgence wrapped up and FFXI clearly began dropping its momentum, then possibly we actually ought to put together to finish it. But that didn’t occur. I took this as an indication that we should always hold working the sport.”
Finally, Fujito says the truth that Last Fantasy XI has continued to obtain “a whole lot of help” from gamers is the explanation why Square Enix remains to be dedicated to supporting it now. A sequence of updates for 12 months 23 of service was just lately revealed too, together with a brand new Excessive-Tier Mission Battlefield known as The Orb’s Radiance, a brand new Grasp Trial known as Wing of Warfare, the flexibility to pay to alter your character’s race, gender, face, hair, and dimension, gamepad configuration help, and extra.
Last Fantasy XI is accessible on PC, and help for it doesn’t appear to be ending anytime quickly.