{"id":548935,"date":"2026-04-24T21:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T21:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/548935\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T21:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T21:12:12","slug":"its-happening-final-fantasy-xiv-is-coming-to-switch-2-this-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/548935\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s Happening: Final Fantasy XIV Is Coming To Switch 2 This August"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Final<\/a> Image: Square Enix<\/p>\n

Naoki Yoshida, producer behind the hit MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV, has been teasing<\/a> and wishing<\/a> for a Nintendo version of the game for a while. And, during today’s Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival Keynote<\/a> in Anaheim, Yoshi-P, along with Square Enix CEO Takashi Kiryu, have delivered the dream.<\/p>\n

Final Fantasy XIV Online<\/a> is coming to Switch 2 this August; it’ll kick off with a one-month free period for early access, likely to test the servers while players are online. But after that, you’ll need a subscription.<\/p>\n

There’s also an extra caveat for the Switch 2 version \u2014 while the MMORPG currently only requires one subscription across multiple platforms (PS5, PS4, Xbox, and PC), the Switch 2 version will require its very own subscription.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, those of you already subscribed will get a 50% discount on the Switch 2 subscription, and you get to keep your character and account, but it’s still a bit of a sour pill to take. And you do not need a Nintendo Switch Online subscription to play the game.<\/p>\n

All details for the Switch 2 version are available on the official FFXIV website.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Final<\/a> Image: Square Enix<\/p>\n

Yoshi-P even brought a Switch 2 on stage during the keynote to show off his Lalafell character. And, from a distance, it all looks relatively normal. We’re not really going to know until we see more of the game up-close, of course, but it was an amusing segment.<\/p>\n

This announcement comes on the same day as Yoshi-P announced the brand new expansion, coming out in January 2027: Final Fantasy XIV: Evercold. This is the seventh main story expansion, following on from A Realm Reborn, Heavensward, Stormblood, Shadowbringers, Endwalker, and Dawntrail.<\/p>\n

\"Final<\/a> Image: Square Enix<\/p>\n

We’ll likely get more details on the Switch 2 version very soon, but for now, we’ll have to see just how much is available, and how the Free Trial works (presumably the same as other platforms), which will be expanded to include Shadowbringers as of 28th April 2026.<\/p>\n

Will you be jumping onto Final Fantasy XIV on Switch 2? How do you feel about the subscription model? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n

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\"Alana<\/p>\n

Alana has been with Nintendo Life since 2022, and while RPGs are her first love, Nintendo is a close second. She enjoys nothing more than overthinking battle strategies, characters, and stories. She also wishes she was a Sega air pirate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Square Enix Naoki Yoshida, producer behind the hit MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV, has been teasing and wishing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":548936,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[12020,59,376,86,56,54,55,377],"class_list":{"0":"post-548935","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-final-fantasy","9":"tag-gb","10":"tag-nintendo-switch-2","11":"tag-technology","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom","15":"tag-upcoming-releases"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/548936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}