As spotted by Automaton Media, Final Fantasy XIV and Final Fantasy 16 producer Naoki Yoshida is seemingly no longer a member of Square Enix’s board of directors. Yoshida joined the company back in 2005 and became an executive officer in 2015. Square Enix and Yoshida have yet to release a statement on Yoshida’s departure from the Board of Directors. However, Yoshida notably commented on his position on the board in a 2023 interview. “I don’t want to be on the board, it’s much more fun to just make games,” he said. Square Enix released the Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail expansion on July 2, 2024. The expansion features a slew of new locations, a new story, jobs, new hub city, new allied tribes, and more.
Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail details via Square Enix:
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Headlining the news is the announcement of the first new job to arrive in Dawntrail: the dual-wielding “Viper.” The reveal was made by Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida during his keynote address at the Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival 2023 in London, alongside a new teaser trailer showing off the Warrior of Light in action as the ferocious close-range fighter.
The keynote also saw the announcement of the new alliance raid series planned for the 7.x content cycle: Echoes of Vana’diel—a crossover series with Final Fantasy XI.
The new expansion will bring an abundance of fresh content, including an increased level cap, multiple new jobs, sprawling new areas, new allied tribes, new dungeons, and new core battle content such as FATEs, Hunts, Treasure Hunts, and sidequests, and much more. Some of the newly-announced features players can look forward to include:
New Job – The “Viper,” a close-range fighter using two one-handed blades that can be combined into a single two-handed weapon.
New City – Tuliyollal, the seat of the federal nation-state governing Tural, located in the Northern Reaches of Yok Tural.
New Areas – The tropical region of Kozama’uka, replete with myriad rivers, streams and waterfalls, and the arid region of Shaaloani, spanning vast rain-starved plains across which a railroad is being constructed.
New Allied Tribe – The Moblins, a people residing in the jungles of Kozama’uka who bear a strong resemblance to the goblins with whom they share common ancestry.
New Threats – Eliminator
New Alliance Raid – Echoes of Vana’diel, a crossover series with Final Fantasy XI.
New Limited Job – Planned for release in the latter half of the Patch 7.x series.
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