It’s been less than five months since the launch of the Dawntrail expansion, and Final Fantasy XIV is already preparing for a new chapter. Developer Square Enix has announced that a mobile version of its popular massively multiplayer RPG is in development for iOS and Android. A pared-down version of the PC and console version of Final Fantasy XIV, the mobile edition nonetheless sounds ambitious, even if its announcement provides more questions than answers.
Rather than oversee development itself, Square Enix is handing the port off to Tencent subsidary Lightspeed Studios, which also developed PUBG Mobile and recently tapped Dragon’s Dogma 2 director Hideaki Itsuno to lead it. There’s no timeline yet for the game’s release, but Square Enix says it will begin playtests in China soon, then launch the full game there before releasing it to the rest of the world. Square Enix did not immediately respond to Inverse’s request for comment.
