Among a sea of MMO’s out there for players to get their hands on, one aspect that sets Final Fantasy XIV apart from the others is the developers’ intimate connection to the players. Year after year, the game wins best community, and it is mostly due to the Live Letter from the Producers, a periodic web stream where director Naoki “Yoshi-P” Yoshida and producer Toshio Murouchi discuss new things coming to the game in the next content update.
Big expansions are always what players are looking forward to, but smaller, intermediary patches are typical with Final Fantasy XIV, and there are many of them. The game enjoys fairly frequent updates that are only one to two months apart each, although some patches might be smaller than others. Typically, bigger patches will have two dedicated Live Letters, and fans have seen a pattern form between when the first Live Letter is announced, when the second Live Letter airs, and then when the patch drops.
For Dawntrail, players saw a litany of new information came out, but now that those events are over, when is the next time Yoshi-P will take to a broadcast to let us know more about what's coming in the new expansion?
When will the next FFXIV Live Letter from the Producer air?
Final Fantasy XIV Live Letter from the Producer LXXX will be streamed live on April 12 at 9pm PDT during the 14-hour broadcast that acts as the final celebration of the game's 10th anniversary. While the official location of the live stream has yet to be announced, it will likely be broadcast on the official FFXIV Twitch, Niconico Live, and Youtube channels.
Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail releases July 2, 2024, with players who pre-ordered the expansion gaining early access beginning June 28. It's unclear if the 80th installment of the Live Letter from the Producer will be the final one the community gets before the expansion's launch, but there's still plenty of time for Square Enix to unveil more info until then.
