Between October 3 and 13, Melbourne International Games Week will be taking place. As part of the festivities, Naoki Yoshida will be sitting down with Stephanie “Hex” Bendixsen to discuss the development of Final Fantasy XIV.
Sadly, the event has a maximum capacity of only 1,000 in person, but if you want to be involved and watch live, the event will be streamed live on the FFXIV Twitch channel.
Of course with the event taking place in Australia, the time-zone difference will mean that you may have to watch at a strange time, depending on where you are in the world. The steam will be live at 1 a.m. PT / 4 a.m. ET / 9 a.m. BST on October 8.
For those who are lucky enough to attend in person, there will be a free commemorative poster available as a souvenir of the event, featuring an illustration of every class:
If you’ve ever wanted a sneak peek at what goes on behind-the-scenes in terms of the ongoing development of FFXIV, this discussion is well worth tuning into. Yoshida will be talking about everything from his creative process, to what he’s learned over his 30 year career in development, to the futures of MMORPGs as a whole.
It will be interesting to see whether Yoshida comments on the discourse surrounding Dawntrail, and whether he provides any hints as to the future direction of FFXIV. The end of Dawntrail left the story open to so many possible paths of development, so I’m hoping to hear some tidbits of information about where the story may be headed, either from this discussion or during PAX West.
Published: Aug 30, 2024 10:45 am