The first gameplay video of Final Fantasy XIV Mobile, an ambitious MMORPG for iOS and Android, has been published

Recently, Japanese publisher Square Enix and Chinese corporation Tencent officially unveiled Final Fantasy XIV Mobile - a special version of the popular MMORPG for iOS and Android.

The game is being developed by LightSpeed Studios, with Naoki Yoshida, one of the creators of the original Final Fantasy XIV, serving as producer.

The debut trailer was not rich in gameplay footage, but now everyone interested can get a detailed look at the main mechanics of the mobile game.

Here's What We Know

Chinese social network Weibo published the first gameplay video of Final Fantasy XIV Mobile. The video shows gameplay for characters of nine classes (professions), including Warrior, Paladin, Bard, Black Mage and White Mage, who fight monsters using unique skills.

Viewers can see the game's interface and learn its control scheme.

(For convenience, here is this YouTube clip)

Final Fantasy XIV Mobile looks very good and may well become a great alternative to the original game. The developers promise to bring all the main features and attributes of FFXIV to mobile devices: gamers will be offered an exciting story, a complex combat system, a huge open world, a great variety of available races, professions and classes, exciting additional activities, regular events and festivals and much more.

When We Can Expect It

Final Fantasy XIV Mobile release date is still unknown, but the first stage of public testing will start soon in China, and "shortly after that" the international launch will take place. This could possibly happen as early as early 2025.

Source: Weibo