Everything coming toFinal Fantasy XIVtypically makes its debut inFFXIV’sLetter from the Producer LIVE streams, providing first looks atupcoming seasonal events, collaborations, or evenexpansion details. A Live Letter broadcast always precedes new patch launches, revealing dates and trailers, and they usually run for quite some time.
If you keep an eye onFinal Fantasy XIV’sLodestone feed, you’re able to get the heads up for new streams scheduled. However, we’ve got the details below on whenFFXIVwill host its next Live Letter, resources for the last ones, and what you can expect.
FFXIVLive Letterschedule, timezones, and countdown
The nextFFXIVLetter from the Producer LIVE airsduring Tokyo Game Show 2024 on Saturday, September 28 at 10:50 p.m. PDTas part of the Square Enix Lineup.
FFXIV Letter from the Producer LIVE Part LXXXIII (83) hit our last estimated within September, and debuts as the first event of its kind since the MMO launched itsDawntrailexpansion. However, don’t assume this date means radio silence from Yoshida and his team until then. Expect Lodestone updates and communication through official social channels detailing hotfixes, patches, and anyFFXIVdowntime.
FFXIVLive Letter 83 can be viewed on the following channels:
What to expect fromFFXIVLive Letter 83
This upcoming Live Letter will only be available in Japanese, but Square Enix should have presentation slides available in English. Regardless of your familiarity, we still know plenty of what to expect from the upcoming livestream as fans can look forward to details around Shade’s Triangle, Cosmic Exploration, the Future’s Rewritten Ultimate Raids, MSQ updates, and more.
Catch up on the most recentFFXIVLive Letter(82)
For those keeping track, this is Letter from the Producer LIVE Part LXXXII (82). During the last broadcast on May 16, director and producer Naoki Yoshida delivered a nearly 5-hour-long presentation on upcoming changes and additions launching withDawntrail.This included details on reworks and updates to all of the MMO’s older Jobs, plus peeks at the two new ones, Viper and Pictomancer.
Yoshida also noted the media tour was quickly approaching at the end of May, and that we’d see more from Dawntrail as those articles and impressions go live — something to hold us over on the road toFFXIVVersion 7.0. As for what you can expect at the next Live Letter, we’ll likely see a few things like the launch trailer, a closer look at new zones, and more progress on the graphics update.
PreviousFFXIVLive Letters
FFXIVLive Letter language and translation resources
While the streams are created in Japanese, forFFXIV’sLetter from the Producer LIVE LXXXI stream, Square Enix has said that it will feature a live Japanese to English interpreter.
This is common with the Live Letter streams but not guaranteed. For when they don’t, or just if you missed the stream, Square Enixreleases a digestof the Live Letter on the official forums. These summarize all the information in English.
There’s no shortage of talented fan initiatives, either, as theFFXIVsubreddit maintains aDiscordchannel of live interpretations in an unofficial capacity. After the stream, fan translators typically round up or clarify those points, too, giving eager players a resource that’s typically faster than waiting for the official Lodestone post.
