{"id":1110931,"date":"2026-07-25T18:41:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T18:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1110931\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T18:41:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T18:41:20","slug":"final-fantasy-xiv-online-releases-for-switch-2-on-4th-august-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1110931\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Fantasy XIV Online Releases For Switch 2 On 4th August 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Final Fantasy XIV Online\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/fc646fcc5c1c1\/final-fantasy-xiv-online.large.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/final-fantasy-xiv-online.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"479\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Final Fantasy XIV Online\"\/><\/a> Image: Square Enix<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Square Enix announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/final-fantasy-xiv-online\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Final Fantasy XIV Online<\/a> would be making its way to the Switch 2 in August.<\/p>\n<p>Now, <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FF_XIV_EN\/status\/2080964578234532089\" rel=\"nofollow\">in an update<\/a>, it has confirmed its MMORPG will be launching for Nintendo&#8217;s new hybrid system on <strong>4th August 2026<\/strong>. Pre-orders are now available for the following versions on the Switch 2 eShop. There&#8217;s currently a pre-order discount on select versions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Final Fantasy XIV Online &#8211; Starter Edition &#8211; $19.99 \/ \u00a311.99<\/li>\n<li>Final Fantasy XIV Online &#8211; Complete Edition &#8211; $59.99 \/ \u00a344.99 (pre-order price: $41.99 \/ \u00a331.49)<\/li>\n<li>Final Fantasy XIV Online &#8211; Complete Collector&#8217;s Edition &#8211; $139.99 \/ \u00a387.99 (pre-order price: $97.99 \/ \u00a361.59)<\/li>\n<li>Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail &#8211; $39.99 \/ \u00a336.99<\/li>\n<li>Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail &#8211; Collector&#8217;s Edition &#8211; $59.99 \/ \u00a349.99<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There will also be the <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/freetrial.finalfantasyxiv.com\/na\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Final Fantasy XIV Online Free Trial<\/a>. As for game download, the estimated file size is listed as <strong>117GB<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from this, Square Enix has also revealed a Final Fantasy XIV x <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/final-fantasy-vii-remake-intergrade\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Final Fantasy VII Remake<\/a> <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FF_XIV_EN\/status\/2080961962914005425\" rel=\"nofollow\">Evercold raid series<\/a> and shared trailers for an <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/99uyS9WCV38\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">extended teaser trailer of <strong>Evercold<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uaZlrprwSq4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a new job<\/a> (Bastion), new areas (<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_HWVr0-oaAc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hringhorni<\/a> &amp; <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/OLV2DawIlCo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Naglfar<\/a>), a new city (<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bdKhtfOqE2o\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fargarth<\/a>), and the new <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ecjI-T1zP-o\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Final Fantasy XIV x Evangelion<\/a> crossover.<\/p>\n<p>Will you be checking out Final Fantasy XIV Online when it launches for Switch 2 next month? Tell us in the comments.<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt>Related Games<\/dt>\n<dd class=\"first\">\n<\/dd>\n<dt>See Also<\/dt>\n<dd class=\"first\">\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753583769_175_avatar.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Liam Doolan\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Liam is a news writer and reviewer on Nintendo Life. He&#8217;s been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of many iconic video game characters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Square Enix Earlier this year, Square Enix announced Final Fantasy XIV Online would be making its way&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1110932,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7],"tags":[2701,270,613,53,16,15,614],"class_list":["post-1110931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-final-fantasy","tag-nintendo-switch-2","tag-square-enix","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-upcoming-releases"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116982088556862590","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1110931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1110932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1110931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1110931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1110931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}