Level up on July 2, when Shadowbringers arrives for Final Fantasy XIV on PlayStation 4, PC, and OS X. Shadowbringers marks the third major expansion for FF XIV, which Yoshida is credited with rebuilding into one of gaming’s most successful MMORPGs following the original version’s disastrous 2010 launch. In addition to more alliance raids, there’ll reportedly also be new map areas (the Rak'tika Greatwood forest and an area called Il Mheg), a new character race (the magic-rich Pixies), and, yes, Final Fantasy XII’s bunny-eared Viera as a playable character class. While there’s nothing more than concept art for the new Nier-themed raid so far, Square Enix also revealed July 2 as the date we’ll be getting the Shadowbringers expansion proper. Fans at the event reportedly were treated to a brief video in which Taro and Saito joked that FFXIV director Naoki Yoshida had “lost his mind” to invite the infamously maverick Taro into the Final Fantasy fold.

Via US Gamer, Square Enix used this week’s FF XIV fan event in Paris to reveal the crossover YoRHa: Dark Apocalypse raid that’ll be coming to Shadowbringers, pairing the world of Final Fantasy with characters and lore from Taro’s sprawling, critically adored 2017 sci-fi RPG NieR: Automata.

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