Final Fantasy XIV Opens Evercold Early Access on February 19
Final Fantasy XIV's Evercold expansion opens early access on February 19 and launches officially on February 23, Square Enix said at the Fan Festival 2026 in Tokyo on Saturday. Pre-orders start November 4.
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Why it matters
The move off January 2027 is the one dated commitment out of a festival otherwise made of trailers, and it arrives the same day Square Enix put a 35 million registered account figure on the game.
Key Facts
- Final Fantasy XIV's Evercold expansion opens early access on February 19 and launches officially on February 23.
- Square Enix moved Evercold off its previously announced January 2027 release date, with pre-orders opening November 4.
- The patch adds two jobs, Bastion and the ranged DPS Zephyr.
- Evercold includes an eight-player raid crossover with Final Fantasy VII Remake titled Beyond the Lifestream: Fated Collision.
- Final Fantasy XIV has recorded 35 million registered accounts worldwide.
The dates are a delay from the previously announced January 2027 release. The patch adds two jobs, Bastion and the newly revealed ranged DPS Zephyr, and the festival showed new areas and a Neon Genesis Evangelion collaboration, Ghosts of Desire, with guest creator Mahiro Maeda.
Evercold also carries an eight-player raid series crossing over with Final Fantasy VII Remake, titled Beyond the Lifestream: Fated Collision, with a new Fierce difficulty tier attached to it. Square Enix showed two new areas in Tokyo, Sessrymnir, Realmship of Earth, and Skiðblaðnir, Realmship of Wind, plus new dungeons. Naoki Yoshida said at the Anaheim fan festival in April that Evercold begins the Godless Realms saga and sends players into the Fourth, one of 13 reflections of the Source. The game now reports 35 million registered accounts worldwide.
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