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Final Fantasy XIV: Death Unto Dawn

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13 April 2021

Final Fantasy XIV: Death Unto Dawn is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Square Enix Creative Business Unit III, released 13 April 2021 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 4.

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What Final Fantasy XIV: Death Unto Dawn is

Final Fantasy XIV: Death Unto Dawn is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Square Enix Creative Business Unit III and released in 2021. It was published by Square Enix. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Scions have finally succeeded in discovering a cure for tempering, which should prove instrumental in allowing the Eorzean Alliance and the land's beast tribes to settle their differences. Prospects of peace may soon fall to ruin, however, as Fandaniel and the Telophoroi scheme to recreate the Final Days, and ominous towers rise in all corners of the realm. With the servants of chaos amassing at every turn, will the Scions uncover their plot before it is too late?
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are fantasy and open world.

Where it sits in the Final Fantasy series

Final Fantasy XIV: Death Unto Dawn is the 292nd of 349 entries we hold in the Final Fantasy series. The next entry was Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker - Collector's Edition in 2021.

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What it launched against

Final Fantasy XIV: Death Unto Dawn launched on 13 April 2021, within three weeks of It Takes Two, Disco Elysium: Final Cut, Returnal and Disco Elysium: The Final Cut. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: It Takes Two, Disco Elysium: Final Cut, Returnal, Disco Elysium: The Final Cut.

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When did Final Fantasy XIV: Death Unto Dawn come out?
Final Fantasy XIV: Death Unto Dawn was released on 13 April 2021 for Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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