{"rewrite":{"id":"r_c04efa331a60a62e12a19950","clusterId":"c_20e070a9c7e2d6a2c10de809","slug":"final-fantasy-xiv-opens-evercold-early-access-on-february-19","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Final Fantasy XIV Opens Evercold Early Access on February 19","summary":"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. 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.","whyItMatters":"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.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eEvercold 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.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Evercold slips from January 2027 to February 19, but Square Enix still pairs the early access window with a Neon Genesis Evangelion collaboration and Zephyr, a second job added alongside Bastion.","twitterPost":"Evercold moves off January 2027 to a February 19 early access, and Square Enix fills the gap with a Neon Genesis Evangelion collaboration and the new Zephyr job.","threadsPost":"Final Fantasy XIV's Evercold slides from January 2027 to February 19 early access, a delay Square Enix is answering with volume: two jobs in Bastion and Zephyr, new areas, and a Neon Genesis Evangelion collaboration with Mahiro Maeda. The expansion's selling point is now the crossover, not the date.","newsletterBlurb":"Square Enix dated the Evercold expansion at the Tokyo Fan Festival: early access February 19, full launch February 23, pre-orders November 4. That is later than the January 2027 release announced before. The patch adds the Bastion and Zephyr jobs, an Evangelion collaboration with guest creator Mahiro Maeda, and a Final Fantasy VII Remake crossover raid.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-31/final-fantasy-xiv-game-reveals-february-19-early-access-date-for-evercold-expansion-new-job-zephyr/.243380\",\"title\":\"Final Fantasy XIV Game Reveals February 19 Early Access Date for 'Evercold' Expansion, New Job Zephyr\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5390,"outputTokens":4268,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1793437321,"createdAt":"2026-10-31T08:56:19.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-31T09:00:56.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-31T09:00:56.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_20e070a9c7e2d6a2c10de809","canonicalTitle":"News\nFinal Fantasy XIV Game Reveals February 19 Early Access Date for 'Evercold' Expansion, New Job Zephyr","representativeArticleId":"a_208be00ac1d1ed90c3a2a658","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Final Fantasy XIV\",\"Final Fantasy XIV: Evercold\"],\"studios\":[\"Square Enix\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-31T07:29:30.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-31T07:29:30.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-31T09:00:58.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-31/final-fantasy-xiv-game-reveals-february-19-early-access-date-for-evercold-expansion-new-job-zephyr/.243380","title":"News\nFinal Fantasy XIV Game Reveals February 19 Early Access Date for 'Evercold' Expansion, New Job Zephyr"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Final Fantasy XIV","Final Fantasy XIV: Evercold"],"studios":["Square Enix"],"people":[],"type":"announcement","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["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."],"pageLinks":{"healthSlugs":["final-fantasy-xiv","final-fantasy-xiv-evercold","square-enix"],"storySlugs":[],"entities":[{"slug":"final-fantasy-xiv","supported":12,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":53,"overall":"green","story_count":35,"has_dossier":true},{"slug":"final-fantasy-xiv-evercold","supported":0,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":5,"overall":"unverified","story_count":1,"has_dossier":false},{"slug":"square-enix","supported":23,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":92,"overall":"green","story_count":143,"has_dossier":true}],"stories":[],"entitiesOk":true,"storiesOk":true}}