The livestream for the Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival 2026 in Berlin revealed on Saturday videos for the “Evercold” expansion for Square Enix‘s Final Fantasy XIV MMORPG. The videos revealed the new Bastion Job in the expansion as well as new areas available in the expansion.

Additionally, the event announced the game’s previously revealed Nintendo Switch 2 version will launch on August 4.

English Teaser Trailer

Japanese Teaser Trailer

Bastion Job Video

Square Enix will reveal the second new job for the expansion at the Fan Festival event at Makuhari Messe in Tokyo on October 31-November 1.

New Area Naglfar, Realmship of Water

New Area Fargarth

New Area Hringhorni, Realmship of Fire

Square Enix also revealed in the event’s keynote speech that the game’s collaboration with the Neon Genesis Evangelion series titled “Ghosts of Desire” is bringing on guest creator Mahiro Maeda (Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time, Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo).

Additionally the event revealed a new collaboration with Final Fantasy VII Remake, with a new eight-player raid series that will be featured in the new expansion.

The game’s director and producer Naoki Yoshida (also known as Yoshi-P) revealed at the Fan Festival event in Anaheim in April that “Evercold” will begin the series’ new “Godless Realms” saga. Players will enter the Fourth, one of 13 reflections of the original Source world. He also teased various creatures including a “Wanderer,” Arcane Giants, and a new race of cat creatures. The new expansion will also bring changes, including an updated Adventurer Activity user interface and a more weekly-based system as opposed to daily.

Square Enix released Final Fantasy XIV Online for personal computers in September 2010. After criticism from fans, the company revealed an updated version of the game titled Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn that added a new world and story. Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn launched on Windows PC and PlayStation 3 in August 2013, on PlayStation 4 in April 2014, on PlayStation 5 in May 2020, and on Xbox Series X|S in March 2024.

Square Enix has since released five expansions: “Heavensward” in June 2015, “Stormblood” in June 2017, “Shadowbringers” in July 2019, “Endwalker” in December 2021, and “Dawntrail” in July 2024. The game has recorded just under 35 million registered accounts worldwide as of April 24.

The game’s mobile version for iOS and Android devices from Lightspeed Studios launched in China in June 2025, and had planned to have a global launch. However, Square Enix and Tencent announced earlier this month the game will end service in the Chinese mainland on September 30, with the global version seemingly canceled.

Square Enix announced in February 2022 that it will continue support for the MMORPG for the next 10 years.

Source: Final Fantasy XIV Fan Fest 2026 livestream

Kodansha USA Publishing announced new manga licenses during its panel at San Diego Comic-Con International on Saturday. 

The company also announced it will release a box set of the first six volumes of Saka Mikami‘s The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity manga in spring 2027.

The newly announced manga licenses are:

Title: The Pool

Creator: Gamon Sakurai

Debut Date: Spring 2027

Synopsis: Twenty years ago, a wormhole suddenly appeared above Earth’s orbit and opened a passageway to an alien planet full of untapped resources and mysterious lifeforms. Two decades later, Team Sierra, a small military squad of security specialists working for the Tiberius Coke Corporation, are thirty miles away from home base on that planet when their leader, Chief Yugi Oishi, spots an SOS flare coming from a theoretically abandoned mine. Despite the danger, she leads her four-man team to the facility to see who’d called for help, only for it to be attacked by a horde of powerful creatures almost as soon as the doors closed behind them. Now, she and the stranded exploration crew Team Sierra finds inside must traverse the treacherous mine to reach the only vehicle that could get them to safety—without waking the terrifying monster that’s been picking off the researchers one by one.

Title: Subaru and Subaru (Subaru to Subaru)
Creator: Shuuichi Shigeno
Debut Date: Spring 2027
Synopsis: One year after Takumi Fujiwara’s student Kanata Rivington tore it up on Japan’s mega-popular MFG street racing circuit, two new drivers are itching to try their luck at the event. Their names: Subaru Sato from Gunma Prefecture, and Subaru Kudo, from Kanagawa. The world of Initial D and MF Ghost meld into one as these two Subarus join together to weave the ultimate street racing legend!

Title: The Cat and Dog’s Nine-Tailed Lives (Inumata to Nekomata no Isshō)

Creators: Maki (Story), Hamuhamu (Art)

Debut Date: Spring 2027

Synopsis: One day, a pet cat and dog named Buchi and Kotaro wake up to find that they have become yokai, supernatural beings blessed with eternal life. Now, not only do they get to spend more time with their beloved owner, they can stick around to befriend his children, and his children’s children! But even as Buchi and Kotaro remain the same, their owner slowly begins to gray…

Title: Kraken Mare

Creators: IZU (Story), Hagane (Art)

Debut Date: Spring 2027

Synopsis: In the distant, far-flung future, humanity’s pursuit of a vital energy source known as “Black Ether” has awakened monsters called Krakens, which lay dormant within black holes. These horrors brought humanity to the brink of extinction. A thousand years later, the Krakens are worshipped as gods by a church that exploits them to spread fear and control the remnants of humanity.

Brave smugglers known as scavengers defy the iron fist of the clergy, risking their lives to mine black ether in secret for profit. The crew of the space ship Pulsar, led by Captain Paze, is tasked with extracting black ether from an extremely dangerous black hole at the request of the Mars-based pirate group Red Sand.

Oriale, a church agent and skilled Atomancer, lurks amongst the crew, pretending to be the innocent cook “Eden.” But when the Pulsar is discovered by a terrifying Abyssal Kraken, she must reveal herself in order to save the crew.

Title: Meaheim

Creators: Kenji Tsurubuchi (Story), Konata (Art)

Debut Date: Spring 2027

Synopsis: A young scholar named Ren makes her way to Meaheim, the last town on the border of the Dark Lands—a bizarre place where horrifying monsters run amok, and reality itself is all but unrecognizable. With the aid of a Guide named Tobia, Ren sets off on a journey into the very maw of chaos, where she must overcome monsters known as “Witches,” traitorous adventures, and the godforsaken land itself to retrieve the panacea and save her brother…

Title: Rega in the Sleeping Forest (Nemureru Mori no Rega)

Creator: yoruhashi

Debut Date: Spring 2027

Synopsis: To save Princess Lorana from a sleeping curse cast by an evil dragon, Rega, captain of the kingdom’s knights, faces down a wicked wyrm within an ancient forest. Drawing upon his devotion to the princess, who rescued him from a life of slavery many years ago, Rega slays the monster, freeing the princess from her sleep. But the moment she awakens, the girl begins casting wicked magic, slaying Rega’s fellow knights and cursing the land, creating a “sleeping forest” which corrupts familiar figures into dark, monstrous forms. Stunned at this horrific sight, Rega looks up to see a crooked, crescent-moon smile in the night sky. Could this be the mastermind behind the corruption? And were those tears Rega saw in the princess’s eyes as she gleefully destroyed the kingdom she called home?

Title: I Love You, Please Dump Me (Yume to Koi de wa Tsuriawanai)
Creator: Shizuku Torii
Debut Date: Spring 2027
Synopsis: “Love makes people go crazy.”

Hikaru’s always been told to be wary of love—it can make you do stupid things. Like abandon your dreams, or worse, fail your exams! Which is exactly what happens when she falls in love at first sight with Kairi Kira. The problem is, Hikaru’s dreams of one day living it up in an expensive penthouse apartment relies on her first achieving academic success. Which is why she’s going to have to nip this little love problem in the bud. If Kairi rejects her and breaks her heart, she’ll be able to get over her feelings and focus on her grades. Except Kairi insists on becoming her girlfriend, which is definitely not part of the plan! But this should be fine, right? She just has to get used to splitting her time and attention. Or… she could, if Kairi would let her!

Title: I Loved Him First! (Ore ga Saki ni Suki datta!)
Creator: toreta
Debut Date: Spring 2027
Synopsis: Makoto, an ex-yakuza, has harbored feelings for his best friend Ayato since high school but has always been afraid to confess his love and risk ruining their friendship. Instead, he resigns himself to the role of best friend to the bitter end…that is, until Ayato tells him he’s dating—a guy. Makoto does a total 180 and vows to win over Ayato’s heart by any means necessary—after all, he thinks, “I loved him first!”

Source: Press release