During today’s announcement about the details of the rather good MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV‘s upcoming 5.1 patch, titled ‘Vows of Virtue, Deeds of Cruelty’, it was revealed that the NieR Automata collaboration will be launching alongside it on Tuesday, October 29.
The collaboration had previously been announced to be a part of this post-Shadowbringers update, but the release date was unknown until now.
The team-up will see YorHa Dark Apocalypse start with a 24-player Alliance raid titled ‘The Copied Factory’ among the NieR-themed goodies on offer. This features battles against the kind of mechanical menaces found in the bizarre and beautiful Yoko Taro action RPG. Taro has had a big hand in the writing and design of this, so it should feel like a natural continuation of that universe. That also means things might get a little off the wall.
The new dungeon is The Grand Cosmos, and the new FFXIV story content in the patch will carry on after the events of recent expansion Shadowbringers. You can find more info over at the official site.
Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers is out now on PS4 and PC.
