While Microsoft accidentally went live early with a Final Fantasy 14 beta announcement in January, the details were only officially announced a couple of weeks ago. Now, Square Enix has gone live with the open beta for the game on Xbox, inviting a whole new range of players to jump in with the free trial. 

Players will be able to download the full game and jump in with access to all of the content up through the Stormblood expansion. However, the catch is that you will need a fresh, new account to create a trial character. You won't be able to log in with your pre-existing account with a lapsed subscription and begin the free trial.

If you do create a new account to take advantage of the free trial, you likely won't be disappointed, as it covers a vast amount of content now with two expansions included. Of course, if you are playing on Xbox, you also need to make sure you have Xbox Live to play online. Xbox Live still exists, but it is now part of the Game Pass Core and Ultimate subscriptions.

Final Fantasy 14 will fully launch on Xbox as soon as the beta ends. Then, Xbox gamers will get day-one access to the next expansion for the game, Dawntrail, which is launching later this year.

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KitGuru Says: A lot of MMOs don't work well with a controller but Final Fantasy 14 really nailed its control scheme on PS5, so it should be comfortable and easy to play on Xbox too. 

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