Power rationing leads to interruption of work "Final Fantasy 14" will be extended patches

(Compiling/Katy Fish) According to overseas media reports, the new producer of Final Fantasy 14, Kita, has decided to postpone the release of two update patches because of the disruption to their work due to the earthquake, tsunami and blackout conditions.　　"Final Fantasy 14" 1.16a patches and 1.17 patches were scheduled to be released by the end of this month, but Kita admits the date may be forced to delay a two, and they will look for opportunities to use the extra time to continue to make "minor improvements" to the patch. Kita on a personal blog that everyone in the development team is currently safe, but some of their colleagues ' families live in the hardest hit areas of the quake. "The current escalating nuclear power plant crisis and ongoing aftershocks have led to the failure of everyone to be in their best shape." "The shift in the Kanto has resulted in poor traffic and made it more difficult for us to get back to work." "He described the impact of the quake on the development team in post," and the French and German staff who worked on the localization of the game had left Tokyo at the urging of their embassies. "For reasons of appeal, and in order to allow employees to focus on their own safety and family, I decided to adjust the release schedule."　　Kita said he would release further relevant information and intelligence prior to the release of the 1.17 patch. Earlier this week, Enix announced that two online games, including "Final Fantasy 11" and "Final Fantasy 14", which had been affected by last week's mega-quake, would stop operating for at least one week from March 13 19 o'clock local time in Japan.