According to the recent information gathered from the Final Fantasy XIV press conference in China, the game wil enter its debut test phase sometime in April, with an official launch by end 2014. The publisher is Shanda Games, which have not really fared well with its recent games…
Here are more details for the upcoming test phase:
1. Client version will be 2.1, with level cap at 50
2. Text fully translated to Chinese, with voices still unchanged (Chinese voice overs coming in Open Beta)
3. Game pad supported, with the UI automatically changing when choice of control devices
4. Game is 4k enabled
