Square Enix announced that the annual FFXIV Mahjong Tournament held during the Fan Festival 2024 Tokyo will be rebroadcast. The FFXIV Mahjong Tournament rebroadcast will appear on the NicoNico livestream Japanese service on May 4 and 5, 2024, at 6pm JST on both days.
The tournament featured various Square Enix developers as presenters, and it also had associated developers from other studios as guests. The presenters included FFXVI director Hiroshi Takai, FFXIV main scenario writer, and FFXVI creative director Kazutoyo Maehiro on both days, with Hiroshi Minagawa, and Takeo Suzuki joining them on day 1, and Nobuaki Komoto, Arata Takahashi,, Masaki Nakagawa, and Yosuke Hayashi on day 2.
As for the guests, writer and designer Yasumi Matsuno and NieR series producer Yosuke Saito were featured on both days, with Alphinaud’s Japanese voice actor Shinnosuke Tachibana appearing as an additional guest on day 1. Additionally, the matches will include live commentary from mahjong commentators Fumiyoshi Yamada and Tatsuya Hiyoshi.
The latest annual Mahjong Tournament appeared at the FFXIV Fan Festival 2024 Tokyo, and was held on January 6 and 7, 2024, alongside many other events.
Final Fantasy XIV is readily available for the PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X, and Windows PC. The Dawntrail expansion will arrive on July 2, 2024. The FFXIV Dawntrail Benchmark tool is out now.
