They are joined by old comrades who have been trapped on the First, as well as Emet-Selch, an immortal villain who aims to harness the First's desolation to trigger a mirrored calamity on the player's home world. Players are transported to this world and embark on a quest to restore vitality to the ruined land. Shadowbringers takes place on the First, a parallel dimension that has succumbed to apocalyptic collapse.
The expansion pack was released as a standalone product for current players for new players, the 'Complete Edition' that originally launched with Heavensward was updated to include all expansions including Shadowbringers. Like its predecessors, Naoki Yoshida served as director and producer and Masayoshi Soken composed the soundtrack. It was released on July 2, 2019, two years after Stormblood, the previous expansion. Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers is the third expansion pack to Final Fantasy XIV, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Square Enix for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and PlayStation 4.
