Square Enix has officially confirmed that support for Final Fantasy XIV (FFXIV) on Windows 10 will come to an end on October 14, 2025, a date synchronizing precisely with Microsoft’s own termination of security updates for the aging operating system. For millions of FFXIV players on PC, this...
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With Square Enix’s recent announcement that official support for Final Fantasy XIV on Windows 10 will cease after October 14, 2025, a critical inflection point looms for not just FFXIV’s passionate player base, but for a significant portion of PC gamers still tied to Microsoft’s aging operating...
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