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Final Fantasy 14 Mobile, the Tencent-developed spin-off of Square Enix's long-running MMORPG, is shutting down on 30 September 2026. Square Enix and Tencent issued a joint statement confirming the closure, citing adjustments to business operations and changes in the market environment as the reason for terminating their licensing agreement. As of 18 July, in-game purchases and new user registrations have already been suspended.
The game launched in mainland China in June 2025 but never made it beyond that region. A global release had been planned and was widely anticipated by Final Fantasy 14 fans outside China who had no other way to access the mobile version. That launch is now cancelled outright, meaning the majority of the franchise's audience will never experience it. Servers and the official website shut down on 30 September, with customer support following on 15 October.
The closure arrives at an increasingly awkward moment for Square Enix's mobile output. Just weeks ago, the company also confirmed that Final Fantasy 7: Ever Crisis will end its service on 6 October 2026, leaving the compilation of Final Fantasy 7 that the game had been adapting permanently unfinished. That shutdown will leave the planned adaptation of Before Crisis, a Japan-exclusive prequel that has never been officially available in the West, unrealised.
Both closures land within striking distance of Square Enix's upcoming single-player launches, with the HD-2D Final Fantasy Resonance arriving 22 October and Final Fantasy 7 Revelation coming in spring 2027. The optics of two beloved franchise extensions disappearing weeks before major mainline releases are unlikely to go unnoticed.
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