"Final Fantasy XIV" is bringing back an old villain to the video game when update 4.2 launches later this month.
A big new update is coming to "Final Fantasy XIV" before this month ends.
According to Square Enix, the fictional role-playing game will receive new dungeons, scenarios, mounts, and a lot more.
Its highlight, however, comes in the name of "Rise of a New Sun," a brand-new scenario that takes the players back to the nation of Doma.
Ala Mhigo is on a steady march toward recovery, thanks to the heroic deed of the Warrior of Light and Raubahn's much-anticipated return.
But there is "no rest for the Scions of the Seventh Dawn." Amid unexpected threats blowing from the Far East, Doma is in danger from a "brewing firestorm."
Aside from that, looks like players will have to prepare themselves for the return of fan-favorite villain Kefka, who appears with his unique laugh at the end of the update's trailer.
As if that is not enough, Square Enix is also adding a new side quest story, titled "The Jade Stoa."
Looks like this would be about Tenzen, a legendary peerless samurai who drove a host of oni into the sea. He was able to succeed only through the help of the Four Lords, "the greatest of the auspices."
Square Enix gave it a mysterious description, calling it a fairy tale, "but often in such tales a kernel of truth can be found."
"Final Fantasy XIV" also gets two new dungeons, Hell's Lid and the more difficult "The Fractal Continuum."
Also up in the 4.2 update is a new player vs. player map called Crystal Tower Training Grounds, a venue for a "grand melee." Game developers said it was fashioned after the "image of the highest reaches of the legendary Crystal Tower."
"Final Fantasy XIV" update 4.2 launches on PlayStation 4 and PC on Jan. 30.
