

Unlike the two tests before it, Phase 3 was almost a complete game-players could try out overhauled systems like combat, the new user interface, and even the first bit of the main story at the same time. on the last night of the event (early evening in Japan), FF14: A Realm Reborn's third beta test was scheduled to begin. with global community producer Toshio Murouchi to help Square Enix build excitement for the relaunch of FF14 happening in just two months.

It was E3 2013, and Yoshida had traveled from Japan to L.A.
