Final Fantasy XIV fans fear the game's new colonial storyline – here’s why they don’t need to

By Alex Bryne, Teaching Associate, University of Nottingham

The popular online role-playing game Final Fantasy XIV will be taking its players to the “New World” when its fifth content expansion, Dawntrail, is released next summer. More than a passing reference to the age of European exploration, it is set on a new continent, known as Tural, which draws historical and cultural inspiration from pre-Columbian Latin America and civilisations such as the Aztec, Inca and Maya.

The game’s producer, Naoki Yoshida,

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