Final Fantasy XIV 2.0 Trailer to skip E3

Square Enix has quitely confirmed that the previously-promised new trailer for Final Fantasy XIV will skip E3 and now be revealed instead in August as part of a larger marketing campaign.

A previous 'Roadmap' for FF14's version 2.0 pinpointed Version 1.23 launching in late April and a new trailer for the title being released during E3 2012, which takes place next week.

We already know that the late April launch for 1.23 has now been and gone - but a new Roadmap, released today, reveals that Version 1.23 will launch instead in mid-June. The trailer, meanwhile, will wait until August, when it'll launch alongside a full marketing campaign for Version 2.0.

These changes don't appear to have delayed the intended date for the game to upgrade to Version 2.0  in October or the Beta or Launch windows for the PS3 version of the game.

FF14 will still have some presence at E3 2012 - Yoshida will be there and we're getting a chance to sit down and chat to him again - but a trailer won't be part of that package. If you want to know more about his vision for the future of FF14, we've got an epic two-part interview from his first press tour in the role of the game's producer. 

Since having a disasterous launch Square Enix has been keeping fans pliant and happy by being very honest with them - something new Producer Naoki Yoshida told us was vital in order to "slowly rebuild that trust" that'd been lost between the developer and players in FF14's launch period. Releasing these roadmap documents, usually kept internal, is a vital part of that.

Our only real glimpse of 2.0 so far is in the form of a concept screenshot which pictures a much more dynamic looking game, which we've bunged below.