Final Fantasy XI: A Shantotto Ascension – The Legend Torn, Her Empire Born expansion pack announced

A Shantotto Ascension screenshot (Final Fantasy XI Expansion Chapter)
At the Tokyo Game Show 2009, Square Enix announced the latest all-new expansion chapter for it’s 7-year old MMORPG Final Fantasy XI. The third and final chapter is called “A Shantotto Ascension – The Legend Torn, Her Empire Born” (quite the name there, eh).

This is the third scenerio released this year and will be released on the PlayOnline Viewer (the in-game program for FFXI Online) for all platforms of the game (PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, PC).

This expansion chapter follows the previous two chapters: “A Crystalline Prophecy: Ode to Life Bestowing” and “A Moogle Kupo d’Etat: Evil in Small Doses”, and is called a “chapter” because it focuses on deepening the story and lore of FFXI rather than adding new areas, and the chapters release at a fast clip than an actual expansion.

This new scenario has a storyline that follows the eccentric Professor Shantotto upon her return to Windurst…and her proclamation that she is ruler of her own empire. Players will set out to discover the truth behind her astonishing shift in personality, after her mysterious, unexplained absence.

Here is the debut trailer for A Shantotto Ascension. It is scheduled for release sometime this year, most likely in November.