With Final Fantasy XIII recently released, Square is already putting the finishing touches on the next entry in the franchise: Final Fantasy XIV.

FFXIV will be a massively multiplayer online role-playing Game (MMORPG) set in the world of Hydaelyn. The story revolves around different guilds – remnants of an alliance to fight off an invading army – and adventurers that roam the land of Eorzea. Players will be able to choose from five different races: The elf-like Elezen, the small and agile Lalafell, the human-like Hyur, the giant Roegadyn and the cat-like Miqo’te.

In what is probably the biggest shocker of Sony’s E3 2009 press conference, Jack Trenton announced that the Square Enix-developed Final Fantasy XIV would be coming out exclusively for the PS3 (and Windows) in 2010.

A cinematic intro video was shown a the Sony press conference which provided us with Final Fantasy imagery we’ve come to expect such as flying creatures and, of course, chocobos.