Square Enix offers a new A Tour of the North trailer showing off the Heavensward expansion for FINAL FANTASY XIV, and the publisher also reveals that June 23rd is the add-on's release date in Europe. There's an update on the FINAL FANTASY XIV developers’ blog about their PAX East experience offering the same date, so it seems like this is will be released at that time in other territories as well. They say they will be releasing a benchmark utility next month to help gauge your system's readiness for his. Last but not least, they also announced at PAX East that a Mac OS X version of the game will be released at the same time as the expansion. Here's word:

This past weekend at the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) East, Square Enix Ltd., announced that FINAL FANTASY® XIV: HEAVENSWARD™, the highly-anticipated first expansion for the popular MMORPG, will be released on June 23rd June 2015 across Europe and PAL territories.

The development of a Mac OS version of the game was also announced; the Mac OS version of FINAL FANTASY XIV will be available through the Square Enix Online Store and will be released on June 23rd.

FINAL FANTASY XIV: HEAVENSWARD will feature a new story that drops adventurers into the heart of the Dragonsong War, the bloody, thousand-year conflict between the knights of Ishgard and the dragons of Dravania. Adventurers can also look forward to an increased level cap from 50 to 60 on all disciplines, a new playable race, new dungeons and raids, new primal battles, and the introduction of flying mounts that allow players to take to the skies on flying black chocobos®, single-rider airships, dragons and more!