Final Fantasy XIV is in the final push to launch now, with phase 4 right around the corner and early access shortly after that. This is good news for me, since it means I can get back to actually playing the game that I write about every week after nearly a year. And, you know, […]
Character creation benchmark now available for Final Fantasy XIV
You don’t know when the next (and final) beta test is starting for Final Fantasy XIV. That’s a bad thing, because it means you’re going through a fair bit of withdrawal. And while nothing can really fix the fact that you want to be playing but can’t, being able to play around with the character […]
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn enters third beta phase, adds cross-functionality with PS3
Final Fantasy XIV, aka Final Fantasy: The Rebooted MMO if you agree that Roman numerals are as useful an invention as the bum-sponges once you get past ten, enters the third phase of its beta today. As a consequence, you’re going to find yourself fighting alongside the nice people of PlayStation land. Say hello! Nicely. […]
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn: everything we know
To say that FFXIV had a troublesome launch is an understatement. Upon release in 2010, every single aspect of Squeenix’s MMO was broken. It was a disaster. Since then, the original development team has been rehauled and now, after 3 years of rebuilding this sinking ship, FFXIV has emerged as A Realm Reborn. But how […]
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn final beta and early access announced
Square Enix have today revealed the dates for the final beta phase, as well as the start of the early access for people who preordered Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. The phase 4 of the beta will be unique: as long as there is no integrity breaking bugs, your character data and progress will […]
When Can We Play Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
We’re just a few short weeks away from the grand re-launch of Final Fantasy XIV on August 27, but some folks are going to get to play even earlier than that. Break out your Lalafell swimsuit calendars as we mark down the final beta, early start, and welcome back campaigns for FFXIV. First up, new […]
The Art of Making Final Fantasy XIV Even More Beautiful – A Celebration of MMORPG Creativity
If you read my hands on preview of the Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn beta, you probably know that it’s an extremely pretty game. It’s predecessor, Final Fantasy XIV, looked definitely beautiful as well. It’s a natural course of things that where there’s beauty, artistic spirits gather, and often contribute to add even more […]
Here’s how FFXIV’s“Free 30 Days” for PC and PS3 and “Welcome Back Campaign” Will Stack
Square Enix has been quite vague, in the past, on how the free 30 days of game time coming with new boxes of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn for different platforms would stack, and if they would stack at all with the two free weeks veteran Final Fantasy XIV players are going to get as part […]
New FFXIV:Screenshots Show that Men Can Ride Unicorns in Style Too
During the latest Final Fantasy XIV A Realm Reborn Letter from the Producer Live, Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida introduced the new Unicorn mount that will be available through the conjurer class questline. Today Square Enix released two screenshots, that you can see above and below, portraying the mounts. Even if in fantasy literature Unicorns […]
Final Fantasy Doesn’t Need A Phoenix Down, ‘Fans’ Do.
It’s getting tiring to hear so-called avid fans dictate how much life a certain video game franchise has left in it, or determine if it has any at all. Square-Enix is probably getting annoyed about hearing it too, because every time they release a new Final Fantasy installment, thousands of negative and offensive voices […]