Final Fantasy XIV as we know it is about to go away forever. Square-Enix is spinning the current version of the game down in preparation of next month’s A Realm Reborn reboot. The studio announced that it’s planning one final hurrah for FFXIV 1.0 this week before the switchover begins. The Seventh Umbral Era event […]
FFXIV service fees to discontinue on September 29th
Final Fantasy XIV’s current version is approaching its twilight to make way for version 2.0. The servers will go dark, the new version will be tested, and perhaps most importantly, the game will once again discontinue the subscription fee. A recent dispatch from the development team confirms that service fees will be discontinued on September […]
Final Fantasy Xiv:When the lights go off in Eorzea
The current version of Final Fantasy XIV is redefining the term “lame duck.” This is a duck that is so lame it can no longer move under its own power, relying instead on a specially trained squad of ducklings to occasionally move its head toward food. How it trained the ducklings, I don’t know; that’s […]
Final Fantasy Xiv:It’s the countdown
On November 1st, it’s the end of the world as we know it. I’ll let you know then how I’m feeling. All right, the game will still be online for another week or so, but November 1st is the last day that any progress is getting saved. You can go ahead and ignore Final Fantasy […]
A look at FFXIV’s new character creator
Final Fantasy XIV players already knew that the game’s character creator is being overhauled when the game’s relaunch goes live. Now, the development team at Square-Enix has finally given us a clearer picture of what to expect from the creator in A Realm Reborn with five new screens showing off some of the options within […]
Trailer released for Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
If you’re looking forward to the release of Final Fantasy XIV’s large-scale revamp, you’re probably devouring every piece of information you can find about the game. So you’ll be happy to know that just beyond the cut down yonder lies the latest trailer for the impending relaunch, featuring some recycled footage from previous trailers and […]
FFXIV shows off A Realm Reborn on the PlayStation
When Final Fantasy XIV first launched, it was with the promise of a PlayStation 3 version in the near future. That was before the game underwent numerous staff changes, and after two years, it may have seemed to fans as if the game would never come to consoles. But the PlayStation 3 version is a […]
Generating a wow factor in Final Fantasy Xiv
The more I see about Final Fantasy XIV’s relaunch, the more anxious I get. If there’s any doubt remaining in the minds of others, let me be entirely transparent: I’m a big fan of Final Fantasy XIV. Wonders never cease, I know. To say that I’m looking forward to the new version is pretty much […]
Final Fantasy Xiv Realm Reborn alpha test coming in October
How soon can you start playing the reboot that is Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn? Probably by the end of the month if you’re in the game’s alpha test. “There will not only be stress tests for the new servers’ coding and hardware configurations, but also tests for what will be the backbone of […]
Two years of spinning wheels in Final Fantasy XIV
Has it really been two years since Final Fantasy XIV launched? My collector’s edition box was purchase two years ago, and I wrote my last anniversary column a year ago, so I guess it must have been. And yet I still don’t feel as if it’s actually happened yet. You’ll note that last year’s column […]