Month: August 2013

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn’s Scholars can summon pets, too. Well, “pets,” rather, since they’re actually fairies. Square Enix shared images of two of these fairies, Eos and Selene, on the game’s official blog this week:                              

If you hated the first installment of Final Fantasy XIV, you’re probably aware that the reworked version Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn is being released later this month on August 27. (Or you’ve heard about the character creation benchmark yesterday and you’re now stoked to try the game out). If you’ve already owned an […]

Final Fantasy XIV is changing a lot with its relaunch, but many of those changes are a matter of giving the old a new purpose and function. Such is the case with the much-maligned levequest, previewed in the latest video update from the game’s alpha version. The new system seems much cleaner, with more narrow […]

Sadly, January 7th did not see the release of the new Final Fantasy XIV benchmark. It did, however, see the release of both the beta tester application and the full trailer for the new version, both of which are relevant to the interests of any Final Fantasy XIV fan. The trailer is likely of greater […]

A lot of changes are coming to Final Fantasy XIV when the relaunch finally comes around. Changes to currency and item properties are among the less interesting of those changes, but they’re certainly going to have a big impact on the game. A new update from the development team explains in depth what will be […]

On Wednesday last week, I got on an airplane to head across the United States, starting a long and grueling trip. I spent half of Wednesday in the air, half of Thursday either on a train or in a car, and more or less all of Friday in the air once again returning home. All […]

Final Fantasy XIV’s party setup already makes a bold step away from normal conventions. Where most games these days top out with parties of four or five players, a full party in Eorzea is eight people with according benefits. It’s definitely a game of numbers.This offers some unique drawbacks and advantages all at once. The […]

Every so often, there are pieces of information put out that are transparently false, stories so insane you know they simply must be fabricated… like the idea that Final Fantasy XIV would promise the introduction of a new mount and that said mount would be one of the toothy monsters known as a goobbue. It’s […]

My time spent at the Final Fantasy XIV tour didn’t just include a preview of the areas to be found in the upcoming beta. No, we proud and few got the chance to also explore some of the game’s other iconic areas, areas closed off at the start of the beta but slated for opening […]

Having a conversation with Naoki Yoshida can be a very intimidating exercise. It’s not because of his demeanor; he’s friendly, genial, and has an obvious sense of humor. No, it’s because there’s an unmistakable level of energy to him, a huge amount of passion and ambition that drives everything he talks about. He’s exactly the […]