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 […]
Final Fantasy XIV’s beta phase 1 and 2
I’m going to completely fail to surprise any longtime readers of the site with this sentence: I am kind of a fan of Final Fantasy XIV. Of course I am. I write our weekly column about the game, I discuss the game in other columns, and I went across the country to preview the game […]
Final Fantasy XIV beta phase 1 and 2 – combat
I’ve mentioned in the past that sometimes plans get changed dramatically between when I plan my next column and when I actually write it. This week, it turned out that I could stop being mum about the Final Fantasy XIV beta. So that meant throwing out plans and starting back over. In fact, it meant […]
Final Fantasy XIV beta phase 1 and 2 – quests
We know now that the next test phase for Final Fantasy XIV will not be until June. This is good insofar as the next test will contain a lot more stuff and bad insofar as I want to play. Those of you living vicariously through impressions articles such as this one probably have less of […]
Final Fantasy XIV beta phase 1 and 2 – gathering
We all like to stop and smell the roses. And then we like to pluck those roses, bring them home, and melt them into component enzymes that will allow us access to a temporary attack power buff. Final Fantasy XIV is beautiful, sure, but you need that attack power bonus. If it isn’t obvious, this […]