Year: 2013

Do you smell that on the wind, my friends? It smells like June is fast approaching, and more importantly it smells like soon we’ll be able to welcome the third phase of testing with open arms. Which is good, since I am currently going through withdrawal. I wake up in cold sweats, try to change […]

The thing about Final Fantasy XIV’s crafting is that it’s always been an odd mixture of wonderful and terrible, much like the game as a whole. You had crazily interconnected crafts that could be frustrating to level, the simple difficulty of trying to find the items you need, and a minigame that made mass production […]

Square has released a brand-spanking new trailer for its Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn reboot. The three-minute clip centers on job actions, which is another way of saying three minutes of various classes standing in place showing off various attacks. Let’s see, there’s the Paladin, the Warrior, the Monk, the White Mage, the Dragoon, […]

It’s no secret that Final Fantasy XIV will host quite a number of monsters. Some of those are already familiar to players from both the beta weekends and from the original game, but there are a lot of monsters even after you count those. The team behind the game has put together a new trailer […]

February 25 will see A Realm Reborn begin closed beta testing With the 43rd Producer’s Letter, Naoki Yoshida released the much anticipated news that FFXIV: A Realm Reborn will begin closed beta on February 25. This is a week later than planned for but the extra time has been used to add extra features and […]

This is not a test Fernehalwes teases us with shots of a pre-beta beta test within the Square-Enix offices!  We get a taste of FATE, new instanced dungeons, and lounging!  Discuss in the Zam forums! This is Not a Test February 08, 2013 Hello everyone! Fernehalwes back again. I mean, seriously. I leave Pinurabi alone […]

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn stays true to its name and its lineage: What was originally a failed title, at least according to some players, will soon be revamped into an MMO that harkens back to its hardcore Final Fantasy roots. At this year’s E3, Massively nabbed a hands-on experience of the game’s reboot […]

As Final Fantasy XIV dazzles onlookers at E3, those not at the convention have been getting a closer look at the title in anticipation of its relaunch. The latest official video keeps up that pattern, giving potential players a look at one of the relaunched version’s major new features — Full Active Time Events, abbreviated […]

For all the good things I had to say about Final Fantasy XIV’s beta test, there was one negative thing I didn’t say because it just wasn’t fair: For all the improvements, the game didn’t feel like home. For all the frustrations I’ve had with Final Fantasy XIV over the years, somehow, at the end […]

Final Fantasy XIV is back on my gaming radar here lately, thanks mostly to the positive word-of-mouth surrounding the forthcoming reboot. I played the original version of the game for a month when it launched, and while I didn’t stick around, I always meant to check back at some point. I don’t remember much about […]