The latest Final Fantasy XIV live letter with producer Naoki Yoshida included some pretty big news for the community: the dates of the last beta phase and early access. Beta phase 4 will run from August 17th until the 19th (with previous participants welcomed starting on the 16th) and early access for preorders and Legacy […]
Final Fantasy XIV:Challenging Battles
A couple days ago Square Enix released three mysterious screenshots of the content that will be available in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn when the open beta will open its floodgates some time next month. Today Director and Producer Naoki Yoshida took to the beta forum to explain what those screenshots are all about, […]
Final Fantasy Xiv:Look, these happy developers
Today Square Enix broadcasted another Final Fantasy XIV: a Realm Reborn Letter from the Producer Live webcast, starring Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida as he responded to a storm of questions from the fans brought by Community Manager Toshio Murouchi. The broacast started with a surprise: Final Fantasy XIII producer Yoshinori Kitase appeared on screen, talking a bit […]
Lightning release announcement of Final Fantasy XIV
In occasion of E3 Square Enix hosted a special Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Letter from the Producer Live, with Director and Producer Naoki Yoshida answering questions relayed by Community Manager Toshio Murouchi. The stream started with a surprise as the duo was joined by the new President of Square Enix Yosuke Matsuda for […]
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Open Beta Start
During the Letter from the Producer Live broadcast that is currently being aired by Square Enix, Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida finally announced the much awaited start date of the open beta of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. The gates of the new and reborn Eorzea will finally reopen on August the 17th and […]
Final Fantasy Xiv:Fabrics China Creation Show of the producer
Today the Eighth episode of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn‘s Letter from the Producer Live was broadcasted, starring Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida and Community Manager Toshio Murouchi. After an absolutely hilarious pre-show in which Yoshida-san was asked about his noodles tastes and his habit of roleplaying female characters, we got into the meat […]
Final Fantasy XIV Basic Settings and guide
Massively multiplayer online roleplaying games are often compared to spreadsheets with pretty graphics. Well, Final Fantasy XIV is the most attractive version of Microsoft Excel as a game I’ve ever seen. The problem is, it’s also one of the most complex and obtuse experiences in existence next to actually managing a real spreadsheet. Final Fantasy […]
FFXIV: Benchmark Tool Now Available
Square Enix has released a benchmark tool ahead of the rebirth ofFinal Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn (read our impressions of the game here). It’s there to show you how well the game can run on your computer—or whether it’ll run at all. The benchmark software also comes with a character creation tool, and it’s […]
Final Fantasy XIV Risen From Ashes
The subtitle for Final Fantasy XIV‘s re-release, A Realm Reborn, is incredibly apt. Final Fantasy XIV’s original launch was plagued by an astounding number of issues, from technical to balance-related, and the game ended up crashing headfirst into the dirt. Square Enix, rather than letting all that work go to waste, set out to completely […]
Final Fantasy XIV Coming to Sony’s newest console next year
Square Enix’s newest MMO will make its way onto Sony’s newest console next year Square Enix has been getting ready to relaunch their newly redesigned second MMO, Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, with the release date of August 27th fast approaching. Fans of the series have probably already picked out whether they’ll be going […]