Author: freeffxiv

World & Lore Final Fantasy XIV is set in the world of Hydaelyn. Players can currently explore a realm of Hydaelyn known as Eorzea, though there are many other distant landmasses with numerous civilizations.180px Eorzea Final Fantasy Xiv:Game Setting EorzeaThe Eorzean Realm. In Eorzea, towering mountains dominate the north, their peaks forever lashed with icy […]

In the past few weeks, I have been able to spend a little time in the reimagined world of Eorzea. Eorzea is the world in which the MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV is set. FFXIV was released in September 2010 to largely negative reviews. Claims that the game was poorly optimized, that it offered a sluggish […]

 Hello future and present Eorzeans, thanks for returning to our Final Fantasy XXIV: A Realm Reborn Preview Series. Today, it’s all about leveling up. If you’re an MMOer, you either love or hate the experience of leveling up; there’s really no in between. If you love it, it’s because – let’s face it – you […]

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn will finally release on August 27th for PC and PS3 and attempt to right its initial missteps. When the game initially released on September 30th, 2010 for the PC, it was met with widespread criticism. Unfortunately, this was not only well-founded but also led to the postponement of the […]

Looks like today is the day of Final Fantasy XIV, with news on several topics hitting us like a machine gun. In the past few days we reported about the  Before Meteor: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack Music Blu-ray  that will be released in Japan this August. Many within the game’s community wondered if it’ll be released in […]

The third phase of Final Fantasy XIV’s beta is here, and with it, the NDA is summarily gone. Images from phase 3 can be posted; video and audio cannot. This is the fast track to finally being back in the game for real, to play your old characters once again, to enjoy the game again. […]

As of the 17th of July, Final Fantasy XIV’s The Lodestone beta version is scheduled to be shut down. It will be wiped and reinstated at some unknown point in the future. If you have anything you wish to save on the site, I recommend you go in and and save it to a document […]

The Clock Ticks Down As I type this, there are just a few short hours until part 2 of phase 3 for the Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn beta opens up. This weekend will be the first time, since the original servers shut down late last year, that we’ll be able to play our 1.0 […]

“In this day and age, it’s all about the communication between players. They are our best marketing asset. They’re the ones who are going to tell other players, “You should play this game.” You’re going to listen to your friend, rather than listen to a big corporation”.- Naoki Yoshida I’ve been following all things Final Fantasy […]

As of today, Final Fantasy XIV is offering world transfers for version 1.0 characters. This is to make sure that all regions have plenty of population on their worlds. This is a good move to keep regions like Europe and America playing with people in their similar time zone. If you are already on a […]