A Realm Reborn is the subtitle of Final Fantasy XIV’s 2013 reboot.
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Final Fantasy XIV prepares another Starlight holiday event December 15 and shares dev anniversary messages
The holiday season - and arguably one of the greatest pieces of Christmas event music ever composed - is making its return to Final...
Final Fantasy XIV’s 6.5 Growing Light arrives with MSQ update, dungeon, and Island Sanctuary content
New World isn't the only top MMORPG with a big launch today: Final Fantasy XIV's patch 6.5, Growing Light, is officially rolling out to...
Final Fantasy XIV’s free trial will continue to expand, but don’t expect a free-to-play switch anytime soon
One of the many long-standing memes among the Final Fantasy XIV community is the one about the MMORPG's free trial, which will be expanding...
Massively Overthinking: The dumbest deaths in MMORPGs
This past week has been amusing for everyone in the MMO community and beyond who loves to watch people die stupid deaths in video...
Perfect Ten: Times when MMOs brought about world-shattering cataclysms
The notion of an in-game cataclysm is hardly the sole domain of Activision-Blizzard; on the contrary, large-scale apocalypses pop up all the time in...
Wisdom of Nym: We don’t need another Final Fantasy XIV – we already have one
First of all, this one's for Bruno. He usually doesn't read these, but maybe he'll like this one.
So we all know at this point...
Perfect Ten: 10 pieces of striking MMO cover art
Earlier this year, MMO Folklorist posted a rather intriguing article about the 10 best MMO box art designs -- at least in his opinion....
Battle Bards Episode 216: FFXIV Before Meteor
While Final Fantasy XIV players won’t shut up about A Realm Reborn, it’s not often you hear people speaking fondly of the original 1.0...
Global Chat: Is FFXIV the perfect solo MMORPG?
Kicking off this week's roundup of MMO blog posts, we'll hop over to Dragonchasers where Pete is ecstatic to share the revelation that Final...
Wisdom of Nym: Why [redacted] closed up shop at the end of Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker
If you still haven't finished the main scenario of Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker, I think we are officially at the point where avoiding spoilers...
Wisdom of Nym: Unpacking the story of Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker
All right. So this column is going to contain spoilers for the plot of Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker. You have probably gathered that from...
40 musicians collab on medley to welcome back Final Fantasy XIV composer Soken
Masayoshi Soken, the composer for Final Fantasy XIV, very clearly loves his work, to the point that he was still creating music for the...
The Stream Team: Happy 10th birthday Final Fantasy XIV!
Double digits unlocked! FFXIV turns 10 today -- if you count from the day first launch. (With A Realm Reborn, the game enjoyed a...
Final Fantasy XIV launches new 5.3 microsite, hits 1.2M active players (with caveats)
Final Fantasy XIV has today launched a new microsite for the 5.3 patch, arriving August 11, 2020. The site confirms the new content coming...
The Game Archaeologist: Were sequels ever a good idea for MMOs?
From movies to books to video games, sequels (and all related spin-offs) are a common sight when a property is sufficiently successful enough. Even...
First impressions of Fallout 76’s Wastelanders expansion
Everyone thought it was impossible, but somehow, Fallout 76 actually got good. And all it took was for Bethesda to not be Bethesda. That's a...
One Shots: The Mo Army marches on
Has there ever been a figure as majestic, as inspiring, as armor-plated as Massively OP mascot Mo? Probably, but that didn't stop our antsy...
Massively Overthinking: The best MMOs of the decade
A few years back, we did a cheeky Massively Overthinking about our five favorite MMORPGs of all time. It was quite a potent list...
One Shots: An epic year
Every one of us deserves to look and feel a bit epic from time to time in MMORPGs, even if it's all in our...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida talks about console porting and addressing older parts of the title
If you've ever thought that Final Fantasy XIV's earlier main scenario and quests don't really reflect the game's overall quality, you should know that...
