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Official Site: Final Fantasy XIV
Studio: Square Enix
Launch Date: September 30, 2010; relaunched August 27, 2013
Genre: Fantasy Hybrid Themepark
Business Model: Subscription (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC, PS3, PS4

Final Fantasy XIV previews the upcoming Gnath beast tribe quests

Eliot Lefebvre - February 8, 2016 6

Even if you've never played Final Fantasy XIV, you can probably make a decent guess about how the Gnath work. They're little insectoid people;...

FFXIV’s Sephirot will break you (or vice-versa)

Justin Olivetti - February 5, 2016 15

See that lumbering, chain-laden beast? That's the charmingly named Sephirot, who is but the first part of the Warring Triad in Final Fantasy XIV. He's also...

Square-Enix’s 2015 sales and profits were up, thanks in part to Final Fantasy XIV

Bree Royce - February 4, 2016 43

Square-Enix's fiscal results for the last three-quarters of 2015 are in, and it's good news all around. Net sales were up almost 30% year-over-year,...

Final Fantasy XIV previews its story and dungeons in patch 3.2

Eliot Lefebvre - February 4, 2016 2

The next patch for Final Fantasy XIV brings along a fresh pair of dungeons to the game, which won't surprise anyone. The dungeons in...

Final Fantasy XIV kicks off another celebration of Valentione’s Day

Eliot Lefebvre - February 2, 2016 6

The house of Valentione is not one of the major houses in Ishgard, but it's still very important to players of Final Fantasy XIV...

Wisdom of Nym: What we know so far about Final Fantasy XIV’s next patch

Eliot Lefebvre - February 1, 2016 29

So we know what's going on with the next patch for Final Fantasy XIV, or at least as much as could be released during...

Let's not have a repeat of the last time.

Final Fantasy XIV is resuming Mac clients sales on February 23rd

Eliot Lefebvre - February 1, 2016 4

When Final Fantasy XIV launched its first expansion in the middle of last year, it also meant the launch of the game's Mac client....

One Shots: Kneel before Zod

Justin Olivetti - January 31, 2016 65

As if MMOs didn't already give us big enough heads, what with everyone treating us as if we were the saviors of the world...

The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO fantasy creature?

Justin Olivetti - January 28, 2016 90

The other day in Final Fantasy XIV I was taken aback when I saw a Lalafell prancing around on a unicorn. You might think...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 48: Blade & Soul runner

Justin Olivetti - January 26, 2016 24

Justin and Bree discuss Blade & Soul, Black Desert, Hero's Song, City of Steam, NCsoft, Diablo III, and FFXIV, with a mailbag question on global chat jerks.

Wisdom of Nym: Potential jobs for the next Final Fantasy XIV expansion

Eliot Lefebvre - January 25, 2016 44

We're going to be hearing about the next expansion to Final Fantasy XIV in... several months, actually. We're in no kind of rush here....

One Shots: The zen of jumping puzzles

Justin Olivetti - January 24, 2016 82

Even my most casual acquaintance will always know two things about me: that I have more hair than is healthy for a human male...

Blade & Soul impressions from around the MMO blogosphere

Justin Olivetti - January 23, 2016 210

It's probably no surprise to anyone that Blade & Soul managed to rope in a lot of excited fans and curious casuals this past...

Massively Overthinking: The MMO dev brains we’d like to pick

Bree Royce - January 21, 2016 64

This week's Overthinking question comes to us from longtime Patron Roger. "If you guys could magically open a connection to any dev team, which team...

Final Fantasy XIV won’t be localizing into Spanish or Portuguese

Justin Olivetti - January 21, 2016 29

Spanish and Portuguese versions of the Final Fantasy XIV trial website had some players hoping that the game would be getting a full-blown localization...

Perfect Ten: Ten MMO tropes we don’t need in 2016 (but clearly aren’t going anywhere)

Eliot Lefebvre - January 21, 2016 122

All right, we've had just about a month of 2016 now, and I'm writing this on my birthday. Odds are good that I'm going...

Wisdom of Nym: The next stop on Final Fantasy XIV’s magical expansion tour

Eliot Lefebvre - January 18, 2016 17

The next expansion for Final Fantasy XIV will be announced this year. We all know it. I suppose there's a chance it won't happen,...

FFXIV’s Yoshida remarks on the death of voice actress Sian Blake

Justin Olivetti - January 14, 2016 32

Final Fantasy XIV Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida officially commented on the murder of actress Sian Blake, who voiced Yugiri Mistwalker in the game. "Yesterday,...