Studio:Â Square Enix
Launch Date: September 30, 2010; relaunched August 27, 2013
Genre:Â Fantasy Hybrid Themepark
Business Model:Â Subscription (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC, PS3, PS4
final fantasy xiv
Official Site:Â Final Fantasy XIV
Studio:Â Square Enix
Launch Date: September 30, 2010; relaunched August 27, 2013
Genre:Â Fantasy Hybrid Themepark
Business Model:Â Subscription (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC, PS3, PS4
Studio:Â Square Enix
Launch Date: September 30, 2010; relaunched August 27, 2013
Genre:Â Fantasy Hybrid Themepark
Business Model:Â Subscription (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC, PS3, PS4
Final Fantasy XIV opens another ticket lottery for the London Fan Festival in October
European fans, were you feeling left out of the Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival Vegas hoopla? No longer: Square-Enix took the wraps off the...
Final Fantasy XIV is hosting a Q&A session at PAX East
It's been a couple of years, but Final Fantasy XIV is bringing Naoki Yoshida back to PAX East once again. And he's even hosting...
Wisdom of Nym: Where is Final Fantasy XIV’s story going post-6.3?
As we all know, at this point Final Fantasy XIV is the story of Zero and how we all absolutely want her to live...
The Stream Team: Healing for actual humans for the first time in Final Fantasy XIV
MOP's Chris has achieved a fairly large number of things in his time in Final Fantasy XIV. He's beaten stories, cleared raids, managed to...
Jukebox Heroes: Six great EverQuest II expansion tunes
When's the last time you stepped back and realized just how big and expansive some of your MMORPGs have become over the decades of...
Massively Overthinking: The MMO characters we want to love but don’t
A few weeks ago, MOP reader Neurotic pinged the MOP Podcast with a question about characters we want to love but just don't. He...
Vague Patch Notes: MMO events are not for the high-level playerbase
Let me start with a statement of fact: I actually really like limited-time events in MMORPGs. I don't like them as a means of...
Final Fantasy XIV celebrates Little Ladies’ Day once more with a new dance
Have you found yourself thinking that it has been entirely too long since a Final Fantasy XIV event gave you a new dance to...
Perfect Ten: 10 things I really dislike about Final Fantasy XIV
Sometimes, when I have a series of columns planned, I start off by saying, "Hey, here's a series of columns I plan." And sometimes...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s unseen character is (not) the Warrior of Light
In Final Fantasy XIV lore, the Convocation's overall lineup has changed a little bit as we've learned more. At first it was just a...
The MOP Up: New World brings a couple together in the name of love and conquest
A couple that met and fell in love while playing New World was invited by Amazon to share some tips about how to engage...
One Shots: Flash, flash, hundred-yard dash
Rumor is, if you can run fast enough, you can accomplish just about anything. Go back in time? Sure. Quick dry jeans? Definitely. Continually...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Far Northern Attire is accused of appropriating Sámi cultural property by the Saami Council
Back in December, you may recall that Final Fantasy XIV added a new cosmetic outfit, the Far Northern Attire. The outfit in question lacks...
Final Fantasy XIV opens Fan Festival 2023 tickets registrations through a lottery system
Square-Enix is flippin' on the hype machine for this year's Fan Festival in Las Vegas, which'll mark not just the first event for the...
Perfect Ten: Ranking 10 MMORPG map designs from worst to best
When I was a kid, I loved poring over maps in our family's atlas when we went on road trips. Getting a kind of...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 409: All aboard the Tyria train
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2's new roadmap, Blizzard's financials, the latest Microsoft ABK drama, and earthquake relief, with adventures in LOTRO and GW2, plus mailbag topics on Gloria Victis and our failed MMO character concepts.
Wisdom of Nym: Where else could we get a Final Fantasy XIV raid series from the franchise?
Let me start this particular column with an observation that should really accompany any and all discussion of future raid series for Final Fantasy...
The MOP Up: SMITE delivers a ‘bonus’ update full of nerfs
SMITE delivered a "bonus update" to the MOBA's community this past week with several downward adjustments to various features. Speed buff got nerfed "by...
One Shots: Once upon a tavern…
Stop me if you've heard this before: A group of hardy adventurers arrives in a charming yet rough-hewn tavern to map out their future...
Massively Overthinking: That moment when you realize an MMO is truly something special
MOP commenter Bruno tweeted something the other that that I thought would make a fun topic. Here's what he said, printed with permission:
"Wanna know...
