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
One Shots: Stepping back from the brink
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Final Fantasy XIV’s live letter explains future patch plans and graphical upgrade plans
After a decade of operation (a little more, actually, but even producer and director Naoki Yoshida admits to rounding to a decade because it...
Vague Patch Notes: The metaverse doesn’t exist and isn’t a good idea either
You can't swing your arms at this point without hearing about "the metaverse" in some capacity, which is supposedly the reason why Facebook changed...
Final Fantasy XIV’s director and scenario writer discuss the twists and turns of Endwalker
For those of you who still haven't played through the Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker story, this narrative goes places. It features some scenes within its first...
Massively Overthinking: Lost Ark and its place in the MMORPG genre
We've all been watching Lost Ark a very long time; I remember writing an article about it way back in 2014 because I was...
The Stream Team: Time for tanking in Final Fantasy XIV
It's roulette day in Final Fantasy XIV, and that means MOP's Chris is going to hop into the queue and lead some folks through...
The Game Archaeologist: Dark Eyes, a forgotten Japanese MMO from 1999
For a country that was the epicenter of video games (and, in many ways, still is), Japan never quite latched onto the MMORPG genre...
Final Fantasy XIV turns house demolition back on as of March 9th
Nature is healing, if by "nature" you mean "the Final Fantasy XIV servers" and by "healing" you mean "are going to tear your house down...
Wisdom of Nym: Gaming the system in Final Fantasy XIV
All right, so we aren't going to have a new live letter until Friday, which means that now I'm going to actually pick down...
One Shots: Please, please stand in the fire
While any seasoned MMORPG player may look at our first screenshot, courtesy of Utakata in Blade and Soul, and start developing sympathetic twitches, don't...
Massively Overthinking: What else could Blizzard do to fix World of Warcraft?
Last time in Massively Overthinking, our writers and readers sure did have a lot of good ideas to fix New World that Amazon won't...
Final Fantasy XIV will add Steam account linking in early March
So, are you playing Final Fantasy XIV on Steam? It might not be the majority of the playerbase, but it's still a portion of it,...
Hands-on: Lost Ark is a solid MMO that falls just short of true greatness
After years of waiting, the MMOARPG Lost Ark launches in the west today, at least for those who bought founder's packs. The rest of...
Wisdom of Nym: Speculating on the next few bits of Final Fantasy XIV content
Let's start with something that's important: At this point, and for most of my future speculation, I'm going to make an assumption that may...
One Shots: Sunrise over snow
Just because the sun is up doesn't mean that the snow is going to melt. And we kind of hope not, too, because Elder...
Final Fantasy XIV plans to dress up your chocobo for Valentione’s Day
It's time for another Valentione's Day in Final Fantasy XIV as part of the non-stop onslaught of events in the game, and as will likely...
Tamriel Infinium: Six takeaways from Elder Scrolls Online’s High Isle announcement
I love me a good MMO roadmap, especially when it's about a game that you are enthusiastically playing. Elder Scrolls Online wrapped up its...
Wisdom of Nym: What’s in Final Fantasy XIV’s February live letter?
It is not quite February yet at the time you read this, but it's not as if February is some distant future that we...
One Shots: Dancers of the Lost Ark
Every new MMORPG is a tomb waiting to be raided, a dungeon ready for delvings, and a vault ready to be cracked. Adventurers far...
Perfect Ten: Genuinely fun MMO minigames
Few people are without opinions on minigames in MMOs. Some love 'em, some hate 'em, and some just ignore 'em. Some even despise that...
