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Wisdom of Nym: Predictions for Final Fantasy XIV’s final fan festival
Boy, the wait for this one has felt long. It hasn't been any longer, and it's not as if we haven't had plenty to...
Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival Tokyo 2016: Red Mage, swimming, and Stormblood’s June 20 launch date
It's the holiday season here in the US, but in Japan it's just another weekend. Only it's not just another weekend; it's the weekend...
Final Fantasy XIV discusses leveling and scenario bypassing items
Currently, if you buy a new copy of Final Fantasy XIV, you're going to have to level up to level 50 and clear all...
Wisdom of Nym: Thankfulness for Final Fantasy XIV
I haven't exactly made a secret of the fact that I'm on a bit of a low pulse for Final Fantasy XIV at the...
Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival: Reactions to Stormblood
Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood ought to have be the least interesting announcement possible. It was heavily teased before it actually happened, and we knew that...
Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival: Please Look Forward To It Q&A recap
Naoki Yoshida's catchphrase to the fans of Final Fantasy XIV is pretty much the perfect way to label a live question-and-answer session. The community team...
Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival: Recapping The Stormblood keynote
The second Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival kicked off with the announcement everyone was waiting for: Stormblood, the game's second expansion, bringing players to the embattled...
Wisdom of Nym: Myths and misconceptions about Final Fantasy XIV
One of my favorite parts of the Transformers Wiki - which is already wonderful - is the myths and misconceptions page. It's really well...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV and the weirdness of Yo-kai Watch
The fact that Final Fantasy XIV has now officially had a crossover with Yo-kai Watch feels rather odd to me. I'm honestly not a...
E3 2016: Final Fantasy XIV discusses the Deep Dungeon, Xbox One, and the future
Whenever Naoki Yoshida shows up at a convention, you know ahead of time that Final Fantasy XIV fans are going to have plenty to...
Final Fantasy XIV reveals its E3 plans
Are you already tired of Final Fantasy XIV's most recent patch? If so, well, what the heck do you want? You got a whole...
Final Fantasy XIV’s live letter reveals more about patch 3.3
The next major patch for Final Fantasy XIV is arriving on June 7th, and just like other patches, it's bringing quite a lot of...
Final Fantasy XIV previews patch 3.3 via live producer’s letter
The next Final Fantasy XIV patch doesn't have a release date yet, but it does have a fair amount of its content already revealed...
PAX East 2016: Final Fantasy XIV answers questions and reveals the Palace of the Dead
If you think you've seen everything that Final Fantasy XIV has in its bag of tricks, the game's Q&A panel at PAX yesterday made it clear...
Perfect Ten: Why MMORPG studios don’t just reboot their games
Last Friday's WildStar news made me sad. I'm sad because there are two games at war within that title. One of them is a...
Wisdom of Nym: Odds and ends from Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 3.2
I spent all of the last column talking about Final Fantasy XIV's most recent patch, but boy, there's still more to talk about. Who...
Yoshida on the future of PvP in Final Fantasy XIV
The next Final Fantasy XIV patch will not contain the new PvP mode of The Feast; that's due to be implemented a bit after...
Perfect Ten: Ten MMO tropes we don’t need in 2016 (but clearly aren’t going anywhere)
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...
FFXIV’s Yoshida remarks on the death of voice actress Sian Blake
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,...
Final Fantasy XIV welcomes players to another year of updates
It's sometimes difficult to believe that Final Fantasy XIV has been running for five years now in one form or another. A new letter...