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How Naoki Yoshida rose from Square’s ‘stray dogs’ to ‘king’ of Final Fantasy XIV
Naoki Yoshida is that rare breed of game director who is not only liked by his playerbase but downright beloved, with player chants of...
Final Fantasy XIV patch 6.2, Buried Memory, goes live on August 23
The next major drop of story and content for Final Fantasy XIV is just about 11 days away, as Naoki Yoshida announced during the...
Final Fantasy XIV teases patch 6.2, Buried Memory, while announcing a North American data center expansion delay
So there's good news and bad news for Final Fantasy XIV fans this morning. Let's start with the good news: The teaser site for...
Wisdom of Nym: So what will we hear in the next Final Fantasy XIV live letter?
All right. So the next Final Fantasy XIV live letter is happening on this Friday. In and of itself, that's not unusual, of course;...
Final Fantasy XIV announces its next live letter for July 1
All right, we've all had fun in Final Fantasy XIV futzing about with riding hippos and giving Ameliance school supplies, but it's going to...
Final Fantasy XI’s Naoki Yoshida talks about the importance of developer passion and communication
Any veteran player of Final Fantasy XI is probably used to the idea of seeing the game's developers as your enemies in playing the...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida talks about PvP design, deific lore, and characterization
Players are loving the new Duty Support feature in Final Fantasy XIV according to Naoki Yoshida. A recent interview with the producer and director...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida skipped Final Fantasy XI at launch to play Dark Age of Camelot
Naoki Yoshida is best known for his role as the producer and director of Final Fantasy XIV, but the fact of the matter is...
Final Fantasy XIV plans for the Make It Rain campaign while explaining its PvP balance mistake
The team behind PvP balancing in Final Fantasy XIV made a mistake, and producer and director Naoki Yoshida is owning up to it in...
Final Fantasy XIV’s producer and director explains packet loss and reporting on internet issues
Here's the good news for most of the people reading this: You are probably not being affected by packet loss issues while playing Final...
Final Fantasy XI welcomes its 20-year anniversary today
As of today, it's been two decades since Final Fantasy XI first launched in Japan, which makes this a pretty notable anniversary for the...
Final Fantasy XIV is finishing its housing bug corrections on May 16
As promised, so it has come to pass; a new letter from Final Fantasy XIV producer and director Naoki Yoshida has confirmed that the...
Final Fantasy XIV finally issues bans to some streamers over addons
So it's only been a couple days since Final Fantasy XIV's Naoki Yoshida once more asked the community to avoid using third-party tools, which...
Wisdom of Nym: Deep-diving Final Fantasy XIV’s new adventurer plates
One of the things that I think is important to note about Final Fantasy XIV's new adventurer plates is that they are in an...
Final Fantasy XIV reminds players not to use third-party tools as the Dragonsong Ultimate race comes to an end
The race to collect the world first clear of Dragonsong's Reprise (Ultimate) in Final Fantasy XIV has come to an end, but it's also re-ignited...
Riot doesn’t want the Runeterra MMO to ‘be the only game you will ever play’
Riot Games' Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street has been dropping more words on Twitter to tease and hype the MMORPG he's spearheading for the company. The...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida confirms that work is already taking place on the story for 7.0
Ready for the next Final Fantasy XIV expansion? Well, slow your roll there, chief, because you've got more than a year to wait for that...
Wisdom of Nym: Examining Final Fantasy XIV’s refreshed PvP system
It has to be frustrating to be one of the PvP designers working on Final Fantasy XIV. Not because the overall team doesn't support you...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida talks about continued development and bringing in more solo players
It's clear from some of the additions to Final Fantasy XIV in patch 6.1 as well as the direct statements from producer and director Naoki...
Final Fantasy XIV expects lottery data to be fully restored and open again on May 16
Fixing the housing lottery issues in Final Fantasy XIV was a process that could not be completed in a day. Or two days. Or three...
