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One Shots: Come into my lair, sweetling
As we creep toward Halloween, our crack One Shots photojournalists were on the ground in various games grabbing us first-hand demonstrations of the season's...
Wisdom of Nym: Is Final Fantasy XIV finally fixing its housing problem?
It was a tiny, incidental line in Final Fantasy XIV's live letter. The sort of thing that you could easily miss, especially since it's...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV v1.0 is gone – except when we’re told to think about it
In Final Fantasy XIV's version 1.0, the Coral Tower was not home to the Marauder's Guild. The Marauder's Guild was, in fact, located in...
Massively Overthinking: When the big five MMORPGs have five big expansions in the same year
By the time you're reading this article, Black Desert's Land of the Morning Light Seoul has officially launched on PC, and it marks an...
One Shots: The concert that ended the world
Poor Ragnaros. This World of Warcraft dude's been trying to live up to his namesake by trying to destroy the world for the past...
Final Fantasy XIV outlines plans for further graphical adjustments in future patches
One of the things that Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail brought to the table was a series of graphical updates that improved character models, textures,...
Final Fantasy XIV’s next Letter from the Producer will be on September 28
The release of Dawntrail is increasingly in the rear view for Final Fantasy XIV players, and that prompts a natural curiosity about the first...
Wisdom of Nym: Let’s talk about Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail’s key artifact
Yes, I'm having a bit of fun in the title here. Obviously there is one main artifact that serves at a major plot element...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida discusses story and player feedback in Dawntrail
It's been about two months since Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail released, and while reaction has been mostly positive, there has been some degree of...
Wisdom of Nym: Speculating on Final Fantasy XIV’s Beastmaster
We currently know very little about Final Fantasy XIV's Beastmaster. We know that it's going to be coming at some point during the Dawntrail...
Wisdom of Nym: Speculating on Final Fantasy XIV’s Allied Societies for Dawntrail
We've gone through a lot of different names for what are now being called Allied Societies in Final Fantasy XIV, but I think this...
Wisdom of Nym: Why Dawntrail might be my favorite Final Fantasy XIV expansion in years
Let's start this week's Wisdom of Nym by clarifying something: If you ask me if Dawntrail is the best Final Fantasy XIV expansion, I...
Final Fantasy XIV is closing down the probationary European data center on August 27
As the initial post-launch population surge around Final Fantasy XIV's expansion cools off, Square-Enix is winding down the temporary measures it added to avoid...
MMO Business Roundup: Sony, SEGA, and Square-Enix drop a mixed bag of quarterly financials
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news - this time 'round, it's all about quarterly financial reports.
Square-Enix: Square saw another broad...
Final Fantasy XIV is releasing the Dawntrail soundtrack on October 30 with a Wind-up Zero minion
The Final Fantasy XIV music team has long been respected for providing absolute bangers throughout every expansion soundtrack, and Dawntrail is not an exception....
Wisdom of Nym: The story beats that really work in Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail
Before I dive into this week's column, I want to start things off by noting a weird aspect of storytelling that's true in Final...
Final Fantasy XIV shares its full program schedule for Gamescom 2024
It's only a couple of weeks until Gamescom 2024 kicks off, and Final Fantasy XIV is getting quite a presence there. Obviously it will...
Final Fantasy XIV adds in time-limited tomestone along with its new Savage raid tier
The time has come for Final Fantasy XIV players to start collecting time-limited tomes once again with the most recent patch, which adds Allagan...
Wisdom of Nym: The actual storytelling issues with Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail
I'm not exactly surprised that basically any controversy vis-a-vis Final Fantasy XIV's most recent expansion is pretty much completely focused on the story (with...
Global Chat: Looking back at 15 years of World of Warcraft blogging
Fifteen years is a huge chunk of time to devote to both a video game and an ongoing blog covering it, but that's exactly...
