Studio: Square Enix
Launch Date: September 30, 2010; relaunched August 27, 2013
Genre: Fantasy Hybrid Themepark
Business Model: Subscription (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC, PS3, PS4
final fantasy xiv
Official Site: Final Fantasy XIV
Studio: Square Enix
Launch Date: September 30, 2010; relaunched August 27, 2013
Genre: Fantasy Hybrid Themepark
Business Model: Subscription (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC, PS3, PS4
Studio: Square Enix
Launch Date: September 30, 2010; relaunched August 27, 2013
Genre: Fantasy Hybrid Themepark
Business Model: Subscription (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC, PS3, PS4
Final Fantasy XIV’s community is rocked by a fansite sexual harassment scandal
When it comes to ranking friendly, warm, and welcoming MMO communities, Final Fantasy XIV is right up there near or at the top of...
Final Fantasy XIV previews the improved search function arriving with patch 4.35
There's a real dearth of vendor trash in Final Fantasy XIV. Almost everything is useful for something, somewhere. This encourages players to hoard a...
Wisdom of Nym: The Final Fantasy XIV beast tribes, bottom ranks
I have mentioned before that I'm a big fan of the beast tribes of Final Fantasy XIV. Final Fantasy XI, too; there's a charmingly...
One Shots: I have had just about enough of you!
There are certain locales and cutscenes in MMORPGs that I've noticed get screenshotted more than most, and none seem to be quite as popular...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida re-asserts his commitment to the game in a recent interview
If you are currently enjoying Final Fantasy XIV, you probably don't want the game to massively change and rewrite the systems that you are...
Monster Hunter World and Final Fantasy XIV prepare a crossover while the latter prepares for a patch
We still don't yet know what rewards you'll get in Final Fantasy XIV for hunting the great beast Rathalos, but we know that the...
Final Fantasy XIV could still arrive on Nintendo Switch if console companies decide to play nice
Naoki Yoshida of Final Fantasy XIV fame was at this year's E3, and that means interviews with the man himself. One of those interviews...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s lightness of dungeons
It feels really weird to think about just how few dungeons we've gotten in Final Fantasy XIV for this expansion. Not that it's the...
Global Chat: The best of both worlds
If you have ever played more than one MMORPG, the thought has probably crossed your mind that you would love to see your favorite...
Final Fantasy XIV promises the companion app for late July
There has long been a promise for Final Fantasy XIV players that there will be a companion app. It's been promised for so long,...
Perfect Ten: Ten things you need to understand about MMORPG Rogues
Sometimes I know that I may be a bit too old-school because there's a little twitch in my eye whenever I have to refer...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 174: Fallout vs. Elder Scrolls
Justin and Bree discuss E3, Elder Scrolls VI and Online, Fallout 76, Anthem, FFXIV, Black Desert, Bless, LOTRO, and STO, with mailbag questions on Daybreak and the problem with MMO forums.
Wisdom of Nym: Some story breakdown from Final Fantasy XIV’s latest patch
I had said before patch 4.3 came out that we were going to learn a fair bit about the future direction of Final Fantasy...
Final Fantasy XIV and Monster Hunter World team up for a bizarre collaboration
Fancy some Monster Hunter in your Final Fantasy XIV? How about a bona fide Monster Hunter World collab? That's what you're getting, according to Square...
Global Chat: FFXIV re-reborn, State of Decay 2, and Dungeons and Dragons Online
With the rollout of Patch 4.3, Final Fantasy XIV is offering its players a nice big slice of content to enjoy as we head...
Final Fantasy XIV rolls out more gambling money for the Make it Rain event
Amidst all of the violence and death covering Final Fantasy XIV, it's important to remember that the game gives you the opportunity to divert...
Choose My Adventure: For the short folks of Final Fantasy XI
You wouldn't think this was something that would frequently slip one's mind, but somehow I manage to repeatedly forget that Dancer was made in...
Final Fantasy XIV plans to roll back greed-only looting in alliance raids
Sometimes reasonable ideas don't quite work out. Final Fantasy XIV's latest loot change is an obvious example of that; the developers wanted to solve...
The Soapbox: Do MMOs still fall victim to the copycat curse?
When Radical Heights launched, I was inspired to put together a whole Perfect Ten about why trend-chasing doesn't work for online games. Obviously, my...
Wisdom of Nym: The non-combat side of Final Fantasy XIV patch 4.3
Let's face it, I'm literally never going to be able to cover everything in a Final Fantasy XIV with one column. They're just too...
