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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

Why Guild Wars 2’s prepurchase deal has the internet raging

Bree Royce - June 18, 2015 633

On the surface, ArenaNet killed it at E3, kicking ass with a much-wanted and huge expansion for Guild Wars 2, one of the biggest MMORPGs in...

Perfect Ten: MMO terms that have overstayed their welcome

Eliot Lefebvre - June 18, 2015 271

My original plan for this week - during the few moments that I was capable of coherent speech rather than just babbling about the...

Final Fantasy XIV releases preliminary Heavensward patch notes

Eliot Lefebvre - June 17, 2015 65

Early access for Final Fantasy XIV's first expansion is live in less than two days, and boy, there is a lot coming along with...

E3 2015: Here’s the Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward launch trailer

Eliot Lefebvre - June 16, 2015 49

The entire Square-Enix presentation at E3 didn't cover Final Fantasy XIV's upcoming expansion, but that's all right. Why? Well, for one thing, early access...

Wisdom of Nym: Preparing for Final Fantasy XIV’s early access

Eliot Lefebvre - June 15, 2015 13

The long wait is almost over. Heavensward early access starts up on June 19th, and it comes with a lot of changes. Starting with,...

Perfect Ten: The top 10 healthiest live MMOs

Justin Olivetti - June 11, 2015 400

One question that consistently pops up across the MMO gaming circuit is, "What are the most popular/healthy/active MMOs out there?" Every time I see...

Here we are again, and we're looking at each other as if each other was to blame.

Final Fantasy XIV plans 24-hour maintenance for Heavensward

Eliot Lefebvre - June 11, 2015 34

Only a little more than a week remains before Final Fantasy XIV's first expansion moves into early access for players. But if you have...

Final Fantasy XIV’s PC client is $9.99 at Amazon

Jef Reahard - June 10, 2015 64

The title of this post says it all, really. I mean, sure, I could flesh it out with some fluff text about how Final...

You won't be going here for a while first.

Final Fantasy XIV outlines E3 plans and starts an art countdown

Eliot Lefebvre - June 9, 2015 6

Final Fantasy XIV's first expansion launches into early access in just 10 days as of this writing, right after the wrapup of this year's...

Tweet your way to victory in Final Fantasy XIV’s Twitter chocobo race

Jef Reahard - June 8, 2015 4

Square is hosting a Final Fantasy XIV chocobo race... on Twitter. You can compete with thousands of FFXIV fans around the globe in an event...

Wisdom of Nym: Predicting the story beats for Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward

Eliot Lefebvre - June 8, 2015 21

At the time you read this, you'll have about 11 days left until early access starts up for Final Fantasy XIV's first expansion --...

MMO Mechanics: Three non-combat mechanics to love

Tina Lauro Pollock - June 7, 2015 34

The wheels in my head have been turning over non-combat mechanics in MMOs for a while now, perhaps because of the buzz surrounding Wander,...

One Shots: The infinite summons

Justin Olivetti - June 7, 2015 50

One of the stranger Final Fantasy tropes is that the more powerful a summoned creature is, the longer it would take for any given...

Final Fantasy XIV opens up Heavensward preorders on Steam and consoles

Eliot Lefebvre - June 5, 2015 13

If you're playing Final Fantasy XIV on Steam, the wait for Heavensward has been a bit difficult, as there's been no clear method for...

Massively Overthinking: The language barriers of MMORPGs

Bree Royce - June 4, 2015 72

This week's Massively Overthinking topic comes from Kickstarter donor XanadoX, who wants us to talk about "playing MMOs in another language: Korean, Japanese, or even...

Global Chat: Blizzard’s war on flying

Justin Olivetti - June 2, 2015 105

How is the MMO blogging community reacting to Blizzard's proclamation that flying mounts are grounded -- perhaps permanently -- in World of Warcraft? In...