Studio:Â Square Enix
Launch Date: September 30, 2010; relaunched August 27, 2013
Genre:Â Fantasy Hybrid Themepark
Business Model:Â Subscription (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC, PS3, PS4
final fantasy xiv
Official Site:Â Final Fantasy XIV
Studio:Â Square Enix
Launch Date: September 30, 2010; relaunched August 27, 2013
Genre:Â Fantasy Hybrid Themepark
Business Model:Â Subscription (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC, PS3, PS4
Studio:Â Square Enix
Launch Date: September 30, 2010; relaunched August 27, 2013
Genre:Â Fantasy Hybrid Themepark
Business Model:Â Subscription (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC, PS3, PS4
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Final Fantasy XIV’s free trial will continue to expand, but don’t expect a free-to-play switch anytime soon
One of the many long-standing memes among the Final Fantasy XIV community is the one about the MMORPG's free trial, which will be expanding...
The Stream Team: Sunday is roulettes day in Final Fantasy XIV
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Final Fantasy XIV launches its special site for patch 6.5, Growing Light
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Wisdom of Nym: What seems to be cut content from Final Fantasy XIV
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The Stream Team: Cleaning up a laundry list of tasks in Final Fantasy XIV
MOP's Chris has his own little personal checklist of things to try for in Final Fantasy XIV, and most of those things involve earning...
One Shots: Bumping into an old, old friend
When you log back into an MMORPG after a long time away, that feeling of being an intruding stranger is pretty strong. But you...
Final Fantasy XIV’s next Letter from the Producer LIVE happens late this month
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Massively Overthinking: Does reused content in MMOs bother you?
One of the big complaints I saw on the Guild Wars 2 subreddit right before Secrets of the Obscure launched was the grump that...
Final Fantasy XIV puts its voice actors to the ultimate test of assembling an anniversary cake
For the eight-year anniversary of Final Fantasy XIV, Square-Enix had Kim-Joy of Great British Bake-Off fame assemble a lovingly crafted and meticulous anniversary cake....
Perfect Ten: Times when MMOs brought about world-shattering cataclysms
The notion of an in-game cataclysm is hardly the sole domain of Activision-Blizzard; on the contrary, large-scale apocalypses pop up all the time in...
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When Final Fantasy XIV was first announced, I was still fairly new in my tenure at Massively, but our editor-in-chief at the time was...
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Who would have ever thought that a little girl skipping around looking for her musical instrument would be the gateway to a long-running beloved...
