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
Final Fantasy XIV brings back the Moogle Treasure Trove on July 25
Diving into dungeons in search of tomestones in Final Fantasy XIV is a pretty common activity, but irregular tomestones are a different sort of...
Wisdom of Nym: Optional and mandatory content in Final Fantasy XIV
One of the things that I've long held up as a strength of Final Fantasy XIV is that it is designed to allow you...
One Shots: Under an alien sky
There aren't many MMOs that genuinely make you feel like you're on some sort of unknown planet instead of an analogue to Earth, but...
Final Fantasy XIV changes how Crystalline Conflict rewards work for Season 2
It seems a little odd that if you really want a particular reward for a tier in Final Fantasy XIV's ranked PvP, your best...
Final Fantasy XIV makes plan for opening home world transfers while banning RMT accounts
If you want to transfer your home world in Final Fantasy XIV right now... well, you can't. This is not for no reason, either....
Final Fantasy XIV takes a look behind the scenes at the tasks of the localization team
It can be easy at times to forget that Final Fantasy XIV is a multilingual title with day-and-date releases for every major patch -...
Wisdom of Nym: Variant Dungeons and Savage changes in Final Fantasy XIV patch 6.2
I know I've said this many times and in a variety of contexts, but for all that there's a certain amount of expected content...
One Shots: Songs for a sinking ship
Maybe it's just me, but whenever I see a screenshot with a Dutch angle, I naturally assume that either a ship or the entire...
Wisdom of Nym: Why the Final Fantasy XIV billboard was a terrible idea
Every so often you run across something that makes you want to slam your head against a wall out of sheer, unadulterated bafflement. "What...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO is too ambitious for its own good?
This week's Final Fantasy XIV update had our newsroom shaking our heads, not because of any animosity for the game but because the situation...
Global Chat: Changing opinions about WoW’s dungeon finder
With the dungeon finder being left out of Wrath Classic, it's caused more than a few players to re-evaluate the pros and cons of...
Final Fantasy XIV re-enables data center travel, though congestion could still delay players
As we reported yesterday, the release of Final Fantasy XIV 6.18, whose key feature was the introduction of voluntary travel between data centers, didn't...
Final Fantasy XIV fans and official talents join together in singing ‘Close in the Distance’
Ultima Thule in Final Fantasy XIV is a zone with a lot of impact for fans of the game, a lot of emotions running...
Final Fantasy XIV nightclub advertises a gathering on real-world billboard oblivious to terms like ‘copyright’ and ‘trademark’
Sometimes all of us make poor choices, decisions that seemed like good ideas at the time but are later revealed to have been made...
Wisdom of Nym: Reactions to Final Fantasy XIV’s live letter and 6.2 preview
The first live letter previewing a new patch is always a little weird for Final Fantasy XIV, and this one is especially unusual. See,...
Final Fantasy XIV’s 6.18 update is live, but the data center travel system is already struggling
As promised, Final Fantasy XIV's 6.18 update has rolled out to players today after a looooong maintenance over the US holiday yesterday.
Data center travel,...
One Shots: This griffin knows what you did last summer
Greetings! We'll kick off today with this Guild Wars 2 pic from reader Don, who said, "I took this screenshot of my Human Engineer...
Final Fantasy XIV previews patch 6.2, Buried Memory, in the newest live letter
(Buried) Memory, all alone in the (buried) moonlight!
I can dream of the old (buried) days,
(Buried) life was beautiful then...
And so begin the cheeky nods...
Final Fantasy XI discusses bundled subscriptions, burn parties, and new zones in its AMA
In honor of the game's 20th anniversary, the Final Fantasy XI staff recently held an AMA event on Reddit. This is all well and...
Final Fantasy XIV plans a 24-hour maintenance window for patch 6.18
So there's good news and bad news for people heavily looking forward to Final Fantasy XIV patch 6.18. The good news is that it...
