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 previews its next patch on March 4
Can you believe it's been about three months since Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker arrived? Because it has been. That means it's time to start talking...
Final Fantasy XIV offers players its Immerse Audio Pack add-on
How important is your in-game audio experience to you? Final Fantasy XIV is hoping it's pretty important, as one of its selling points for...
Wisdom of Nym: Speculating on Final Fantasy XIV beyond the live letter’s scope
Here's something that's important to note about Final Fantasy XIV's Naoki Yoshida: The man tends to say exactly what he means and not a...
Final Fantasy XIV offers up a comprehensive guide to getting started with crafting and gathering
Crafting and gathering in Final Fantasy XIV are not sideline activities. A large number of classes are devoted to these activities, they have their own...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 361: A disturbance in the Force
Justin and Larry discuss SWTOR's Legacy of the Sith, Palia's business model, LOTRO's Rangers and Ruins, DDO's new producer, and FFXIV's 2022 roadmap, with adventures in SWTOR, LOTRO, Conan Exiles, and Elder Scrolls Online, plus mailbag topics on getting back into MMOs and favorite NPCs.
Final Fantasy XIV once again has a free trial open for non-players
So for a little while there Final Fantasy XIV was so popular that it needed to kind of scale back on how many people...
Wisdom of Nym: Everything we learned from the February Final Fantasy XIV live letter
So what did we learn from the latest Final Fantasy XIV live letter? A lot, and most of it good, although some of it...
One Shots: Stepping back from the brink
A little while ago, I read how some visitors to the Grand Canyon have actually fallen in and perished because they would get a...
Final Fantasy XIV’s live letter explains future patch plans and graphical upgrade plans
After a decade of operation (a little more, actually, but even producer and director Naoki Yoshida admits to rounding to a decade because it...
Vague Patch Notes: The metaverse doesn’t exist and isn’t a good idea either
You can't swing your arms at this point without hearing about "the metaverse" in some capacity, which is supposedly the reason why Facebook changed...
Final Fantasy XIV’s director and scenario writer discuss the twists and turns of Endwalker
For those of you who still haven't played through the Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker story, this narrative goes places. It features some scenes within its first...
Massively Overthinking: Lost Ark and its place in the MMORPG genre
We've all been watching Lost Ark a very long time; I remember writing an article about it way back in 2014 because I was...
The Stream Team: Time for tanking in Final Fantasy XIV
It's roulette day in Final Fantasy XIV, and that means MOP's Chris is going to hop into the queue and lead some folks through...
The Game Archaeologist: Dark Eyes, a forgotten Japanese MMO from 1999
For a country that was the epicenter of video games (and, in many ways, still is), Japan never quite latched onto the MMORPG genre...
Final Fantasy XIV turns house demolition back on as of March 9th
Nature is healing, if by "nature" you mean "the Final Fantasy XIV servers" and by "healing" you mean "are going to tear your house down...
Wisdom of Nym: Gaming the system in Final Fantasy XIV
All right, so we aren't going to have a new live letter until Friday, which means that now I'm going to actually pick down...
One Shots: Please, please stand in the fire
While any seasoned MMORPG player may look at our first screenshot, courtesy of Utakata in Blade and Soul, and start developing sympathetic twitches, don't...
Massively Overthinking: What else could Blizzard do to fix World of Warcraft?
Last time in Massively Overthinking, our writers and readers sure did have a lot of good ideas to fix New World that Amazon won't...
Final Fantasy XIV will add Steam account linking in early March
So, are you playing Final Fantasy XIV on Steam? It might not be the majority of the playerbase, but it's still a portion of it,...
Hands-on: Lost Ark is a solid MMO that falls just short of true greatness
After years of waiting, the MMOARPG Lost Ark launches in the west today, at least for those who bought founder's packs. The rest of...
