Official Site:Â Final Fantasy XI
Studio:Â Square Enix
Launch Date:Â May 16, 2002 (in de facto maintenance mode as of November 10, 2015)
Genre:Â Fantasy Themepark
Business Model:Â Subscription
Platform: PC, PS2, Xbox 360
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Wisdom of Nym: Things I want out of Final Fantasy XIV’s upcoming Occult Crescent
It is a fact almost universally acknowledged that human beings are never happy with where they are currently located; instead, we almost constantly wish...
The MOP Up: Villagers and Heroes celebrates 11 years on Steam
A very happy birthday to Villagers and Heroes, an underrated MMORPG that's pushing 14 years old - 11 of them on Steam: "Throwback to...
Perfect Ten: The accursed MMORPG dungeons of no return
So it came to be that I did face my Judgment, and I sat between that greatest of all Game-Masters o'er all the online...
The MOP Up: Actual astrophysicists will headline EVE Fanfest 2025
At EVE Fanfest this May, CCP Games will continue its focus on smooshing science into the sandbox: It's announced that astrophysicist Dr Becky Smethurst...
Vague Patch Notes: What’s so hopeless about horizontal progression in MMOs?
A few weeks ago, I talked about power creep when it comes to MMOs in general, and one of the things I mentioned as...
The MOP Up: Final Fantasy XI is worth a second look after two decades
The second part of an interview with famed manga artist Mamoru Nagano is out, in which he talks about what he likes about Final...
Final Fantasy XI looks forward to balance adjustments in a very behind-the-scenes April update
The past several updates to Final Fantasy XI have definitely been calmer and smaller, but that's a trend that the upcoming April version update...
Battle Bards: The Final Refrain
It’s been a very long while, but the Battle Bards haven’t fully abandoned you — at least not without a goodbye! In the grand...
Massively Overthinking: Do you multibox in MMORPGs?
Last week on Twitter, I saw someone refer disparagingly to EVE Online as "the multiboxing game." I want to talk about the concept of...
Final Fantasy XI moves its Limbus items over to Curio Moogles with its newest update
The mog houses in Final Fantasy XI already seem a bit as if they're stashed off in a back alley of the main cities,...
Final Fantasy XI looks forward to extended maintenance while delaying its race change feature
As a general rule of thumb, "extended maintenance" and "we're delaying a major feature" are not things you want to see in a patch...
Wisdom of Nym: Why are Final Fantasy XIV’s event quests getting worse?
As I write this, I am looking forward to the Little Ladies' Day event in Final Fantasy XIV... or more specifically, I am looking...
Perfect Ten: MMOs with the very best soundtracks
I've long had an affection for video game music and feel content to live in an age where I can actually obtain it and...
The MOP Up: Elder Scrolls Online gets vicious with Whitestrake’s Mayhem
Elder Scrolls Online is keeping things spicy with the return of Whitestrake's Mayhem for the remainder of the month. Grab new and returning rewards...
Final Fantasy XI’s Valentione’s Day starts once again on February 10
If you want to share the love in the more recent Final Fantasy MMORPG, you can already do that, but Final Fantasy XI is...
Final Fantasy XIV 7.2 promises new gathering quests, new Arcadion matches, and new phantom jobs
Before anyone in our readership gets worried that Final Fantasy XIV is giving ghosts long-term occupations, rest assured that "phantom jobs" are not jobs for...
Final Fantasy XI plans to shut down Limbus for a while with its next version update
Usually version updates don't really crow about removing a feature unless they're replacing it with something better, but Final Fantasy XI's next version update...
Wisdom of Nym: What to expect from Final Fantasy XIV’s next Live Letter
So our next live letter for Final Fantasy XIV is coming on Friday, and I think it's honestly coming at a remarkably necessary time....
The MOP Up: Stardew Valley’s creator isn’t quite done with the game yet
Stardew Valley hasn't reached the end of its development cycle. So when will Stardew Valley's creator stop working on the game? "If I feel like it's...
There’s a Final Fantasy XI zine on Kickstarter right now for your Vana’diel nostalgia tour
So how did people put together enthusiastic fan projects before we all had the internet? Why, you made a zine, of course. Assembled loosely...