Official Site: Final Fantasy XI
Studio: Square Enix
Launch Date: May 16, 2002 (in de facto maintenance mode as of November 10, 2015)
Genre: Fantasy Themepark
Business Model: Subscription
Platform: PC, PS2, Xbox 360
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Final Fantasy XI’s latest version update accounts for the Vana’Bout event with some apologies
The preview of the January update for Final Fantasy XI comes with an apology. No, not for the size of the update; by this...
End-of-Year Eleven: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures in 2024
As I say every single year and several people ignore every single year: This is not a column about the games that are most...
Final Fantasy XIV Tokyo Fan Festival: Pictomancer, lady Hrothgar, and release ambiguity
If you had been paying attention and looking forward to Final Fantasy XIV's third and final fan festival ahead of Dawntrail, you probably had...
Vague Patch Notes: MMOs are still just games you rent
When I was a teenager, I accidentally stole a few games from a video rental place. You might wonder how you accidentally steal something,...
Final Fantasy XI’s producer and director confirms that 2024 will feature fewer content updates
The amazingly active maintenance mode that included an entirely new storyline appears to be quietly ending for Final Fantasy XI. Producer and director Yoji...
Vague Patch Notes: It’s never cheating in MMOs when you do it
My friend from Final Fantasy XI was, understandably, upset. He had just been suspended for a week, and he had been warned that continued...
Wisdom of Nym: What I definitely do not want to see in Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail
We don't have very long left to go before the next Final Fantasy XIV fan festival; there's even a countdown clock on the official...
Vague Patch Notes: What you can’t forget in MMOs
Years ago, I had a relationship with someone I met in Final Fantasy XI. It wasn't a good or solid relationship by any stretch...
Final Fantasy XI’s holiday Starlight Celebration runs December 15-31
The time has come once again for Final Fantasy XI's adventurers to celebrate the Starlight season from December 15th through December 31st, and as...
Final Fantasy XI plans a challenge event for the community in December as part of its patch
To just look at the list breakdown of the content being added for Final Fantasy XI's December patch - the last one of the...
Wisdom of Nym: Why Final Fantasy XIV’s next limited job is (probably) not Pictomancer or Green Mage
Despite the fact that it is not coming out until significantly later, I'm willing to bet that a large part of the work for...
The MOP Up: How about Final Fantasy XI’s new Vana’Bout?
Final Fantasy XI had a busy week with a November patch, that "includes changes to foes in Normal and Intense Ambuscades, a new battlefield...
Massively Overthinking: Pervasive old MMO ideas that aren’t really true
A while back, Eliot and I were discussing one of his columns, in which he noted that in the eldest of the elder MMOs,...
Wisdom of Nym: The best stuff from Final Fantasy XIV 1.0 that’s already in the game
Whatever we were getting back from Final Fantasy XIV version 1.0 is already in the game. Period end. And let's be honest, there was...
The MOP Up: DCUO talks about its creative process
DC Universe Online Narrative Designer Lynnea Glasser recently sat down for an interview about the creative process behind the MMORPG and its new Justice...
Final Fantasy XI encourages players to take on more content with the Falling Into Autumn campaign
The back half of 2023 has been relatively quiet for Final Fantasy XI in terms of new content, but the game already does have...
Final Fantasy XI fires up the Harvest Festival once again
Veterans of Final Fantasy XI are quite accustomed to the game's Harvest Festival by this point. There are both tricks and treats, and several...
Wisdom of Nym: Reactions to Final Fantasy XIV’s London Fan Festival
So we've gotten 67% of the way through the fan festival cycle for Final Fantasy XIV, and that means taking a certain degree of...
Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival London reveals: Viper, zones, and Echoes of Vana’diel
It's time for more reveals for the Final Fantasy XIV fans in the audience as the London Fan Festival has begun, and that means...
Perfect Ten: Myths about balance in MMOs
For some MMO players, "balance" is a dirty word. And I'm not going to lie, I can hardly blame them. If you're not a...
