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: Final Fantasy XIV will have to dig deeply for future jobs
Anyone who has read my columns for a long while knows that I put my predictions front and center and both admit when I'm...
Vague Patch Notes: Contemplating the origin of the Big Five in the MMO space
A few weeks back, I talked about the various tiers of MMORPGs, and that included a discussion of what we call the Big Five...
Wisdom of Nym: Analyzing the Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail fan festival
So that was a thing! You know, I'd honestly been kind of chill moving into the Final Fantasy XIV fan festival, probably because I...
Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival Las Vegas: What new jobs are hinted at by Yoshida’s shirt?
At this point, Final Fantasy XIV fans have spent a decade now reading a whole lot into the shirts worn by producer and director...
Final Fantasy XI offers up Aern weapon skins for the Absolute Virtue family
If you were big into Final Fantasy XI back in the day, you probably have long-standing memories of dealing with the various Jailers and...
Wisdom of Nym: So how will Final Fantasy XIV cross with Final Fantasy XVI?
At this point, Final Fantasy XIV has directly crossed over with three separate titles in the Final Fantasy franchise: Final Fantasy XI, Final Fantasy...
Vague Patch Notes: Which players count in an MMO?
When I first started playing Final Fantasy XI some two decades ago, I went in with no illusions about one thing that seemed clear...
The MOP Up: Destiny 2 will compensate fan whose art was misappropriated for a cutscene
Bungie has major egg on its face after a recent Destiny 2 cutscene was found to have copied fan art from a couple of...
Massively Overthinking: Which MMOs are memorable but not actually fun?
Earlier this week, we ran a Daily Grind on MMOs that are fun but not especially memorable, throwing it back to a quote from...
Wisdom of Nym: Turning a critical eye toward Final Fantasy XIV’s Bozja
There's honestly not much for me to say about Eureka in Final Fantasy XIV. I can respect what it was trying to do, and...
Final Fantasy XI has kicked off its Summer of Adventure campaigns
It is no longer the Summer of George. It may not be barefoot boy summer. We do not know when or where hot girl...
Final Fantasy XI previews the June version update and discontinues the ReFriender system
Last month saw the conclusion of Final Fantasy XI's first story update after the developers said there would be no more story updates. That...
Final Fantasy XI finishes the Voracious Resurgence with this week’s patch
All resurgences, no matter how voracious, must come to an end. That's not a saying, nobody actually says that, but it should be one...
Vague Patch Notes: Why do people remember an MMO past that didn’t exist?
Let's just start with the premise out of the gate. World of Warcraft launched to sales of 240,000 units on its first day. The...
Vague Patch Notes: The power of perspective in MMOs
So now that Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is out, there is a very funny meme that is going around, but it...
‘Vana’diel’s not going anywhere,’ Square-Enix’s Yoji Fujito says on Final Fantasy XI’s 21st birthday
Congratulations, Final Fantasy XI; as of today you are officially old enough to legally go out drinking. (We're all going to pretend we forgot...
Final Fantasy XI rotates Ambuscade rewards for the first part of its May version update
The first part of Final Fantasy XI's version update is here for May! It does not contain the finale of the Voracious Resurgence. Or...
Final Fantasy XI offers not one but two version updates for the month of May
The Voracious Resurgence is wrapping up in Final Fantasy XI with the May version update... specifically, the second half of the May version update....
Final Fantasy XI plans another boost campaign for its 21-year anniversary
All right, let's start at the very beginning: Someone did not proofread the news post for Final Fantasy XI's next boost campaign starting on...
Final Fantasy XI prepares for the Feast of Swords, Final Fantasy XIV prepares for a feast of cosplay at Fan Festival
Starting this Friday, April 28th, Final Fantasy XI is offering players all the swords they can eat. Oh, you might say that the number...
