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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Final Fantasy XI brings the Sunbreeze Festival and Green Festival around once again
Ready to celebrate summer in Vana'diel with Final Fantasy XI's resident idol/magical girl/stage sensation Mumor? Good news, then: You'll get your chance as the...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMORPGs that let you talk to cats
Let's not mince words here: I am a cat person. I absolutely love cats. They are small furry idiots who make stupid yelling noises,...
Final Fantasy XI previews its next version update with more story and a new type of battle content
The next update for Final Fantasy XI is right around the corner, scheduled to go live on August 10th. This means players will be...
Final Fantasy XI turns on bonus campaigns and welcomes players back starting on Friday
Final Fantasy XI wants you to come back to hang out. No, really, it's even putting on its summer best and everything. The game...
Wisdom of Nym: Did Final Fantasy XIV’s relic farming zones work?
One of the things that I am always going to admire about the Final Fantasy XIV team is the fact that it followed up...
Massively Overthinking: Is old-school MMO dungeon-camping ever coming back?
A while ago on the MOP Podcast, Justin and I randomly wound up on the topic of camping in MMOs - not pitching a...
Final Fantasy XI and Ragnarok Online studio heads look to the future and discuss classic servers
The 20th anniversary site for Final Fantasy XI continues to offer new interviews, and the latest one caps off a series of discussions with...
Vague Patch Notes: The many flavors of ‘boosting’ in the MMO genre
The other day MOP's Bree and I were having a discussion about boosting. This is not entirely unusual, but it was unusual insofar as...
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...
Final Fantasy XI’s latest update adds a new farming location for exemplar points and swaps out Ambuscade targets
This month's update for Final Fantasy XI isn't really centered around new story content, so if you were hoping for more of that, it's...
Vague Patch Notes: A love letter to the people going above and beyond in the MMO genre
Let's just lead off with a very simple statement. Hey there, teams out there working on MMOs and doing more than you need to?...
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 XI’s Celestial Nights event reruns on July 1 with new and returning rewards
It's that time of the year in Final Fantasy XI: The time when players get to talk to moogles, walk with a prince and...
Perfect Ten: The old-school guide to grouping up in Final Fantasy XI back in the day
Recently, our resident Choose My Adventure expert Chris has been taking on Final Fantasy XI, and he's come away with a somewhat... let's say...
Choose My Adventure: What Final Fantasy XI taught me about games preservation and the ‘good old days’
Well. This has been a journey. I wasn't really expecting my return trip to Final Fantasy XI to be all sunshine, rainbows, and easy...
Massively Overthinking: Which classic MMOs hold up the best visually in 2022?
As one of our resident fans of old MMOs, I always have to clarify that it's the systems and ideas in old games that...
Choose My Adventure: Final Fantasy XI shows its age and its nostalgia in equal measure
Once again, this week in Final Fantasy XI continues to deliver nostalgia and aggravation in mostly equal amounts.
First off, I will admit that deciding...
Final Fantasy XI adds more Voracious Resurgence and Ambuscade content in this month’s patch
If you feel like you've had enough of Fantastic Fraulein Mumor in Final Fantasy XI to last a lifetime and then some... well, we're...
The Stream Team: Hunting down monsters and mission objectives in Final Fantasy XI
It's time once again for another edition of CMA Live as MOP's Chris hops into the game of the month for his Sunday stream!...
Perfect Ten: The stupid reasons I have had for sacrificing sleep for MMOs
One of the most useful pieces of advice that I've gotten regarding making decisions for the future is also the simplest: Imagine yourself taking...
