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Official Site: Final Fantasy XIV
Studio: Square Enix
Launch Date: September 30, 2010; relaunched August 27, 2013
Genre: Fantasy Hybrid Themepark
Business Model: Subscription (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC, PS3, PS4

The best Thanksgiving and Black Friday MMORPG deals

Bree Royce - November 23, 2016 0

Getcher credit cards ready, folks. It's time. (New additions are at the bottom!) The Secret World is part of the Humble Bundle this week; you can...

Wisdom of Nym: Thankfulness for Final Fantasy XIV

Eliot Lefebvre - November 21, 2016 0

I haven't exactly made a secret of the fact that I'm on a bit of a low pulse for Final Fantasy XIV at the...

Massively Overthinking: The many ‘NGE’ moments across MMORPG history

Bree Royce - November 17, 2016 0

Eleven years ago this week, the New Game Enhancements patch descended on Star Wars Galaxies, forever changing the trajectory of the game, SOE, and...

I'm still pleased with this shot, even though my glamour has changed.

Choose My Adventure: Don’t call it a comeback

Eliot Lefebvre - November 16, 2016 0

Hello, dear readers. Would you like to tell me what to do for a while? Choose My Adventure has been absent from the site for...

Wisdom of Nym: At the end of the world for Final Fantasy XIV

Eliot Lefebvre - November 14, 2016 0

It's kind of weird to think about the fact that we just passed the four-year anniversary of the end of an era in Final...

One Shots: A lovely holiday

Justin Olivetti - November 13, 2016 0

If you were a dragon, what kind of dragon would you be? Perhaps you'd go traditional, with the whole "giant world-devourer" aspect. Maybe you'd...

Perfect Ten: The worst patch naming in MMORPGs

Eliot Lefebvre - November 10, 2016 0

Patches should, in all honesty, be the easiest thing in the world for online games to handle. You have a word that means patch,...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 90: BlizzConcerns

Justin Olivetti - November 8, 2016 0

Justin, Bree, and Eliot discuss BlizzCon 2016, WoW's new cadence, Diablo III's content plans, the Nostalrius legacy server standoff, Funcom's financials, and Revelation Online.

Every so often, you need to take a look at the banner you're marching under to make sure it still echoes your beliefs.

Wisdom of Nym: An uncomfortable season for Final Fantasy XIV

Eliot Lefebvre - November 7, 2016 0

My original plan for this week was to dive into the newest parts of the the Palace of the Dead, but I shan't mince...

Nothing horrible can come from glowing red weapons!

Final Fantasy XIV patch 3.45 adds more Palace of the Dead and Anima quests

Eliot Lefebvre - November 1, 2016 0

It's time to go even deeper into the Palace of the Dead in Final Fantasy XIV. The latest patch for the game has arrived,...

Jukebox Heroes: MMORPG music for a haunted Halloween

Justin Olivetti - October 31, 2016 0

You simply can't have a good and proper Halloween without a perfect soundtrack to back you up. Sure, you could just pop in one...

Wisdom of Nym: The scariest stuff in Final Fantasy XIV

Eliot Lefebvre - October 31, 2016 0

As a horror game, Final Fantasy XIV fails, due largely to the fact that it isn't a horror game and never attempts or pretends...

The MOP Up: FFXI revs up appreciation campaigns (October 30, 2016)

Justin Olivetti - October 30, 2016 0

The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...

Massively Overthinking: Our five favorite MMORPGs of all time

Bree Royce - October 27, 2016 4

Earlier this week, Redditor maxpower888 started an epic thread on the /r/mmorpg sub asking everyone to chime in and name his or her top five...

Perfect Ten: My demands to MMORPGs after 13 years

Eliot Lefebvre - October 27, 2016 0

I've mentioned many times that my first MMO was Final Fantasy XI. It released in North America 13 years ago as of tomorrow. I...

Global Chat: Stormblood, One Tamriel, New World, and the ‘antisocial epidemic’

Justin Olivetti - October 25, 2016 0

The announcement of Final Fantasy XIV's second expansion, Stormblood, is sure to inject more life and excitement into this beloved MMORPG. A couple of...