Studio:Â Square Enix
Launch Date: September 30, 2010; relaunched August 27, 2013
Genre:Â Fantasy Hybrid Themepark
Business Model:Â Subscription (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC, PS3, PS4
final fantasy xiv
Official Site:Â Final Fantasy XIV
Studio:Â Square Enix
Launch Date: September 30, 2010; relaunched August 27, 2013
Genre:Â Fantasy Hybrid Themepark
Business Model:Â Subscription (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC, PS3, PS4
Studio:Â Square Enix
Launch Date: September 30, 2010; relaunched August 27, 2013
Genre:Â Fantasy Hybrid Themepark
Business Model:Â Subscription (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC, PS3, PS4
The Rising returns to Final Fantasy XIV for three years of operation
August 27th will mark three years since Final Fantasy XIV's successful relaunch, and it should come as no surprise that the game is celebrating...
Final Fantasy XIV eases weapon requirements with patch 3.38
How's your weaponry looking in Final Fantasy XIV? Could it use a bit of an upgrade? The small patch that just dropped won't inherently...
Wisdom of Nym: Three years since Final Fantasy XIV’s relaunch
When the last anniversary rolled around, we were coming off of an expansion launch for Final Fantasy XIV, one of the smoothest launches I...
The MOP Up: EverQuest II says hello to Kunark (August 21, 2016)
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...
Wisdom of Nym: What I’d like to see (and probably won’t) in the next Final Fantasy XIV expansion
One of the things I do in this column, at times, is stomp on dreams. It's not really an intended function, but it's one...
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMORPG soundtracks
MOP's Justin Olivetti created the music-centered Jukebox Heroes column back on Massively-that-was and brought it along to us here, and to this day it's...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s seasonal events, dungeon mining, and leaving Eorzea
Not every topic that I can talk about in this column is actually a good column topic because some stuff just... isn't robust enough.
I'm...
Final Fantasy XIV releases its first short story for its third anniversary
It's something of a tradition now for Final Fantasy XIV to release short fiction around the time of its anniversary. As the third anniversary...
Massively Overthinking: One more chance for WoW Legion?
The World of Warcraft subreddit went nuts this week over a response to a player who told Blizzard that it had "one more chance... again"...
Black Desert players explode over plan to allow cash shop items on the in-game market
Did you hear that noise? It's the sound of Black Desert players flipping tables. "Game went from FFXIV to ArcheAge in span of 2...
Perfect Ten: The ten things I look forward to with MMO launches
It's not long now until World of Warcraft: Legion launches, which is all that I've been waiting for now for a while. Sure, technically...
Battle Bards Episode 79: Combat music
Ready to battle it out more than usual? The Battle Bards are cranking up the combat tunes from MMORPGs today, inviting all sorts of...
Daring! Moonfire Faire returns to Final Fantasy XIV; the pose of a lifetime ensues!
The Moonfire Faire is returning to Final Fantasy XIV once again, but as veterans of the game know by now, these festivals never go...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV and the weirdness of Yo-kai Watch
The fact that Final Fantasy XIV has now officially had a crossover with Yo-kai Watch feels rather odd to me. I'm honestly not a...
The Daily Grind: How important are MMORPG playerbase metrics to you?
While playing Overwatch with guildies the other night, my husband turned to me with a hypothetical. The guys were speculating on World of Warcraft's...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 75: Future oracles
Justin and Bree discuss WoW, Guild Wars 2, Shards Online, LOTRO & DDO, FFXIV, Black Desert, and more, with a mailbag question on boosting GW2 characters.
Final Fantasy XIV kicks off a five-day login campaign
Have you stepped away from Final Fantasy XIV for a bit? That's understandable. There are a lot of games out there to play, after...
Wisdom of Nym: Speculating about leveling in Final Fantasy XIV’s future
Speculating about the next Final Fantasy XIV expansion is something that I engage in quite a bit, but the fact is that there's an...
One Shots: Strange voyages
As cool and iconic that Star Trek ships look, I've always thought they also came across as fragile, with pieces sticking out here and...
Final Fantasy XIV kicks off a Yo-kai Watch crossover on July 26th
At first glance, Final Fantasy XIV and Yo-kai Watch seem to be two tastes that go together like peanut butter and mayonnaise. But they're...
