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
Wisdom of Nym: Why I adore Final Fantasy XIV’s Deep Dungeon
Let me start by getting my biggest beef with the Palace of the Dead out of the way right off: I don't like the...
Massively Overthinking: The golden age of MMORPGs
This week's Massively Overthinking is a serious one from our dear Patreon patron Duane. Here's the jumping off point for his topic:
"There has lately...
Final Fantasy XIV bans more than 6,000 accounts for RMT
Making money in Final Fantasy XIV isn't necessarily easy. You have to play the free market quite a bit to acquire large amounts of...
Global Chat: Pokemon GO mania sweeps the world
What became an overnight global phenomenon certainly prompted the MMO blogosphere to talk about their experiences and opinions with Pokémon GO!
To Game for Life...
Final Fantasy XIV hits 6M registered players, patches in the Deep Dungeon
Final Fantasy XIV has now "drawn in over six million cumulative players globally - excluding free trial - in under three years," according to...
Wisdom of Nym: The missteps of Final Fantasy XIV’s main scenario through Heavensward
There are going to be spoilers in this column. Let's make this entirely clear. If you read this column without having finished up Final...
One Shots: Totes adorbs
My call out for favorite fantasy races a while back did spur a few of you to share screenshots depicting your beloved species. Kristina...
Massively Overthinking: What’s never going to happen in your favorite MMO?
Last week's Overthinking question was a very broad one all about genre-wide wishes that go unfulfilled. But what if we drill that down? That's...
Final Fantasy XIV launches patch 3.35 on July 19th
What were you planning on doing on July 19th? Final Fantasy XIV residents are strongly advised to take a trip into the Palace of...
Wisdom of Nym: The fullness of Final Fantasy XIV until October
We know now that patch 3.35 and the Deep Dungeon will be landing on July 19th. That's a little bit later than I had...
One Shots: Victory pose
It's an MMO tradition: When you down a particularly nasty boss, you and your party gathers around the corpse, joins hands, and sings about...
Final Fantasy XIV dives into the Deep Dungeon content
In the South Shroud in Final Fantasy XIV, there is a hole, and inside of the hole there lives unspeakable horror. It's the entry...
Wisdom of Nym: The implications of Final Fantasy XIV’s E3 content
I am honestly fairly sure that I know where the entrance to to the Deep Dungeon will lie when it comes out in July....
The MOP Up: Ingress players show love for Orlando (June 26, 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...
Massively Overthinking: Is every MMORPG with a cash shop pay-to-win?
This week's Massively Overthinking comes to us from one of our dear Patreon Patrons, Duane.
"There seems to be an ever broadening attitude towards what...
Jukebox Heroes: MMO victory fanfares
Interestingly enough, there are a few types of video game music that don't often pop up in MMORPGs for various reasons. One of these...
Perfect Ten: Complaints about Final Fantasy XIV’s Heavensward, one year later
It's hard to believe that it's actually been an entire year since Final Fantasy XIV's first expansion launched. At the time, I played it...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Fan Festival tickets sell out within hours
A year and a half ago, Final Fantasy XIV hosted a fan festival in Las Vegas, and the process for buying tickets was... not...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 3.3 in review, part two
Between all of the stuff in patch 3.3 and the plethora of reveals from this year's E3, my cup runs over with parts of...
Phantasy Star Online 2 reveals the full details of its collaboration with Final Fantasy XIV
Are you eager to play Phantasy Star Online 2? Wait, scratch that; the ship has pretty well sailed on that and most of the...
