final fantasy xiv

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

Somewhere, across the sea, somewhere.

Wisdom of Nym: The next stop on Final Fantasy XIV’s magical expansion tour

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The next expansion for Final Fantasy XIV will be announced this year. We all know it. I suppose there's a chance it won't happen,...

FFXIV’s Yoshida remarks on the death of voice actress Sian Blake

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Final Fantasy XIV Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida officially commented on the murder of actress Sian Blake, who voiced Yugiri Mistwalker in the game. "Yesterday,...

The Realm’s creator wants to remake this 20-year-old MMO

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MMO veterans might be familiar with The Realm (also known as The Realm Online), which was one of the first class of graphical online...

Global Chat: Making gaming resolutions

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Do you make New Year's resolutions for gaming? I do and I've seen more than a few bloggers come out in early January to...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 46: The high price of VR

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Justin and Bree discuss the Oculus Rift's pricetag, Marvel Heroes' David Brevik, Divergence Online, Smed on emus, and TUG, with mailbag questions on tstories, MOBAs, and skill trees.

Final Fantasy XIV releases full Heavensward soundtrack next month

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Final Fantasy XIV's soundtrack has been often cited as a favorite element of the MMO and has grown significantly since its initial 1.0 release....
Are you not entertained?

Wisdom of Nym: A musing on malaise in Final Fantasy XIV

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There's no question in my mind that Final Fantasy XIV is still one of my favorite games of all time. It certainly doesn't lack...

Final Fantasy XIV players hold a vigil for Sian Blake in Limsa Lominsa

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Players are holding a vigil following the death of Final Fantasy XIV voice actress Sian Blake (the voice of Yugiri). The vigil is being...
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Final Fantasy XIV devotes a full trailer to Lord of Verminion’s strategic pet battles

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If you've never played Final Fantasy XIV or stopped playing some time ago, you might not be aware of the fact that there's a...

Jukebox Heroes: Six MMO soundtracks that need to be in your collection

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Lately, a friend was asking me where he should start with collecting MMO soundtracks. "Pretty much anywhere and everywhere" was my initial reaction, although...
Good thing kobolds never get boring or annoying!

Final Fantasy XIV voice actress goes missing, possibly murdered

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Tragic news for Final Fantasy XIV fans this afternoon: The BBC is reporting that actress Sian Blake and her two children are believed to...

Jumping onto a Final Fantasy XIV Japanese server can be a culture shock

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Have you ever been curious about how different the Final Fantasy XIV experience is on its native Japanese servers? One English-speaking player decided to...
Myth: Lalafell have to be irritating cutesy-boop piles of crap.

Wisdom of Nym: Elitism and playing properly in Final Fantasy XIV

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There was a thread on the official Final Fantasy XIV forums back about... I want to say a million years ago? Maybe two million?...

The best Massively OP MMORPG streams of 2015

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The number of games our wee little Stream Team covers in the span of a year is staggering. If you ever wanted to know...
Samurai still not confirmed, somehow.

Final Fantasy XIV welcomes players to another year of updates

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It's sometimes difficult to believe that Final Fantasy XIV has been running for five years now in one form or another. A new letter...

Massively Overthinking: The MMO with the brightest future

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Imagine you have a friend who wants to play an MMO but doesn't want to get involved in a game that's in decline or...
All right, the Lopp have some chops here too.

Global Chat: Wrapping up 2015 across the MMORPG blogosphere

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As the final pages turn on 2015, MMO bloggers engage in a favorite pastime of recalling their best and most notable gaming experiences of...

Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR predictions for 2016

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“Difficult to see. Always in motion the future is,” Yoda explained to Luke Skywalker on Dagobah when the boy had a vision of his...
My track record has been pretty good!

Wisdom of Nym: Speculating on Final Fantasy XIV’s 2016

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I have high hopes for 2016. Higher hopes than I did for 2015, at least. 2015 also started out with my being fired for...
Well, that guy sees evil.

Final Fantasy XIV’s new year celebration is all about monkey business

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The new year is nearly upon us, and that means the usual Heavensturn celebration for Final Fantasy XIV. The lore of this year's event...

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