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 Daily Grind: What do you do when you ‘finish’ your main MMO goals?
There's a sense of satisfaction when you wrap up a big set of goals. You're downed the last boss of the last raid tier...
Massively Overthinking: The MMO innovation we long for (or do we?)
This week's Massively Overthinking topic comes from Kickstarter donor BigMikeyOcho, who wants to talk innovation:
"Sometimes when I play MMOs, I get the feeling that I'm...
Massively OP Podcast: Episode 21
Justin and Bree discuss Marvel Heroes, Final Fantasy XIV, RIFT 3.3, WoW's patch cycle, Cabal 2's launch, Skyforge's soft launch, and TERA's update, with mailbag questions on hero picks, names, and character gender options.
The Alexander raid dungeon launches in Final Fantasy XIV
Yesterday, Final Fantasy XIV previewed Alexander; today, the game has patched it in. That's a pretty aggressive patching schedule even with the game's reputation of...
Wisdom of Nym: The leveling dungeons of Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward
Final Fantasy XIV takes you on quite a ride on the way to level 60. There are indisputably fewer dungeons than there are from...
Final Fantasy XIV previews Alexander, claims 5M all-time subs
It might not be your cup of tea, but Final Fantasy XIV is certainly the cup of tea for a large number of MMO...
FFXIV halts sales of Mac client, offers full refunds
Are you a Mac gamer who bought Final Fantasy XIV only to find that your Mac couldn't handle it? I have good news and bad news...
World of Tanks, SWTOR rocketed up the Raptr chart in May
Raptr's most-played games list is out for this past May, and it looks that both World of Tanks and Star Wars: The Old Republic...
Massively OP Podcast: Episode 20
Justin and Eliot discuss FFXIV's Heavensward expansion, Devilian, WoW's 6.2 patch, Anarchy Online's graphics upgrade, WildStar's fall plans, PlanetSide 2's PS4 launch, and some embargoed goodies.
Wisdom of Nym: The 60 climb in Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward
As of this writing, I'm not quite 60 yet in Final Fantasy XIV. Thanks to real life, I'm a bit behind the curve, to...
Final Fantasy XIV puts on a mind-blowing symphony with 143 laptops
What would you do if someone gave you 143 laptops, an MMO, and an automatic piano? How much trouble could you get into?
Square-Enix provided...
Massively OP Podcast: Episode 19
Justin and MJ discuss Marvel Heroes, The Secret World, Ark: Survival Evolved, ArcheAge, and tons of news from E3 on Guild Wars 2's expansion, FFXIV's Heavensward, SWTOR's expansion, Shroud of the Avatar, Torchlight Mobile, and more.
Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward is (almost) a perfect expansion
There are certain phrases you really want to be able to use but don't expect to in a first impressions piece. That headline is...
Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward formally launches today
After months of anticipation for the community, Final Fantasy XIV's first expansion launches today. Heavensward is available now for players who didn't preorder or...
Wisdom of Nym: The highs and lows of Final Fantasy XIV’s early access
Thursday was a long day. So was Friday, but in very different ways.
Playing Final Fantasy XIV over the past few days has been a...
The Game Archaeologist: Seven MMOs operating on borrowed time
Most everyone who knows me well will acknowledge that I'm not generally a cynical, dark person. I'm not rooting for games to fail, for...
Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward starts early access, welcomes back players
Just a heads-up: If you have friends who play Final Fantasy XIV, you may not be seeing them at all today. That's because early...
The Daily Grind: What was the MMO highlight of E3?
The last few years around convention time, I took a moment in The Daily Grind to ponder whether E3 had become irrelevant for MMO...
Why Guild Wars 2’s prepurchase deal has the internet raging
On the surface, ArenaNet killed it at E3, kicking ass with a much-wanted and huge expansion for Guild Wars 2, one of the biggest MMORPGs in...
Perfect Ten: MMO terms that have overstayed their welcome
My original plan for this week - during the few moments that I was capable of coherent speech rather than just babbling about the...
