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
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
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 Stream Team: Cleaning up a laundry list of tasks in Final Fantasy XIV
MOP's Chris has his own little personal checklist of things to try for in Final Fantasy XIV, and most of those things involve earning...
One Shots: Bumping into an old, old friend
When you log back into an MMORPG after a long time away, that feeling of being an intruding stranger is pretty strong. But you...
Final Fantasy XIV’s next Letter from the Producer LIVE happens late this month
Final Fantasy XIV fans who are knee-deep in the anniversary festivities might have momentarily stopped thinking about the upcoming patch 6.5. But that patch...
Massively Overthinking: Does reused content in MMOs bother you?
One of the big complaints I saw on the Guild Wars 2 subreddit right before Secrets of the Obscure launched was the grump that...
Final Fantasy XIV puts its voice actors to the ultimate test of assembling an anniversary cake
For the eight-year anniversary of Final Fantasy XIV, Square-Enix had Kim-Joy of Great British Bake-Off fame assemble a lovingly crafted and meticulous anniversary cake....
Perfect Ten: Times when MMOs brought about world-shattering cataclysms
The notion of an in-game cataclysm is hardly the sole domain of Activision-Blizzard; on the contrary, large-scale apocalypses pop up all the time in...
Wisdom of Nym: Looking back at a decade of Final Fantasy XIV
When Final Fantasy XIV was first announced, I was still fairly new in my tenure at Massively, but our editor-in-chief at the time was...
The Stream Team: Celebrating 10 years of Final Fantasy XIV ARR
It's not every day you get to have a 10th anniversary, and that's just what Final Fantasy XIV is doing, which naturally means that...
One Shots: The flute that launched an MMO empire
Who would have ever thought that a little girl skipping around looking for her musical instrument would be the gateway to a long-running beloved...
Final Fantasy XIV launches its anniversary stories with a peek back at the first Dragoon
It's Final Fantasy XIV anniversary time, and players know that means anniversary stories are coming to the game's official site. And we've already got...
Final Fantasy XIV details the rewards and new lore coming with the Rising event on August 27
So it turns out that Final Fantasy XIV's rising event which starts on August 27th will not, in fact, allow players to ride on...
Massively Overthinking: What makes you embarrassed to be an MMORPG player?
A week or two ago, the MOP writers were chatting about people flipping tables over River Hobbits in Lord of the Rings Online (sigh)...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s content pipelines and what we’re getting for whom
I don't really pay attention to the gristle mill of reaction videos we get for Final Fantasy XIV because, well, why would I? It's...
The Stream Team: Filling out the Blue Mage spell book in Final Fantasy XIV
MOP's Chris is BLU. No, that doesn't mean he's feeling sad; it means he's playing his Blue Mage class in Final Fantasy XIV, but...
Final Fantasy XIV prepares a dual-pronged event for its 10-year anniversary
You only hit the decade mark once, and Final Fantasy XIV's annual anniversary event is celebrating precisely that. So it makes sense that the...
Massively Overthinking: Do you strive to be ‘rich’ in MMORPGs?
Last week, we did a Daily Grind about living our best lives in MMOs, doing things in video games we wish we could do...
Vague Patch Notes: The shell game of MMO subscriber numbers and player counts
Here is a very reasonable question: How many subscribers does Star Wars: The Old Republic have? Not how many players, but how many subscribers....
Massively OP Podcast Episode 433: Throne & Delay
Justin and Bree discuss Throne & Liberty's delay, WoW's upcoming patch, DDO's mini-expansion, and financial reports for NCsoft, Pearl Abyss, and Square-Enix, with adventures in Palia, LOTRO, New World, and Star Trek Online, plus mailbag topics on rich economy-centric sandboxes and MMOs that need graphical refreshes.
Wisdom of Nym: The unspoken but expected features of Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail
There are a number of features that we know are coming with Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail. Sure, we can all have some fun speculating...
The Stream Team: Facing the Phoenix Riser in Final Fantasy XIV’s Moonfire Faire
The summer season is in full swing in Final Fantasy XIV and that means it's time for the Moonfire Faire! And while MOP's Chris...
