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

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Perfect Ten: The biggest MMO surprises of 2019

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After 10 years of covering MMORPG news, I can assure you that I am still fired up to keep doing this. One of the...
The most wonderful sound.

Wisdom of Nym: Blue Mage in Final Fantasy XIV and what the update needs to deliver

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The funny thing about Blue Mage in Final Fantasy XIV right now is that the only people still really mad about it are... the...

MassivelyOP’s 2019 MMO swag gift guide

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The Black Friday is upon us! (Angels and ministers of grace defend us!) Outside there are winter storms, flu viruses, and holiday traffic. But...
We handled this.

Massively Overthinking: Gratitude for the MMO genre

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Thanksgiving conveniently falls on a Thursday every year, which means it's the perfect topic for our regular Thursday Massively Overthinking roundtable. I've asked our writers what they're grateful for in and around the MMO genre the last couple of years - and now we're gonna do it again.
Full of sound and fury. Sadly.

Global Chat: Remembering the MMO fallen

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A discussion chain has been rippling across the MMO blogosphere as of late, with writers reminiscing about online games that have lived and died...
Big hall.

Final Fantasy XIV’s next Letter from the Producer is set for December 13

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If you're ready to start hearing about Final Fantasy XIV patch 5.2 already, mark your calendars for December 13th. That's when producer and director...
DULL SURPRISE

The Soapbox: Cross-play, console exclusivity, and why companies won’t play nice

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Let me tell you something: As the columnist who writes about Final Fantasy XIV I am so damn tired of hearing about crossplay. Seriously. Just so...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 248: Saying farewell to Aradune

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Bree and Justin mourn Brad McQuaid, dip into Guild Wars 2, side-eye Stadia, imagine 20 more years of LOTRO, and enjoy watching EVE Online and Star Citizen's cons fight. Plus we tackle two mailbag questions about MMO genre positivity and playing solo in MMOs.
Kershadow

Wisdom of Nym: What we still don’t know about Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers

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Ah, the grand world of the known unknowns! We're only one patch into this particular expansion, but there's still plenty of stuff to speculate...

Square Enix has begun issuing bans to Final Fantasy XIV dataminers

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How do you feel about dataminers? If you're within the Final Fantasy XIV community, you likely know that datamining is against the terms of...

One Shots: If it doesn’t have a tail, it’s not a monkey

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No lie, when I had pulled up this screenshot from reader Vincent, I happened to be listening to "Big Ape City" from Donkey Kong...
kaboom

Naoki Yoshida hopes to have Final Fantasy XIV on the PlayStation 5

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Let's get one thing out of the way right away: At this point, there's no confirmation that Final Fantasy XIV will be available on...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 247: Shopping for MMO guilds

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Justin and Bree discuss Dark Age of Camelot, Path of Exile, DDO, WoW Classic, FFXIV on Xbox One, and Anthem, with a sponsored segment on Kingdom Under Fire 2, and mailbag topics on the feel of old MMOs and shopping for guilds.

The Stream Team: Dancing through some dailies in Final Fantasy XIV

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MassivelyOP's Chris just has to dance. Don't worry, he's not actually going to be on camera and dancing -- nobody wants or needs to...
This is who we were.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s Ishgard restoration after the first phase

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The biggest thing that disappointed me about the Ishgard restoration in Final Fantasy XIV was when it was clarified pretty early on that we...

Battle Bards Episode 156: Feeling blue

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Is blue a color? An emotion? A song? An overused alien skin tone? One thing is for certain: Blue shows up an awful lot...

Global Chat: EverQuest II’s 15 years of being in WoW’s shadow

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For just a few short weeks of its now 15-year lifespan, EverQuest II existed apart from a launched World of Warcraft. Then late November...

One Shots: The miseries of camping

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Isn't camping wonderful? Reconnecting with nature, smelling like smoke, and sleeping with a canvas wall between you and predators? Obviously, it's not for everyone,...
Gleam.

The Daily Grind: Are ‘limited’ MMO classes a good idea?

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Ever since its introduction into Final Fantasy XIV, the Blue Mage class has proved divisive among the community as a "limited" class. The thought...
If you come to San Francisco...

Final Fantasy XIV is coming to Xbox One, Microsoft’s Phil Spencer vows

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At the London Microsoft presser today, Square Enix announced a crapton of its games are headed to Xbox Game Pass. None of them is...

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