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

Battle Bards Episode 146: More vocals

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In another theme sequel, the Battle Bards return to the notion of vocal tracks in MMORPGs. Does singing hold a special place in online...
Town.

Final Fantasy XIV’s last pre-Shadowbringers live letter discusses crafting adjustments and a deep well of spoilers

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Fear not, spoiler-averse Final Fantasy XIV fans, the last pre-expansion live letter was not replete with spoilers. In fact, it actually didn't show a...
It's actually fine.

Wisdom of Nym: Why you should be cautious speculating on Final Fantasy XIV’s expansion balance

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Whew. All right. So we've gotten the media tour information for the next Final Fantasy XIV expansion, and that means that people have gotten to...

The Daily Grind: What was the best MMO-ish reveal or announcement of E3?

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Another E3 has rolled in and rolled out, and it wasn't the worst E3 we've seen in recent years at all. In fact, insofar...
The other side.

Wisdom of Nym: Examining the shocker last line from Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers’ trailer

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Oh dang. I had expected to learn some new things about Shadowbringers this week, maybe the lyrics to the theme song (what I hear doesn't appear...
We know what we know.

Final Fantasy XIV offers a full look at the square of the Crystarium

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Players are going to have a lot of time to pick apart every square ilm of the Crystarium in Final Fantasy XIV once Shadowbringers...
Warping shadow.

E3 2019: Final Fantasy XIV shows off the Shadowbringers launch trailer

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We're going to go ahead and guess that Final Fantasy XIV fans do not need to be brought on board for Shadowbringers at this...
So... we cool, huh? We cool?

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood in review – the final assessment

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Expansion footraces are dumb in a lot of ways. Final Fantasy XIV has two expansions at this point, and the reality is that neither of...

Global Chat: The NecroKitties of Elsweyr

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Raise your hand if you're playing Elder Scrolls Online's newest expansion this week! Elsweyr has drawn many back in to Tamriel with the most...
Hello, peoples.

Final Fantasy XIV details the quality-of-life improvements on the way for Shadowbringers

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A lot of big improvements have arrived in Final Fantasy XIV to make Shadowbringers more fun to play. But there are also a lot of little improvements...

Massively Overthinking: Does the MMO genre have too many games for its own good?

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Last month I saw a video from YouTuber Josh Strife Hayes with an eyebrow-raiser of a thesis: He essentially argues that we have too...
Well, I feel daunted.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 223: Starbase Adrift

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Justin and Bree discuss Worlds Adrift's sunset, ESO Elsweyr's launch, Starbase, FFXIV Shadowbringers, and City of Heroes, with mail on old episodes and WoW Classic blowback.
Mander-mander-mander &c

Final Fantasy XIV reminds everyone to head for the Gold Saucer to Make it Rain on Thursday

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If you're currently knee-deep in the expansion-wait doldrums in Final Fantasy XIV, perhaps gambling to feel a brief thrill will return some of your joie...
There is actually quite a lot of this.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood in review – odds and ends

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The thing about Final Fantasy XIV is that it's big. Really, amazingly big. There's a lot of stuff, and if I wanted to go into...
A bunny must jump.

Final Fantasy XIV offers a pizza discount for Papa John’s pizza through June

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MMO players will forever be haunted by the specter of the /pizza command, especially when games go out of their ways to invite that...

One Shots: Larger than life

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If there is one thing that MMORPGs are able to do regularly and impressively, it is to give us a sense of massive scale....
Story-based.

Final Fantasy XIV is bringing Shadowbringers to E3 2019

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It's less than a month remaining now until early access kicks off for Final Fantasy XIV's third expansion, but eager players who happen to be...
Kick it down the road.

Lawful Neutral: Why Josh Hawley’s lockbox regulation Senate bill is dead-on-arrival

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There's a special place in my heart for lootboxes and exploitative monetization, and that place is somewhere below the revulsion I feel for Martin...

Massively Overthinking: Tackling the ‘big four MMOs’ meme

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Over the last couple of months, there's been a meme floating around the MMORPG subreddit. Someone will ask that the community recommend a game,...
Make it PAIN

Final Fantasy XIV kicks off the Make it Rain campaign on June 6

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The expansion release for Final Fantasy XIV draws ever closer, but there's still time for players to take part in a few more diversions before...

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