final fantasy

Disambiguation:

Final Fantasy XI, an MMORPG released in 2002
Final Fantasy XIV, an MMORPG released in 2010 and re-released in 2013
Final Fantasy series, a series of video games that began in 1987

Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida on Stormblood’s release, AI issues, and MMO history

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After all this time, I'm sure some of you forgot that my original E3 2017 interview with Final Fantasy XIV's Naoki Yoshida was supposed to...
Book 'em

Wisdom of Nym: Four years since Final Fantasy XIV’s relaunch

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I find it kind of wild to think that when I wrote my last Final Fantasy XIV anniversary column, we hadn't yet actually heard...

Final Fantasy XIV synergizes with Dominos and Netflix, throws a huge Mog Station sale

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Like a mighty team of warriors coming together for a final boss battle, Square Enix has partnered up with some interesting companions to spread...
Options.

Final Fantasy XIV celebrates another anniversary with The Rising

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Once more, a year has passed in Final Fantasy XIV, and once more the Wandering Minstrel is back around to prompt adventurers to join...
Ideas face challenges when born.

Wisdom of Nym: The jobs in the middle of the road in Final Fantasy XIV

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The first time, it was all about the jobs everyone thinks are garbage now. The second time, it was all about the jobs everyone...

One Shots: Hugs not drugs

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This week's edition of One Shots is brought to you by the National Hugs and Fistbumps Council, which recommends that everyone enjoy at least...
Encore, encore.

Final Fantasy XIV plans a 14-hour broadcast for its anniversary

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Another year of Final Fantasy XIV is coming to a close as the game celebrates another anniversary on August 27th. But there's still plenty...

Massively Overthinking: Alone together vs. forced grouping in MMORPGs

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I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume that everyone has at some point seen the xkcd called Isolation, but if not, there...
Horse?

Battle Bards Episode 103: Wurm Online

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You think you’ve heard strange MMORPG soundtracks before, but Wurm Online is about to take you to the odd frontier. With two distinctive soundtracks...
Into the unknown.

Perfect Ten: MMOs obsessed with the floating islands trope

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One of the fun things about this hobby is that certain tropes repeat themselves constantly. And they're usually weirdly specific tropes, too. Poop quests,...
H1Z1

Massively OP Podcast Episode 131: Just surviving

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Justin and Bree cover Guild Wars 2's Path of Fire, LOTRO's Mordor, Final Fantasy XIV's playerbase, Dual Universe's investment, and NCsoft's financials, then interview H1Z1: Just Survive Creative Director Ben Jones.

The PAX West City of Heroes and Ashes of Creation panels are a go

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A few weeks back, we reported on the City of Heroes-themed panel coming to PAX West in Seattle at the beginning of September. With the...
Red means dead.

Wisdom of Nym: The winning jobs in Final Fantasy XIV right now

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Last time around, we looked at the jobs everyone thinks is deep in the loser category in Final Fantasy XIV. Some of them are...
It was a thing.

The Game Archaeologist: EverQuest Online Adventures

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In the pantheon of SOE's (now Daybreak) flagship EverQuest franchise, there used to be a whole family of MMOs gathered around the table every evening....
Dolls!

The Final Fantasy XI mobile version hasn’t died

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You could be forgiven for thinking that the long-awaited mobile version of Final Fantasy XI developed by Nexon had been unceremoniously banished to the...

Massively Overthinking: Is the popularity of small-scale co-op games hurting MMORPGs?

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Gamasutra has an unusual piece from an Ubisoft developer this week arguing that co-op gameplay is the industry's rising midcore trend, one that he...
Ideas face challenges when born.

Wisdom of Nym: Why does Final Fantasy XIV feel so much better now?

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It took me a very long time to cap out everything in Final Fantasy XIV when Heavensward was current. Until the moogle questline was...
With a bullet.

Final Fantasy XIV passes 10 million worldwide players and gets a small patch

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Looking forward to more ranked PvP in Final Fantasy XIV or just the removal of the game's automatic logout? Both of those features have...

The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG for gamers who are sick of raiding?

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In the middle of the conversation spawned by yesterday's financial news that Guild Wars 2 had seen its worst revenue quarter since launch, several...
ANGRY.RAR

Final Fantasy XIV shares its plans for PAX West 2017

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With Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood out and being enjoyed, you might think that the team behind the game would be taking a vacation. Not...

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