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
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Storyboard: Pros and cons for scripted narrative stories in MMOs
Last week, we looked at the pros and cons for stories in MMOs that were purely player-driven, or at least using player actions and...
Final Fantasy XIV forces a cluster of NA servers into emergency maintenance thanks to cross-server issues
Yesterday's 24-hour maintenance for North American servers of Final Fantasy XIV has run into something of a hiccup; while the game itself is very...
Final Fantasy XI’s April update digest contains valuable extra information about the game’s future plans
The latest version update for Final Fantasy XI has arrived, and it also contains some pretty useful information for fans looking to learn more...
Final Fantasy XIV adjusts PvP mechanics and adds weapon rewards for patch 6.38
Today, you are not playing Final Fantasy XIV. The game is down for maintenance all day. But tomorrow, you can go back into the...
Wisdom of Nym: What we know so far about Final Fantasy XIV patch 6.4, the Dark Throne
I realize this means more to me than it does literally anyone reading this, but gosh, Square-Enix has gotten kind of terrible at dealing...
How Final Fantasy XIV’s localization improved after the relaunch
The Final Fantasy XIV localization has a distinct character to it, part of what makes the story and its characters so memorable for fans....
Final Fantasy XIV is delivering patch 6.4, The Dark Throne, in late May
There's no ambiguity about the next trial for Final Fantasy XIV - in patch 6.4, The Dark Throne, players will be kicking the heck...
Massively Overthinking: The dumbest conversations in your main MMO’s general chat
Last week, in a thread about one of Diablo IV's many rivals, MOP commenter Greaterdivinity noted that chat in the game was exhausting because...
Vague Patch Notes: Can anyone really cover games objectively when there’s suffering built-in to them?
In July of 2021, we started a roundup tag in our tag cloud that most of us probably didn't expect to still be using...
Final Fantasy XI previews its smaller April version update
With the changing of producers from Akihiko Matsui to Yoji Fujito, Final Fantasy XI fans were told to expect that the game's monthly version...
Choose My Adventure: Neverwinter’s Bard rocks
Neverwinter is another one of those MMORPGs that I just put on the shelf and walked away from after being generally bored by it....
Wisdom of Nym: Recurring Final Fantasy XIV systems we could probably get rid of
At this point, Final Fantasy XIV has had a long time to get into a pretty reliable cadence that has not changed substantially beyond...
Final Fantasy XIV brings back its free login campaign and hands out the Stormblood expansion for a limited time
Are you a lapsed Final Fantasy XIV player who is looking for some free login time? Or perhaps you're looking to buy the game's...
One Shots: Finding Mister Easter bunny
Legend goes that if you listen carefully for the thump-thump-thump of its padded feet... if you look for the bright splashes of color hidden...
PAX East 2023: Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida teases crossover with Final Fantasy XVI
With Final Fantasy XVI on the way, it makes logical sense that people would ask producer and director Naoki Yoshida if Final Fantasy XIV would...
Vague Patch Notes: The objective truth of ‘objectivity’ in games journalism
All right, folks, real talk: Originally there was going to be a much more sober and depressing column this week, but then this week...
Massively Overthinking: The times MMO developers admitted they were… wrong
Earlier in March, Jagex did the unthinkable for an MMORPG company: It admitted it was wrong about something. If you're used to the Blizzards...
Wisdom of Nym: What will a new producer mean for Final Fantasy XI?
So we were pretty surprised yesterday when Square-Enix announced Akihiko Matsui would step away as the producer of Final Fantasy XI after a decade...
Final Fantasy XI producer Akihiko Matsui passes the torch to Yoji Fujito
After a decade of leading the team behind Final Fantasy XI, producer Akihiko Matsui announced today that he will be stepping down from his...
Final Fantasy XIV will be offline for 24 hours next week for NA data center upgrades
Nobody panic: Final Fantasy XIV is upgrading data center hardware for North American players, which is going to entail a hefty chunk of downtime...
