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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The Game Awards 2022: Blue Protocol, Diablo IV, Wayfinder, Nightingale, Dune Awakening
We've updated with all the big news and trailers now - scroll down to the end for the announcements! Original post follows.
Gamers who aren't...
Final Fantasy XIV brings the Starlight Celebration to light once again through December 31
Increasingly, Final Fantasy XIV is allowing players to ride literally anything and everything that might look vaguely ride-worthy. By this point you could easily...
Vague Patch Notes: MMO design is not value-neutral
It's rare for me to find myself actively yelling at my computer screen while watching something, but it does happen every so often. The...
End-of-year Eleven: The healthiest live MMOs at the end of 2022
When you're investing a whole lot of time and (potentially) money into MMORPGs, you want to make sure that your game isn't going belly-up...
Final Fantasy XIV kicks off a new Moogle Treasure Trove event on December 12
Are you waiting for Final Fantasy XIV's upcoming patch 6.3 but feel like you have nothing to do in the interim? Are you dejectedly...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s narrative misfires
Everyone either accepts at this point that Final Fantasy XIV has an excellent story or has decided to die on the hill of insisting...
The MOP Up: Another look back at Final Fantasy XI’s history
Final Fantasy XI continued its series of retrospective interviews, this time sitting down with former GM Toshio Murouchi to talk about the history and...
Massively Overthinking: The best MMO music of 2022
Years ago, MOP's Justin listened to hundreds - no, probably more like thousands - of MMO music tracks to narrow this topic down to...
The Daily Grind: What was the most important innovation in MMOs in 2022?
In years past, we've asked about the most innovative MMO, which is honestly too vague a question to be useful. For today's Daily Grind,...
Wisdom of Nym: Thematic discussion of Final Fantasy XIV’s first major story arc
Let's start with something straightforward: Everyone who wants to hop down to the comments to state that you don't care about story in an...
One Shots: Watch out below!
Hey guy? Yeah, you might want to move a scootch to the left there. Little more. There, you got it. Now you're not about...
Final Fantasy XI brings the Alter Ego Extravaganza around once again
These days, a lot of the content you explore in Final Fantasy XI will be done with alter egos, because Trust magic has become...
The Game Archaeologist: Wizardry Online, the short-lived permadeath MMO
While the Wizardry series may not have the cultural cache that Ultima or Final Fantasy ended up with, nevertheless the dungeon crawling RPG series...
Massively Overthinking: The best cooking in MMORPGs
You probably thought tonight's Massively Overthinking would have a gratitude theme, what with the holiday and all. Nope, not this time, although it's sort...
Naoki Yoshida thanks the players for FFXIV’s Golden Joystick award for Best Community
It's the time of year when game awards are held, and the Golden Joystick Awards have already offered up some winners. One such winner...
Steam’s autumn sale is live now through November 29 – here are a few MMOs with good deals
Like clockwork, the autumn Steam sale has returned for the gaming world with deals just in time for Thanksgiving or Black Friday or Small-Business...
Wisdom of Nym: What’s the future of Final Fantasy XIV’s story arcs?
In August of 2013, the Final Fantasy XIV relaunch happened and did basically every thing you should not do with any sort of long-format...
One Shots: I just got catfished
Catfishing used to be a delectable activity. Then the internet came along, and it turned into something dark and sinister. So let's applaud Final...
Massively Overthinking: Changing ‘mains’ in MMOs
When I first started MMOs, the idea of mains and alts was bizarre to me. Why would I spend time on a second character...
MMOs and MMORPGs fill several voting categories at this year’s Game Awards
While many of the categories that fans can vote on in this year's Game Awards certainly skew towards some of the heavy-hitting single-player titles...
