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 Daily Grind: Which MMOs begin as they mean to go on?
In Eliot's open letter to new players and vets of Final Fantasy XIV last month, he noted that Final Fantasy XIV's endgame is not...
Wisdom of Nym: A look at Trusts in Final Fantasy XIV before Endwalker
Trusts are simultaneously one of the most important and most invisible features of Shadowbringers on a whole. A whole lot of work goes into...
Final Fantasy XI announces its September update and continues its anniversary interviews
It's the start of September, and that means Final Fantasy XI fans know it's just about time for the game's next version update to arrive...
Final Fantasy XIV posts another anniversary story while scheduling its next live letter
The celebration of Final Fantasy XIV's eighth anniversary in fiction continues to roll on with a new side story for players to enjoy. This...
Global Chat: Returning to Guild Wars 2
Guild Wars 2's new (old) leadership, uptick in communication, and upcoming expansion have a lot of MMO players returning to the game lately --...
Final Fantasy XIV shows you how to make its 8-year anniversary cake in painstaking detail
As part of the celebration for Final Fantasy XIV's eight-year celebration, celebrity baker Kim-Joy took the time to create an elaborate cake including cactuars, fat...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida reflects on the progress of the game in a new interview
The release date of Endwalker comes ever closer, and that means Final Fantasy XIV fans are eager for every scrap of information available about the game......
Wisdom of Nym: What will Final Fantasy XIV do for melee damage dealers in Endwalker?
This particular role is the easiest one to fill up whenever there's any column about the various roles getting stuff added in Final Fantasy XIV....
Final Fantasy XI interviews Yosuke Saito and prepares an equipment boosting campaign
The features on Final Fantasy XI's wide-ranging anniversary site We Are Vana'diel have continued to show up in bits and pieces, and the latest installment...
Final Fantasy XIV kicks off its anniversary fiction with Tales from the Twilight
Today marks the eight-year anniversary of Final Fantasy XIV's successful relaunch, and that means celebration. The obvious in-game celebration is the Rising event, of course,...
Final Fantasy XIV sets the entire Aether data center to congested
The massive influx of players in Final Fantasy XIV has continued unabated, prompting another update from producer and director Naoki Yoshida regarding the situation....
Final Fantasy XI offers players a shot at the Shadowlord’s swords
Is it fair that the Shadowlord in Final Fantasy XI gets to have cool swords you don't have immediate access to? No. It is...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s cash shop and the existential horror of monetization
The fact that there's a cash shop in Final Fantasy XIV is something that is absolutely impossible to discuss in a value-neutral fashion. Simply...
One Shots: Catniss Everkeen
"The true endgame of FFXIV is fashion, but in the process of documenting my many many glamours sometimes I get a cool action shot,"...
Final Fantasy XIV brings back The Rising for its eighth anniversary on August 27
Another year of operation is moving into the rear-view mirror for Final Fantasy XIV, and that means another iteration of The Rising coming around...
Global Chat: Hitting that endgame wall in MMOs
MMO blogger Digital Visceral recently wrote about a situation that many of us encounter in our games: Hitting that max level and feeling at...
Final Fantasy XIV plans a stress test for the Japanese data centers… but not North America or Europe
Ahead of the release of the Endwalker expansion, Final Fantasy XIV's staff wants to make sure that the game's servers are up for the...
Wisdom of Nym: What will Final Fantasy XIV add to its healers in Endwalker?
Here's an interesting facet to consider: Unlike most of the other entries in this Wisdom of Nym series about Endwalker speculation, this one isn't...
The Daily Grind: Is the MMO industry a zero-sum game?
A while back I spied a thread on the MMORPG subreddit that was lamenting the fact that Final Fantasy XIV has been blowing up....
Final Fantasy XI has kicked off its Return to Vana’diel and discount campaigns
Why not come back to Final Fantasy XI? The developers will be your friends! Well, maybe that's a bit far to go, but it's...
