Final Fantasy 14’s Stardew Valley-style Island Sanctuary mode has been revealed in a recent Live Letter stream. Until now, all we knew about the farming simulator-inspired mode is that it would be the place to raise animals, cultivate the earth, and learn to live off the land, all things fans …
Read More »Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker carries Square Enix to a year of improved game sales
Square Enix reported increased profits in its latest financial year, with game sales also seeing a slight but noticeable rise largely thanks to the explosive popularity of Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker. Net sales across all of Square Enix’s divisions increased from 332.5 billion yen last year to 365.2 billion yen …
Read More »Final Fantasy 14s upcoming Letter from the Producer Live show will be on April 1
Square Enix has confirmed the date of Final Fantasy 14’s next Letter from the Producer Live event: April 1, 2022. If you’re an early riser, the presentation will be available on YouTube (opens in new tab) and Twitch (opens in new tab) on April 1 at 4am PDT / 7am …
Read More »Final Fantasy 14 new data centre worlds announced for Summer
Final Fantasy 14 is expanding its North American and European data centres and servers later this year. Earlier today on January 14, Final Fantasy 14 game director Naoki Yoshida published another extensive blog post (opens in new tab), this time delving into detail on the current developments behind the scenes …
Read More »Final Fantasy 14 director addresses “verbal abuses” toward development staff
Final Fantasy 14 director Naoki Yoshida has addressed harassment levelled at development staff and players. Last week, game director and producer Yoshida appeared on a Radio Mog Station broadcast, Square Enix’s online show dedicated to all things Final Fantasy 14. During the segment (which you can see in full over …
Read More »Final Fantasy 14 adds more polygons to grapes, fans despair
Final Fantasy 14 update 6.01 slipped in a devastating change right at the end of the patch notes (opens in new tab): the polygon count of the grapes in Labyrinthos has been updated to match the grapes found at the Crystarium, smoothing over their once gloriously low-poly form. This change …
Read More »Final Fantasy 14 Endwalker preview: the Reaper and Garlemald are the stars of the show
How the hell do you wrap up a cohesive narrative that’s been steaming ahead for over a quarter of my life? That’s the monumental challenge facing the development team behind Final Fantasy 14, as the climactic Endwalker expansion looms large on the horizon next month, heralding an end to the …
Read More »Final Fantasy 14 just ran out of digital copies after a massive spike in players
Final Fantasy 14 is so popular that it just ran out of online PC stock. As you can see from the post below, via official Final Fantasy 14 subreddit, the Square Enix storefront actually sold out of PC versions of the hit MMO this past weekend. We’ve heard of games …
Read More »Final Fantasy XIV finally going pay-to-play next year
Square Enix will begin charging for Final Fantasy XIV subscriptions in early 2012, says the company. After spending more than a year in a seemingly indefinite free-play period, accounts will cost $9.99 per month beginning January 6. This discounted rate will last until Square Enix deploys its version 2.0 update …
Read More »Square Enix determined to redo FFXIV, defends Dragon Quest X
Square Enix’s ambitious Final Fantasy XIV Online has been troubled by delays, poor reviews, fan ire, performance issues and subscriber woes since its inception. Even a dramatic reshuffling of the game’s management team and the introduction of free trials back in December has done little to rejuvenate its tentpole MMO. …
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