final fantasy xiv

We've known this for a few days. recently the Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy concert was held in Rosemont, Illinois. Two Final Fantasy XIV (FFXIV) tracks were revealed called Twilight over Thanalan and Beneath Bloody Borders. The concert played both songs back to back seamlessly and it...

Square Enix president outlines move to outplay Blizzard’s dominant MMO. Square Enix is positioning Final Fantasy XIV as a serious rival to Blizzard’s World of Warcraft series, company president Yoichi Wada has revealed. In an interview with Develop, Wada disclosed the full extent of Square...

Reported last night, two of the songs from Square Enix's upcoming MMORPG, Final Fantasy XIV, were revealed at the Distant Worlds: music from Final Fantasy concert in Rosemont, Illinois. The names of the two songs are Twilight over Thanalan and Beneath Bloody Borders. Both songs were played...

As all of you know Final Fantasy XIV will be an online game just like it's predecessor Final Fantasy XI. I have been looking up more info on Final Fantasy XIV when I ran across this statement on IGN during a press conference. Also, on Eurogamer, during a video interview posted by Famitsu...

When we heard about Final Fantasy XIV earlier this year, we idly wondered if the game would actually be on store shelves in the US about the same time as Final Fantasy XIII. After all, FFXIII had a June 21, 2010 release according to GameStop (although we still believe it'll launch sooner)...

Square Enix’s Hiromichi Tanaka has revealed to Game-Watch that the beta for Final Fantasy XIV will be a Windows only affair. The director for the MMO revealed that the beta will be closed at first and won’t be continuous, as the development team want to monitor things that are going on in the...

I found this new trailer on the official Final Fantasy XIV website. It's a brand new trailer from Tokyo Game Show 2009. http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/

The Nintendrone has gotten their hands on some supposedly leaked FFXIV information from this weeks Famitsu. This hasn't been 100% confirmed, but let's hope it's real. Rumors should always be taken with a grain of salt. We'll have the actual magazine translated as soon it's released in Japan...

Gametrailers has published two videos where they interview Hiromichi Tanaka and Sage Sundi. We do not learn a lot of new information, but it's always very nice to see yet another interview. Video 1 Talks mostly about how they are only focusing on PvE at this time. Basically they feel PvP...

Final Fantasy XIV producer Hiromichi Tanaka has said to VG247 that the MMO’s level system, similar to that of Ultima Online, will “make sense” to players when the game launches next year. “From MMO history, from the beginning, [games like] Ultima Online had a similar, skill-based system, so we...

Surnames may be introduced help character name transfers between Final Fantasy XI and Final Fantasy XIV, producer Hironichi Tanaka told VG247 in Cologne two weeks ago. “We’re trying to find a way so people can transfer their names to FFXIV. However, for FFXI we had 32 worlds, and each...

Final Fantasy XIV world Eorzea will have it’s own religion, producer Hiromichi Tanaka told VG247 at GamesCom earlier this month. “It will have its own religion. It’ll be a really unique type of world,” said Tanaka of the MMO. He added: “This time with the world of Eorzea, what we’re trying...

Final Fantasy XIV producer Hiromichi Tanaka has told VG247 he’s thrilled famed composer of previous FF musical scores Nobuo Uematsu has taken on the game’s full soundtrack. “Yes, very pleased,” he said when asked if he’s happy Uematsu’s on board for the MMO. “I’ve been working with Uematsu...

Final Fantasy XIV will have a monthly subscription model when it releases next year. That’s according to producer for the MMO, Hiromichi Tanaka, who was speaking to VG247 at GamesCom. “It’s going to be 30 days-based subscription,” said Tanaka. The game is due in 2010 for PS3 and PC, but don’t...

Square Enix’s Global Online Producer Sage Sundi recently confirmed to OneLastContinue that Final Fantasy XIV Online will support cross-platform interactivity for players. This means that both PlayStation 3 and PC users will be able to interact with each other across the different platforms. The...

The Final Fantasy XIV beta could be with us (or someone, somewhere in the world) inside 2009, according to the game's producer Hiromichi Tanaka. Asked about the beta by PlayStation Blog, Tanaka went all vague but did offer up the possibility that it could come this year, saying, "We can’t...

Can you clarify information on how the job system will work in Final Fantasy XIV? Hiromichi Tanaka: Actually, this time, it’s not going to be called the job system, it’s called an armoury system, which is going to really depend on which weapon you’re using. You skill up that weapon, and you’re...

Ongoing discussions with Microsoft about how Final Fantasy XIV is to work with Xbox Live are partly to blame for the lack of announced 360 version, producer Hiromichi Tanaka told VG247 at GamesCom today. “FFXI for 360; at that point PS2 didn’t have a hard disc [and] that was really difficult...

This is from the Gamescon event in Cologne. The title is self-explanatory. Check out the video here. Love it or hate it? My reaction was just "meh".

Taken from Massively. We're very happy with all this Final Fantasy XIV news lately, and at the same time are fairly amazed it keeps coming so rapidly. First it was the removal of levels and experience, then info on the new race names and jobs. Now, Square Enix has updated the official website...