Category: Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn News

From now through December 31st, players whose Final Fantasy XIV accounts have lapsed for one reason or another are being invited back for free. Qualified accounts will be able to spend up to 96 hours in FFXIV to check out all of the new content.

Are exploration missions in FFXIV fun? Or is the fun being optimized out of the experience? Let’s take a look.

The Final Fantasy XIV site has been updated with the news that the v3.1 "As Goes Light, So Goes Darkness" update is now live across all platforms. In addition, Square Enix has published the final patch notes that can be seen on the official site.

With the next big game update less than a week away, the Final Fantasy XIV team wants to give players a look at some of the amazing shinies that will drop for defeating Minstrel’s Ballad: Thordan’s Reign.

Square Enix has unveiled the newest trailer for Final Fantasy XIV that paves the way for the release of the v3.1: As Goes Light, So Goes Darkness update. The trailer gives a nugget-sized visual of the most prominent new features including exploratory missions, the Gold Saucer: Lord of the Vermilion, Pharos Sirius hard mode and more. Check it out!

There are two brand new dungeons coming with FFXIV’s patch 3.1. Today, Square Enix pulled back the curtains on them both to give players a taste of what’s to come.

The Final Fantasy XIV team has announced that the annual autumn celebration, All Saint’s Wake, will begin on Thursday, October 22nd and will run through Wednesday, November 4th. The celebration includes a special series of quests from an investigator in the Adventurers’ Guild with players able to score themed items including a mount, armor and more.

The Final Fantasy XIV site has been updated with a new preview of the main story scenario that players will find when the v3.1 "As Goes Light, So Goes Darkness" update goes live in less than a month. In addition, a small preview of the Void Ark 24-player raid has been published.

MMOGames has a nice write up of the recent Final Fantasy XIV presentation during the Tokyo Games Show. During the panel, the team revealed the first details about what players can expect with the v3.1 update called "As Goes Light, So Goes Darkness".

This year at PAX Square Enix made available Masayoshi Soken to the press. Read on to find out what he had to say to Rob Lashley about being the Sound Director for one of the most iconic RPG franchises in video game history.