Category: Final Fantasy XIV News
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Final Fantasy XIV – Celebrating XI’s 15th Anniversary with the Maiden’s Rhapsody Collab Event
The Final Fantasy XIV site has been updated with a note to let players know that a collaborative event is going to be held in game to celebrate Final Fantasy XI’s 15th Anniversary. Called the Maiden’s Rhapsody, the event begins today. During the event,…
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Final Fantasy XIV – Patch 4.15 Previewed – Includes New PvP Encounter Rival Wings
The Final Fantasy XIV Lodestone has been updated with a brief peek at a pair of new features coming with the v4.15 update that is “right around the corner”. Rival Wings is a new PvP encounter “on the forgotten fringes of the Dravanian hinterlands”. Jud…
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Final Fantasy XIV – All Saints’ Wake to Provide Thrills, Chills & Fuzzy Outfits Beginning October 19th
The annual Final Fantasy XIV event, All Saints’ Wake, is scheduled to kick off on October 19th and run through November 1st. Players will be able to participate in special events starting with the “It’s Probably Pirates” quest. From the official litera…
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Final Fantasy XIV – Naoki Yoshida Apologizes to Players for Recent Housing Snafu & RMT Transaction Discovery
Final Fantasy XIV Game Director Naoki Yoshida has taken to the game’s forums to apologize to players for the recent snafu with the patch 4.1 housing area of Shirogane. He states that he and his team have have “received a great deal of feedback regardin…
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Final Fantasy XIV – Patch 4.1 ‘The Legend Returns’ Finally Arrives
Final Fantasy XIV has been updated with v4.1: The Legend Returns. The patch contains a number of new quests, a treasure hunt, a new housing area, improvements to PvP, new items, guildleves, and other, smaller updates. In addition, several performance u…
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Final Fantasy XIV – A Growing Subscription Base to Rival WoW’s Heyday & F2P ‘Could’ Happen
In a new interview at GamesIndustry.biz, Final Fantasy XIV director Naoki Yoshida has revealed some interesting tidbits about the game’s player base and its overall health. While no firm current subscription numbers are stated, Yoshida does say that “o…
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Final Fantasy XIV – Patch 4.1 Teaser Site Updated with New Info About Rival Wings, Hildibrand & Shinryu’s Domain
The Final Fantasy XIV site has been updated with some new information about patch 4.1. Several sections received an update including The Minstrel’s Ballad: Shinryu’s Domain, updated PvP information in Rival Wings where players “control mighty machines …
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Final Fantasy XIV – Interview Teaser – ‘Booze & Drugs Were Added to FFXIV to Give Adventurers a Way to Unwind’
In tomorrow’s second half of our Final Fantasy XIV interview with Square Enix’s Koji Fox, we’ll learn that the team wanted players to have a more “adult” experience while playing the game and that adding drugs and booze as a way to unwind was integral …
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Final Fantasy XIV – FFXIV Community Scores Big with $21k Raised for Charity
The Final Fantasy XIV community has done an amazing thing for disaster relief in raising $21,000. According to a post on the FFXIV forum, “several FFXIV content creators teamed up to host a 12-hour community event to raise funds for hurricane relief ch…
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Final Fantasy XIV – The Rising Returns for FFXIV’s Anniversary
Final Fantasy XIV is celebrating another birthday with the return of The Rising annual event. Players will be able to take part in celebratory events from August 26th through September 14th. Rewards include Wind-Up Lyse, Wind-Up Gosetsu, two orchestrat…