Category: Final Fantasy XIV News
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Final Fantasy XIV – Stormblood Launch Issues Blamed on Ongoing DDoS Attack
According to a new post on the Final Fantasy XIV site, it appears that the rocky launch of Stormblood came as a result of a third party DDoS attacks that are still underway. The team has been trying to get on top of the attack, but the methods have bee…
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Final Fantasy XIV – YoshiP on Duty World Issues in NA
A pair of issues have cropped up on North American servers and Game Director Yoshida has gone on record via the Final Fantasy XIV forums to let players know that the team is aware of and working to solve them. The problems are being caused by high stre…
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Final Fantasy XIV – Get On Your Swimsuits, Stormblood EA Begins Tomorrow!
Final Fantasy XIV players with Early Access privileges will be able to dip their proverbial toes in the waters of Stormblood starting on Thursday, June 16th. To help folks better understand what’s coming in the expansion, Square Enix has released the p…
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Final Fantasy XIV – Bonuses for Joining New Worlds Prior to Stormblood Release
Players are being offered incentives to create characters on Omega, the new World on the Chaos data center. These are being offered to help more evenly populate the worlds and to avoid congestion to keep things more enjoyable.
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Final Fantasy XIV – Additional Information About PvP Changes Released
The Final Fantasy XIV site has been updated with a new post from one of the community managers that provides a bit more detail about forthcoming changes to PvP when Stormblood hits.
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Final Fantasy XIV – Square Enix Confirms Talks for Switch & XB1 Versions
Square Enix has confirmed that talks are still ongoing with both Nintendo and Microsoft about bringing Final Fantasy XIV to Switch and XBox One. Naoki Yoshida had spoken in the past about his wish to bring FFXIV to consoles and it seems that this could…
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Final Fantasy XIV – Amazon / FFXIV DLC Campaign to End on May 8th
The current North American promotion between Final Fantasy XIV and Amazon.com will be ending on May 8th. During this give away event, NA FFXIV account holders who spend $19.99 or more in the video category at Amazon will receive a special code that can…
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Final Fantasy XIV – Stormblood Pre-Order Bonuses Revealed
The Final Fantasy XIV site has been updated with a visual preview of the Stormblood pre-order bonuses for the Standard Edition. These include the “Wind-Up” Red Mage Minion, Ala Mhigan Earrings that come along with some stat and XP bonuses and the PlayS…
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Final Fantasy XIV – Checking to See if Your System Can Run Stormblood
If you’re wondering if your system is up to the task of Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood, you need wonder no longer. The official site has been updated with a benchmark page with a special tool to download and run to see if things will be ready to go come…
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Final Fantasy XIV – NA Realms to Come Down for Data Center Move in May
Final Fantasy XIV North American servers will be coming down for extended maintenance to facilitate servers being moved to a new data center. As a result, some servers will be down for 48 hours, others for twenty-four. Due to the move, subscriptions wi…