Get ready. Screenshot: Square Enix/Kotaku Final Fantasy XIV is so popular that Square Enix stopped selling the game last December. The servers were over capacity, causing long waits and impacting the experience. Now, producer Naoki Yoshida says digital versions of the game will, once again, be available for purchase starting January 25, thanks to beefed …
Being popular isn’t easy. Screenshot: Square Enix/Kotaku Endwalker is Final Fantasy XIV’s biggest expansion yet. Lots of people want to play it. That’s a good thing, yes? Usually! But the servers are getting congested to such a point that Square Enix is temporarily halting digital and retail sales. That’s right, FFXIV is so popular that …
One of the first areas you visit in Final Fantasy XIV’s Endwalker expansion is the tropical island of Thavnair. The locals of Thavnair paint their buildings in bright colors, combinations of blues, reds, yellows, and purples. It’s some of the prettiest scenery I’ve encountered in a video game. Three levels, one twisting dungeon, and a …
Image: Square Enix Popular MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV launched its latest expansion on Friday. Since then, folks have struggled to play due to a huge influx of players, frequent disconnects, and long server queues. To compensate players for all this, Square Enix and FFXIV’s devs have announced a plan to give all players seven free …
Image: Square Enix Final Fantasy XIV might be nearly a decade old (or over a decade old if you count the original version released in 2010) but the MMORPG is more popular than ever. After the early access release of its latest and highly anticipated expansion, Endwalker, FF XIV has set a new record for …
PlayStation®Partner Awards 2021 Japan Asia The PlayStation Partner Awards 2021 Japan Asia will present awards to hit titles sold for the PlayStation, recognizing the creative work of those who made them. This will be the twenty-seventh time for the event to be held since it started as the PlayStation Awards the year after the platform’s …
PARTNER AWARD ■Tales of ARISE(BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc.)■FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE INTERGRADE(SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.)■FINAL FANTASY XIV(SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.)■MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM BATTLE OPERATION２(BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc.)■NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139…(SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.) SPECIAL AWARD ■Apex Legends(Electronic Arts Inc | Respawn Entertainment)■Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin(Edelweiss | Marvelous Inc.)■Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition(CAPCOM Co., Ltd.) Awarded …
For newcomers, Final Fantasy XIV can seem daunting. Not only does the MMO boast a rich world of adventure, sidequests, captivating characters and more, but it comes packaged with extensive control options to help you to interact with it all. The game’s development team has found an elegant solution for controller-favouring players, one that matches …
Image: Square Enix Originally planned to come out later this month, Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker, the Square Enix MMORPG’s biggest expansion to-date, will instead arrive a few weeks later on December 7. That’s because director Naoki Yoshida and the rest of the development team want to launch the new content without breaking the game. Yoshida, …
Oh crap, sorry, I should have told you about the splash zone.Gif: Square Enix / Kotaku The hype for Endwalker’s impending launch recently pushed me back into the arms of Final Fantasy XIV. Instead of doing the smart thing and working my way through the massively multiplayer role-playing game’s litany of main story quests so …