Our latest coverage of Final Fantasy XI.
After more than fifteen years working on Final Fantasy XI—five of which he spent as the game's Director—Mizuki Ito is leaving the game behind. According to Ito, the game is "one of the hallmark moments of [his] career." From here, he wants to "watch over FINAL FANTASY XI as one of its biggest fans." According to the announcement, he officially [...]
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Square-Enix will be holding a Vana'Diel Reentry Campaign for Final Fantasy XI from March 25th to March 29th. During this time, all previous players with lapsed subscriptions and active Final Fantasy XI service accounts will be allowed to play for free. However, it appears that this event is being held primarily to entice console players to switch to PC. For [...]
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With the end of Final Fantasy XI's core story having launched last November and a new mobile version of the game set to release later this year, one had to wonder what the game's future looked like. While the PC version of the game will continue to live on—with monthly updates, no less—support for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360 [...]
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Valve may have single-handedly ruined the concept of Steam sales by removing daily and flash sales, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still get a ton of games and their DLC at great prices. Today, we have a gigantic list of all the great sales going on in the MMO genre. Buy-To-Play and Subscription MMORPGs The Black Watchmen Season One is [...]
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Square-Enix have unveiled a new trailer for Final Fantasy XI's November update that shows off what players can expect to hit live servers this month. "The grand tale of Vana'diel is complete at last," the trailer boasts. As an adventurer, you must choose what happens once "the last thread of fate is spun." This update introduces a new area, Reisenjima, [...]
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A staple of traditional MMORPG combat is the use of a large number of buttons. More recent games, such as TERA, Skyforge, and Elder Scrolls Online. have streamlined the system down to a core set of skills—closer to those of MOBAs—but they also make use of action combat systems. More traditional MMORPG combat systems still maintain hotbars of ten [...]
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Fantasy MMORPG, Final Fantasy XI, has announced that the second chapter of Rhapsodies of Vana'diel. This chapter is part of the final saga that marks the end of major content updates for the thirteen year old game, and will attempt to bring together the stories of all of the previous content updates. The new update is scheduled to launch in August. Final [...]
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Square Enix has announced the start of the final act of Final Fantasy XI's storyline after nearly 13 years of updates. The first chapter of Rhapsodies of Vana'diel is set to run from now until Friday, May 30th and features a ton of campaigns along with double exp and capacity. FINAL FANTASY XI - Seekers of Adoulin TrailerWatch this video [...]
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