Our latest coverage of Final Fantasy XIV.
There are rumors flying about that Square Enix has partnered with Chinese video game giant Tencent to bring Final Fantasy XIV to mobile devices. The rumors were sparked by a report by Niko Partners which lists several games and franchises that have recently been approved by the Chinese government for release in the country. So how do you fit 10 [...]
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While we reported that Final Fantasy XIV's latest expansion failed to hit the 95,102 peak concurrent players from November, 2021 on Steam, the game did hit a new all time peak playerbase across all platforms according to the game's director Naoki Yoshida. On July 4th he said “With your support, we were able to reach a record number of concurrent [...]
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Final Fantasy XIV's early access for its latest expansion kicked off today and with it the game's playerbase surged to nearly an all time high on Steam. The 24 hour peak hit 91,883, a few thousand shy of its 95,102 all time high hit during the covid era. Keep in mind these figures are for Steam players only. The game [...]
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The dawn of a new age in Final Fantasy XIV is close at hand with the Dawntrail reboot expansion set to launch in less than two weeks. In preparation for the expansion’s launch, Square Enix will be taking the game offline for 48 hours, from 2 a.m. PDT on June 26 up until the expansion’s early access launch at 2 [...]
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Playing Final Fantasy XIV is about to get slightly more expensive for some players as Square Enix announces that its imposing a sales tax on monthly subscriptions and all cash shop purchases starting on June 25. The amount that will be tacked on or whether sales taxes will be imposed at all depends on the address that you have on [...]
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We’re still a few months away from the release of Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail, but you can get a feel for the upcoming expansion and check to see if your PC can handle the massive graphical upgrade that comes with it via the official Dawntrail benchmark tool that went live over the weekend. The tool will subject your PC hardware [...]
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It’s been a little over a week since Final Fantasy XIV launched on the Xbox Series X|S and it isn’t going as well as Microsoft would have hoped. Players not only have to jump through a few extra hoops to get it to work on the console, but its native moderation system is also wreaking havoc on the Xbox population. [...]
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The latest expansion for Final Fantasy XIV, titled Dawntrail, will be launching on July 2, 2024 with early access starting on June 28. Preorders begin on March 26 with the collectors edition expected to sell out within minutes. Preordering the regular version of the game grants early access as well as 2 in-game items: Wind-up Zidane minion and Azeyma's Earrings [...]
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With Final Fantasy XIV officially launching on Xbox Series X|S tomorrow, Square Enix has finally clarified how they’ll be handling subscriptions on the Xbox version. According to the studio’s official statement, players will need to purchase a separate copy of the game and a separate subscription for Xbox but won’t be required to have an active Xbox Game Pass subscription [...]
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Final Fantasy XIV is finally coming to Xbox next week and Microsoft is celebrating the occasion by giving away a custom FFXIV-themed Xbox Series X console to one lucky fan. The only drawback is that it doesn’t work and is merely an “art piece” that you can show off to your friends, as revealed in the sweepstake’s fine print. It’s [...]
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