Our latest coverage of Final Fantasy XIV.
Square Enix revealed today at London Fanfest the 1st new playable class in Final Fantasy XIV's DAWNTRAIL expansion. The class is "Viper" and they're a dual wielding melee DPS. Check out the Viper class in-game below: FINAL FANTASY XIV: DAWNTRAIL - New Job: ViperWatch this video on YouTube The "Viper" class is the first of "multiple new jobs" which will [...]
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It’s a big day for the MMORPG community with the release of not one, but two major updates today. Final Fantasy XIV Patch 6.5 is now live with new main story quests, the Lunar Subterrane dungeon, a new Myths of the Realm alliance raid, the Abyssal Fracture trial, and the Singularity Reactor unreal trial. The patch also introduced various tweaks [...]
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Square Enix has released the preliminary patch notes for next week’s Final Fantasy XIV: Growing Light update. The patch notes offer details on the update’s new story quests, side quests, and encounters along with other changes coming to the fantasy MMORPG when Growing Light goes live. Aside from new content, players can also look forward to increased XP gains and [...]
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Final Fantasy XIV patch 6.5 "Growing Light" launches on October 3 with patches 6.51 and 6.55 coming late October and mid-January. While players are excited about the game's next expansion Dawntrail, the game continues to wrap up existing storylines. Growing light introduces new story content, a new trial, a new dungeon, and more. A full list of 6.5 content can [...]
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Heads up Final Fantasy XIV fans! If you’ve been wishing for a tabletop version of the popular MMORPG, Square Enix will be granting your wish as part of A Real Reborn’s 10th anniversary. While it’s going to take a while before you can get your hands on the game, it’s now available for pre-order if you’re interested. “Step into the [...]
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Final Fantasy XIV free trial players who still haven’t committed to the initial buy-in can look forward to getting access to even more free content. Square Enix recently announced its plans to expand the trial to include the full base game as well as the Stormblood and Heavensward expansions when Patch 6.5 comes out in October. The announcement has led [...]
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Final Fantasy XIV is celebrating its 10th anniversary with another anniversary story series called Tales Under the New Moon. The first short story in the series, titled “As Azure Fades”, recounts the story of Ishgard’s first Dragoon, Haldrath, and his death as experienced by Estinien Varlineau in a drunken dream. While it isn’t necessary reading to understand the current plot [...]
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While most Final Fantasy XIV fans are excited for the newly announced expansion, Dawntrail, Endwalker is set to receive patch 6.5 in October and January. The update is titled "Growing Light Revealed" and will include the climax of the Endwalker expansion and pave the road ahead for Dawntrail. Details of Patch 6.5 were revealed in an hour long letter from [...]
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Final Fantasy XIV director Naoki Yoshida (aka Yoshi-P) sat down for an hour long Q&A session with various media outlets at Fan Fest in Las Vegas (including MMOs.com). Check out the the full list of questions and a brief summary of Yoshida's answers below. Q) You mentioned the theme color for Dawntrail is gold; could you tell us what kind [...]
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At Fanfest today, Square Enix announced that Final Fantasy XIV is finally coming to Xbox (Series X and S) in Spring 2024. The platform expansion should bring the epic MMORPG to an entirely new audience. The Xbox version will feature cross-play and promises lightning fast loading speeds as the game will be optimized for the new platform. Phil Spencer, CEO [...]
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