Final Fantasy XIV News

Reddit user ClaudiaEinhart shared the following screenshot today in /r/mmorpg showing a huge amount of bots running around auto-questing / farming gil. What makes this image even more unfortunate is that it was taken on August 30th, a day after Square Enix just did a ban wave of bots / RMT connected accounts. It's a sad state of affairs that [...]

Final Fantasy XIV is celebrating its 6th anniversary this month which means that The Rising annual event will again be returning to Eorzea. The event will run from Monday, August 26th at 8am PDT to Tuesday, September 17th at 7:59am PDT. During the event, players will have access to a seasonal questline for a chance at grabbing exclusive rewards. Players [...]

Square Enix has just rolled out a new Final Fantasy XIV patch that drops a host of new Shadowbringers content into the game. Patch 5.05 adds a Savage Difficulty to the Eden’s Gate high-level raid and introduces the new Allagan Tomestones of Phantasmagoria along with the new Treasure Hunt Dungeon “Dungeons of Lyhe Ghiah”. “The Dungeons of Lyhe Ghiah, a [...]

Final Fantasy XIV launched patch 5.01 yesterday which introduced several new things to the game, the most notable being the new Eden raids (normal), with the Savage version set to launch in 2 weeks. Several balance changes were also made, but the changes were extremely minor, with much larger class changes set to drop in 2 weeks with the new [...]

After the Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers early access launch last week, eagerly waiting Warriors of Darkness can finally step into the First World as the expansion officially launches on Windows, Steam, Mac, and PlayStation 4. This summer’s biggest and most-awaited expansion brings with it a ton of new features including the new Gunbreaker and Dancer Jobs. “Shadowbringers marks a bold [...]

Square Enix is keeping the stream of Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers pre-release blogs coming as the whole world anxiously waits for the Early Access launch of the highly-awaited expansion tomorrow. This time, the studio gives players an in-depth look at Jobs with the new Job Guide. The comprehensive guide includes updated job actions for both PvE and PvP, along with [...]

Here’s a surprising bit of news. For the first time ever, the Final Fantasy franchise will be getting a live-action TV adaptation. Square Enix, Sony Pictures Television, and Hivemind have just announced that they’re working to bring Final Fantasy XIV to the small screen. According to IGN, the TV series will be feature an original storyline based on the world [...]

With the Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers launch looming on the horizon and the Early Access start just a few days away, Square Enix is keen on keeping the hype train rolling. A new dev blog gives fans a glimpse at some of the changes coming to PvP with the upcoming expansion. As part of the updated PvP mechanics for Shadowbringers, [...]

Add another level of security to your Final Fantasy XIV account with the new Shadowbringers-themed security token. The physical authenticator will keep your account secure while sporting a stylish new purple Shadowbringers design. And it also comes with a useful in-game perk in the form of a free changeable Aetheryte destination. Teleporting to your destination of choice will always be [...]

Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers is set to go live on July 2, 2019 with early access starting on June 28 and the preliminary patch notes for the expansion are now live. As expected, the first set of savage raid content, Eden, won't be available right away and will instead launch with the 5.05 update along with the treasure hunt instance [...]