Our latest coverage of Final Fantasy XIV.
Square Enix seems is looking to entice more players into the fantastical world of Eorzea with the Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers expansion looming on the horizon. According to Polygon, from now until May 3rd, Twitch Prime users on Windows will get a Starter Edition, normally worth $19.99, for free. The promotion also comes with 30 days of free game time. [...]
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Final Fantasy XIV held its European Fan Festival today and some new details about the upcoming Shadowbringers expansion were revealed: Pre-orders begin February 6, 2019 Official Release is on July 2, 2019 New Gunblade job confirmed (Gunbreaker) New playable race, the Viera, confirmed New Alliance raids (Nier: Automata crossover) New Primal, Titania New beast-tribe: Pixies No word on what the [...]
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The previously announced Blue Mage job in Final Fantasy XIV officially launched this morning, shortly after weekly resets. The Blue Mage is a special class in the game that gains new spells by witnessing and killing specific enemies throughout Eorzea. They're the first class in the game labeled as a 'limited class' as their max level is currently 50, while [...]
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In just a few hours, the highly-awaited Blue Mage job will be making its debut in Final Fantasy XIV bringing with it a new way of growing your characters. The Blue Mage will be the first limited job in FFXIV and will gain abilities not by leveling up but by learning and mimicking actions from enemies. “In order to learn, [...]
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Final Fantasy XIV Patch 4.5 is almost here; servers are down for maintenance currently and will be back up at 2AM PST on January 8, 2019 with the patch deployed. As previously discussed, Patch 4.5 brings with it quite a bit of new goodies, most importantly: Patch 4.5 New Features: New Main Scenario Quests – The first half of the [...]
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Square Enix announced yesterday that Final Fantasy XIV's 4.5 Patch titled 'A Requiem for Heroes' will be launching on January 8, 2019. This latest patch will feature the first half of the conclusion to the Stormblood expansion storyline with the second half launching sometime later. The highly anticipated new Blue Mage job is also launching soon; it should launch 1 [...]
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Square Enix announced Final Fantasy XIV's latest expansion today titled Shadowbringers, which will be launching Summer, 2019. Shadowbringers will mark the start of Patch 5.0, just as Stormblood was 4.0 and Heavensward was 3.0. As many speculated in the past, Shadowbringers will be about a major conflict with the Garlean Empire. New features: NPC battle-assist system called 'Trust' System (Likely [...]
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Final Fantasy XIV is celebrating it's 5th anniversary today with a 14 hour live stream starting at 8PM PST. The lineup of guests include voice actors, developers, and the next live letter which will discuss Patch 4.4 which is set to launch in mid-September. The Rising Event is also available in-game until September 18th which allows players to get the [...]
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Final Fantasy XIV's next big update Patch 4.4: Prelude in Violet is right around the corner (mid September) and to get players prepared Square Enix launched a mini-site highlighting the upcoming changes. The site isn't quite populated yet, but does show the new Dungeons and Main Scenario Quests coming in 4.4. Additional information on the upcoming raids, the new Eureka [...]
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Having a hard time taking on a solo objective in Final Fantasy XI? Well, you might just be able to cross them out of your things-to-do list when Square Enix rolls out their lineup of in-game campaigns this September. From September 11th through the 30th, your Alter Egos will receive a 50% boost to their HP and MP and will [...]
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