Final Fantasy XIV News

In an interview on GamesIndustry.biz, Final Fantasy XIV Game Director Naoki Yoshida mentioned that the game could possibly one day go free to play. See the full quote below: "That being said, if 80% or 90% of our players are demanding we go free-to-play, then we might need to look at shifting our business model," he says. "But we would [...]

Final Fantasy XIV EU has announced the ShopTo Item Campaign with EU Retailer, ShopTo! NA Players may recall this as the Eastern Journey Item DLC, which players got in NA quite some time ago. FFXIV players will specifically need an EU Account, so this promotion will not work for players with North American Accounts, even though players with NA accounts can [...]

It's here! Final Fantasy XIV's Letter from the Producer LIVE is underway, and we'll be delivering information to you as fast as we get it. Feel free to watch along on Youtube here, and Twitch here! We'll be posting updates with time stamps as fast as we can, as well as images and stills from the Live Letter. 10:14 AM [...]

Alright folks, I have some very exciting news to share with you. The next Letter from the Producer LIVE for Final Fantasy XIV is going to be launching in just under 9 hours at the time of this article, and we'll be covering all of the information as it comes out, in a special Live Article! That important bit of [...]

Are you tired of confusing Roman numerals all over the place? Don't worry, I am too. Final Fantasy XIV's next Letter from the Producer LIVE, Live Letter 39, finally has its formal links for viewers to watch on Youtube, Niconico Live, and Twitch! Additionally, the digest for Live Letter 38 has been posted to the official FFXIV Forums! We recently [...]

With Patch 4.1 fast approaching, Final Fantasy XIV's Dev Team has posted another update on their Developers' Blog. While there is still no concrete launch date on Patch 4.1, my personal money is on either October 3rd, or October 10th, since those two days line up with Square Enix's statement of "Early October" - and FFXIV doesn't push content patches [...]

Buckle up your seatbelts and get ready for a wild ride - Final Fatansy XIV has launched its teaser site for its upcoming patch, 4.1! Featuring 11 new unique pieces of content that will come with Patch 4.1, each part of the teaser site previews a showcase point of 4.1, with four being available to browse now! Information we know [...]

Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way. Oh what fun it is to ride on a flying Sleipnir sleigh...I'm sorry. Ahem. Final Fantasy XIV Japan has recently published a new article on their dev blog! It is in Japanese, of course, but a quick translate courtesy of Google reveals some new information. Sleipnir, the mount of Odin, will be able [...]

Players of Final Fantasy XIV always look towards the new Letters from the Producer LIVE, which gives the developers, specifically Yoshi-P (Director & Producer of FFXIV), a chance to sit down and talk about some of the new features and exciting new things coming to FFXIV! And now, Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XXXIX is here! The Live Letter is slated [...]

Final Fantasy XIV ever-approaches Patch 4.1, and with it comes the ability to purchase housing in Shirogane. It will be the fourth residential area where players can own houses, alongside the Mist, the Goblet, and the Lavender Beds. Patch 4.1 also brings with it a new Relocation feature, where players who wish to purchase new plots of land, but currently [...]