Final Fantasy XIV News

11:24 PM EDT: The Full Patch Notes have been released. You can find them here. It's finally here! After a long wait since the embargo on the North American Media Tour first lifted, Final Fantasy XIV has finally released their preliminary patch notes for Patch 4.0 - Stormblood. Some key points of Stormblood that caught our eye that we didn't [...]

Final Fantasy XIV is known for its...interesting promotions sometimes. Be it teaming up with Amazon for a DLC giveaway based on Journey to the East, or for its new live action drama, Square Enix constantly pushes media and drama for its star MMORPG. But this - I don't think anyone saw this coming. "But wait Barclay-Kallistra," you might ask. "Food [...]

Final Fantasy XIV's EU servers have been full for quite some time. Square Enix, developers of FFXIV, group their servers into Data Centers, or just server clusters in laymen's terms. Japanese players get to choose from three data centers, with 32 different servers available to them (split 11/11/10). North American players get to choose from two data centers, with 25 [...]

The land and the citizens of Eorzea in Final Fantasy XIV will forever be haunted by the destruction brought about by the primal dragon Bahamut. Five years later, The Dragon King is once again about to break free from his prison and it’s up to you and your team to stop him. The Trials of Bahamut is a story-based live [...]

Final Fantasy XIV's developer blog has posted an update regarding its upcoming PvP changes. While some of these changes were already known from the latest "Letter from the Producer Live," Letter XXXVI, linked here (Warning, it's over four hours long!), we have some new information coming out as well. First up is a welcome change. In FFXIV PvP, there are PvP and [...]

On May 18th, Final Fantasy XIV held a closed event, where it demonstrated key aspects of its next expansion, Stormblood. Popular figures within the FFXIV community could try out new jobs, zones, and a dungeon. An embargo was lifted yesterday regarding the information people learned at this press event, and as the internet was flooded with videos of the two [...]

The "Make It Rain" event returns to Final Fantasy XIV, giving players a chance to earn 50% more MGP (Manderville Gold Saucer Points) on all Gold Saucer activities. The Gold Saucer, originally debuting in Final Fantasy VII, lets FFXIV players experience various minigames within the main game itself. Veteran Final Fantasy players will be familiar with various minigames such as [...]

Level 60 boosts are coming to Final Fantasy XIV and will be available in the Mog Station (cash shop) starting June 16th, a mere 3 days before Stormblood launches. They aren't cheap though and will set you back $25. These boosts will help people who want to jump into Final Fantasy XIV and experience Stormblood without all that pesky grind. [...]

If you didn't hear, the other day during the Live Producer Stream, Square Enix released the benchmark test for Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood. You can download it for yourself and make sure you computer is up to snuff when the expansion releases on June 20, 2017. But, in the interest of fully appreciating what's coming next, here are the best [...]

Final Fantasy XIV's "Letter from the Producer Live Part XXXV" (too many X's) answered a number of questions about Stormblood and released the expansion's benchmark, which players can download and try for themselves. The official forums have the full Q&A script to peruse at your leisure. The benchmark trailer below shows off a good bit of what players can expect [...]