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VG247 Gamescom “coverage”

Posted By Gahoo on August 31, 2009

VG247 released five mini-articles over the past 24 hours, each identifying one fact they gleaned from their interview with Tanaka at Gamescom (basically they published one “article” per quote).  Most of the information is already known, so we’ll just highlight the facts/quotes:

FFXIV will have a monthly subscription model (link)
Tanaka was very pleased Nobuo Uematsu was [...]

Famitsu WaveDVD: Hiro and Hama’s Little Chat

Posted By Corinth on August 31, 2009

Last month we learned that Final Fantasy XIV would be the cover title for this month’s issue of Famitsu WaveDVD magazine.  Despite not having anything from the recent gamescom, the DVD contains over 12 minutes of footage for FFXIV.  Most of it is between Producer Hiromichi Tanaka and Enterbrain CEO Hirokazu Hamamura.  A few comments [...]

A Closer Look At Guildleves

Posted By Fusionx on August 29, 2009

Every MMO game has a a variety of different content. Some is aimed at beginners, while some is designed for the most experienced of players. However apart from beginning and end game content, there are some parts of the game that are designed to be used by any player, no matter what their experience [...]

Dengeki: Interview with Tanaka and Sundi

Posted By Corinth on August 29, 2009

These big game shows are a lot like Christmas.  You get a bunch of really good stuff all at once but there is something of a let down after it’s all over.  However, sometimes there are still little treats that come in the mail a bit late.  
Once again, Dengeki has delayed the online release [...]

Aetheryte Radio Episode 2: Gamescom 2009

Posted By Fusionx on August 28, 2009

On episode 2 of Aetheryte Radio we cover Gamescom 2009!
We talk about the playable alpha build of Final Fantasy XIV at the show, discuss the new action battle system and what we currently know about the Guildleve system.
We also would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their feedback on the show and [...]

Playstation Blog Interview

Posted By Gahoo on August 27, 2009

Another day another Gamescom interview report.  This one is from the Playstation blog.  Not much new in this one except some hints at beta timing from Tanaka.
PSB: Are you still planning a spring 2010 beta?
Tanaka: We can’t really say any certain timing, because the launch is planned to release is 2010. So that means in [...]

One Last Continue: Interview with Tanaka and Sundi

Posted By Corinth on August 26, 2009

One Last Continue, an alternative gaming news site, has posted their interview with Hiromichi Tanaka and Sage Sundi.  There are some interesting tidbits not found in other interviews so make sure you visit their site and read through it.
Interview highlights:

The game was built for the PC first and then ported to PS3
The PS3 version will [...]