The official Final Fantasy XIV website has just been updated with details about character creation as well as the official story that has recently been released. Many new images have also been added to the Media section of the website including what appear to be shots relating to city-states as well as our first glimpse [...]

Category: Square Enix
Tags: Character creation, Clans, Official Website, Races

More information has come out regarding the upcoming Famitsu article.  Andriasang has posted both a quasi-translation of the article, which includes an interview with planner Yaeko Sato.  According tothe article, Sato “is in charge of FFXIV’s main story.”  That main story is the “first story that players learn of when arriving in the world [...]

Category: News
Tags: Andriasang, Banshin, Banzoku, Eorzea, Famitsu, The Garlean Empire, Yaeko Sato

Another day another tidbit of news.  I could get used to this…
First off, as we showed yesterday, there were a number of  new images leaked, one of which looked to be some additional backstory.  Well, a trusty forum member Kayne has come through for the community and translated the story.
Overture
It was approximately 10 [...]

Category: Op-Ed
Tags: Ala Mihgo, Character creation, The Garlean Empire

Unless you’ve been living under a rock (or asleep) for the past 8 hours,  you know that there are some new leaked images out there showing the FFXIV character creation.   So here they are:

But anyone can just upload images – let’s dig at least a little deeper shall we?

Category: Op-Ed
Tags: Character creation, Hyur, Lalafell, Roegadyn, Ul’dah

Thanks to some of our forum members we have some new images for you! For a short period of time this afternoon, three brand new screen shots were found on the European Final Fantasy XIV website, soon after the images were taken down. I think it would be a safe assumption to say there will [...]

Category: Op-Ed
Tags: Beastiary, Beastmen, Speculation

The Square Enix Support Center was updated to coincide with the beta application process.  While the default page shows only a few Q&A’s, there are more under the hood – and a a few tidbits worth mentioning:
Q.  What do I have to be aware of when I participate in the Beta Test?
A.  Currently, we [...]

Category: Square Enix
Tags: Beta, Square Enix Support Center

Applications are now open for the Windows beta test of Final Fantasy XIV!
You must have a Square Enix account to submit an application for the beta. If you’re one of the lucky applications that gets selected, you’ll be notified via e-mail.
As we’ve heard before, the beta will grow, adding more and more people each round. [...]

Category: Square Enix
Tags: Beta