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Famitsu (via Andriasang) Clairifies Alpha/Beta Timing (a bit)

Posted By Gahoo on February 28, 2010

Perhaps not surprisingly, the release of information at VanaFest 2010 about the upcoming FFXIV beta testing has caused quite a stir in the community.  But many (including us) may have jumped the gun in proclaiming beta to be starting on March 11.  Well in a Q&A session after the event, Famitsu attempted to clarify the [...]

It’s Official! Beta to begin in 10 days!

Posted By Gahoo on February 28, 2010

Well VanaFest 2010 brought some welcome news to the Eorzean faithful (and a ton to the Vana’diel faithful).  The reports are coming in, the official VanaFest page has been updated, and it seems that Beta notices will start as early as today, with beta testing starting on March 11, 2010!  So stay tuned – sounds [...]

Join Us For VanaFest 2010!

Posted By Fusionx on February 27, 2010

 
Are you ready to join us for the biggest Final Fantasy event of the year?
Vanachat
Head on over to VanaChat and connect into the IRC chatroom. Once you’re in the chat, type in “/join #vanafestlive” to join our channel!
Skype
We also plan on taking calls on skype. You can contact us on the name “VanaFestLive”
Stream
Our broadcast will [...]

Countdown to information?

Posted By Gahoo on February 27, 2010

VanaFest 2010:

Well the good news is that VanaFest 2010 is around the corner.  The bad news is that this is VanaFest and not EorzeaFest.  As we’ve noted, it has been so long since we’ve had significant news from Square Enix – and now we’re getting a bit desperate (maybe we’ve been a bit desperate [...]

Limit Break Radio and Pet Food Alpha Present VanaFest 2010 Live Coverage!

Posted By Fusionx on February 16, 2010

Today we’re excited to announce that Limit Break Radio and Pet Food Alpha are teaming up to relay the latest up to the minute coverage from this years VanaFest 2010 event in Tokyo!
We’ll be discussing the announcements as they become available from the NA and EU community team members reporting on the event.  Aniero and [...]

Square Enix and Social Networks v. 2

Posted By Gahoo on February 12, 2010

Back in December we reported on Square Enix using Twitter and Facebook to spread the word about the upcoming release of FFXIII, and hoped that similar measures would be taken with FFXIV.  Well, we are not fully there yet, but it looks like Square Enix is embracing social media more and more as we go [...]

How would you like your news? Scrambled or sunny-side up?

Posted By Gahoo on February 11, 2010

By my count, we had four major official site updates in 2009 (August 6, October 7, November 11 and December 23).  Not surprisingly, the largest gap between updates was earliest, where 8 weeks went by without an update.  But – this was not 8 weeks without news, as Gamescom was nestled in the middle of [...]