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Detailed Class Info from Famitsu and 4Gamer

Posted By Corinth on March 11, 2010

The day of the FFXIV Beta Test Site opening is upon us.  Many people are anxiously awaiting a chance to play the alpha build and test out game play.  What better time than today for Square Enix to give us more detailed information about some of the classes people will be playing around with!  Both [...]

Beta application site updated… for PS3 codes?

Posted By Gahoo on March 8, 2010

Thanks to the hawkish eyes of our loyal IRC members, we have been alerted to the fact that the FFXIV beta application page has been updated with some new, and potentially important, disclaimers.
First, you can now re-apply and, it seems, update your beta application.  Whereas in the past it gave you an error message if [...]

FFXIclopedia Special Beta Recruitment

Posted By Ganiman on March 4, 2010

Our premiere FINAL FANTASY XI site, FFXIclopedia, has been hard at work negotiating for our community special access to the FINAL FANTASY XIV beta. Full notice from FFXIclopedia below:

Bummed because you weren’t selected to be a FINAL FANTASY XIV alpha participant? Fear not! After navigating the seedy back alleys of Jeuno we [...]

FFXIV beta test site is revealed (sort of)

Posted By Gahoo on March 1, 2010

Well the cat is out of the proverbial bag.  Reports are trickling in and it seems that emails have gone out to some lucky soon-to-be FFXIV testers.  And with that email was a link to the FFXIV beta test site(s):
https://dev-na.ffxiv.com
https://dev-eu.ffxiv.com
https://dev-jp.ffxiv.com
Of course the sites are locked down until March 11, 2010, but looks like [...]

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 [...]

To start? Or not to start? That is the question.

Posted By Gahoo on February 4, 2010

With beta applications now 6 weeks old, the chatter is all about (for some) when Square Enix will pull the trigger on the first round of beta testing, or (for others) how Square Enix started a beta test that nobody knows about.  With this chatter comes speculation, and with speculation comes speculation about Japanese interviews [...]