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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 [...]

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 [...]

First Glimpse of Surnames?

Posted By Corinth on October 7, 2009

The official NA website was updated today with new information.  There are also new screenshots as well.  Most of them are from the trailer we saw at Tokyo Game Show.  However, the first image of a Blacksmith and Lancer is very curious.
There is a space in the middle of Azagba X’s name.  Is this [...]

GAME Watch Interviews Tanaka and Komoto at TGS

Posted By Corinth on September 28, 2009

A surprise interview!  GAME Watch got to spend a little bit of time with both Producer Hiromichi Tanaka and Director Nobuaki Komoto at Tokyo Game Show this past week.  The two dropped by Makuhari Messe for the interview, which was conducted in the public lobby area.  They talked about the trailer and the upcoming beta [...]

Final Fantasy XIV and Tokyo Game Show

Posted By Corinth on September 26, 2009

So by now you’ve realized that there really isn’t any new information about FFXIV coming out of Tokyo Game Show.  There is a lovely new trailer that directs people to sign up if they want to receive information in the future about beta testing.  This is the same newsletter people have been able to sign [...]

This Week in the Magazines

Posted By Corinth on September 21, 2009

Now in Tokyo!  Very tired but I can’t turn off the computer until I tell you some of the nifty things from this week in the magazines.  For example….  where does the music for the trailer come from?  Tanaka reveals the answer in the full length version of the interview done with Enterbrain’s Hamamura.  And [...]

This Week in Magazines: Part 2 (Dengeki PlayStation)

Posted By Corinth on September 17, 2009

We are now just one week away from Tokyo Game Show, the biggest video game expo of the year in Japan.  A trailer will be shown in the Open Mega Theatre but we won’t know until the event starts whether it’s just an old one or not.  Japanese fans are likely to feel slighted if [...]