Tanaka: Foreign Sites Making Up Things About A System We Released No Information On

Posted By Fusionx on August 25, 2010

Hiromichi Tanaka, via his Twitter account, commented on foreign websites that have recently been talking about the Surplus EXP system (which is being called “fatigue” by many players). It appears that the Final Fantasy XIV Producer is upset that people are creating false statements about the experience penalties that players have been experiencing in phase [...]

Gamasutra Talks with Tanaka and Kurosawa

Posted By Fusionx on July 28, 2010

Gamasutra recently sat down with Hiromichi Tanaka and Yasu Kurosawa to talk about the two Final Fantasy MMOs.
Tanaka says how surprised he is that Final Fantasy XI has lasted eight years. The original plan for the title was to support it for five years, which was the lifespan of game consoles at the time. He [...]

E3 Interview Video

Posted By Ganiman on June 28, 2010

As promised, we have done a bit of editting and posted our E3 interview with Hiromichi Tanaka and Yasu Kurosawa.  The video should give community members an idea of what it is like to be in a room with a couple of video game titans.

4Gamer E3 Interview

Posted By Corinth on June 24, 2010

As always, I have a lot of appreciation for the people at 4Gamer.  Their articles feel more informative and gamer-friendly compared to the magazine powerhouses of Famitsu and Dengeki.  The interaction between their staff and FFXIV producer Hiromichi Tanaka also seems much more relaxed.  What follows is our translation [...]

GAME Watch E3 Interview

Posted By Corinth on June 24, 2010

Every so often Japanese gaming news website GAME Watch carries articles about Final Fantasy XIV.  Representatives from the site were present at E3 and had a chance to sit down with Producer Hiromichi Tanaka and US Producer Kurosawa Yasu.
This interview is very similar to the one from Dengeki, [...]

Dengeki and Tanaka at E3

Posted By Corinth on June 20, 2010

E3 is now behind us.  FFXIV Producer Tanaka Hiromichi is back in Japan, working on the latest version update for FFXI and the FFXIV beta.  However, that doesn’t mean we are through looking at all the exciting information to come out of the event!
Expect a number of articles to pop up on Eorzeapedia this week [...]

Eorzeapedia E3 Interview with Hiromichi Tanaka and Yasu Kurosawa

Posted By Ganiman on June 17, 2010

On Wednesday at E3, we were able to sit down with Hiromichi Tanaka and Yasu Kurosawa and ask them a few questions about FINAL FANTASY XIV.  Things were crazy, and you could see the Square Enix PR people scrambling to try and keep interview appointments.  It seemed like everyone wanted a piece [...]