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Square Enix has released Patch 7.2: Seekers of Eternity for Final Fantasy XIV Online, continuing the Dawntrail storyline and introducing new challenges. The update is part of a multi-phase rollout, with additional content arriving in Patch 7.21 (April 22) and Patch 7.25 (May 27). The biggest part of today's patch is additional story content as well as a new tier [...]
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Square Enix has announced FINAL FANTASY XIV Patch 7.2: Seekers of Eternity, launching on March 25, 2025. The update introduces new story content, raids, trials, and PvP adjustments, as revealed during the latest Letter from the Producer LIVE broadcast. This is a big update as it includes a whole new raid tier, but the savage mode is releasing a week [...]
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In the latest Letter from the Producer LIVE, FINAL FANTASY XIV Online’s producer and director, Naoki Yoshida, unveiled the Patch 7.1 "Crossroads," scheduled for release on November 12, 2024. This update follows the game’s recent expansion, Dawntrail™, and features a blend of new quests, raids, and much more. While most of the new content comes at the same pace [...]
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Final Fantasy XIV has paused its automatic housing demolition timers across North American servers in response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene in late September. The suspension affects players on the Aether, Crystal, Dynamis, and Primal data centers, giving those impacted by the storm some much-needed peace of mind. In FFXIV, if you don't step into your in-game home [...]
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In the chaotic world of Final Fantasy XIV, minions aren’t just adorable pets; they can also be pricey investments. Recently, the Hippo Calf minion has been making quite the splash—its price skyrocketing on the player-driven Market Board to staggering heights. Originally a cute bonus you could scoop up for a modest sum after running the Vanaspati dungeon, this little creature [...]
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It’s been a tough fiscal quarter for Square Enix, and even the mighty Final Fantasy franchise couldn’t save the day. In a recently published financial report courtesy of Eurogamer, Square Enix president Takashi Kiryu confirmed that Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and Final Fantasy 16 both fell short of sales expectations for May 2024. “We released multiple new titles, including major [...]
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There are rumors flying about that Square Enix has partnered with Chinese video game giant Tencent to bring Final Fantasy XIV to mobile devices. The rumors were sparked by a report by Niko Partners which lists several games and franchises that have recently been approved by the Chinese government for release in the country. So how do you fit 10 [...]
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While we reported that Final Fantasy XIV's latest expansion failed to hit the 95,102 peak concurrent players from November, 2021 on Steam, the game did hit a new all time peak playerbase across all platforms according to the game's director Naoki Yoshida. On July 4th he said “With your , we were able to reach a record number of concurrent [...]
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Final Fantasy XIV's early access for its latest expansion kicked off today and with it the game's playerbase surged to nearly an all time high on Steam. The 24 hour peak hit 91,883, a few thousand shy of its 95,102 all time high hit during the covid era. Keep in mind these figures are for Steam players only. The game [...]
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The dawn of a new age in Final Fantasy XIV is close at hand with the Dawntrail reboot expansion set to launch in less than two weeks. In preparation for the expansion’s launch, Square Enix will be taking the game offline for 48 hours, from 2 a.m. PDT on June 26 up until the expansion’s early access launch at 2 [...]
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