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Square sees positive response after refreshing its stricken MMO, and announces beta for the PS4 version
Read More »Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn offers free PS3-PS4 switch
Square Enix has offered a generous freebie to console Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn players. The publisher says that it will allow those who buy the game on PS3 to switch to the PS4 version for free. Note that the beta for the PS4 version won’t go live until …
Read More »Sony refunds digital FFXIV: A Realm Reborn purchases on PSN
Those who paid for the PSN version of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn have been refunded by Sony. The funds should already have been credited to users’ wallet, with the game itself now available to download from their download history. The move follows the ongoing problems surrounding the re-launch …
Read More »Square extends Final Fantasy XIV free play time
Free access to Square Enix MMO Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn has been extended by a week. FFXIV producer and director Naoki Yoshida confirmed the news after many gamers have been unable to login to the title following an extended period of server problems that have plagued the game …
Read More »Square Enix suspends digital sales of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
It seems that the reincarnation of Final Fantasy XIV has proved a big success – although it has come at a cost. Square Enix has announced that it has halted digital sales of the game as it attempts to get to grip with the high server traffic that has resulted …
Read More »Square Enix: FFXIV skipping Xbox 360 due to Microsoft policies
Square Enix has revealed the reason why Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn isn’t coming to Xbox 360 is because Microsoft won’t let its users play with those on other platforms such as PC and PS3/PS4. Speaking with RPGsite, the game’s director Naoki Yoshida explained Microsoft has a policy in …
Read More »Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn beta hits 1m sign-ups
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, Square Enix’s complete reworking of the admitted mess that was FFXIV, has garnered over 1m registrations for its beta program. The publisher announced the milestone following the launch of its third and final weekend of beta testing for the game that kicked off late …
Read More »Job cuts at Square Enix LA
Publisher admits cuts, denies they will effect consumer
Read More »Another FFXIV would ‘destroy’ Square Enix
Naoki Yoshida admits the state of the game troubled him even before its release
Read More »How Square Enix is planning for Final Fantasy XIV’s rebirth
It’s been a rocky road for Final Fantasy XIV. The game arrived as Square Enix’s brave new attempt to crack the MMO market. But it failed. One critic wrote the kindest thing that can be said about the FF MMO is that it has a good intro movie”. Square Enix …
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