Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn has been live for over two months now. Already it has topped Final Fantasy XI in subscribers. And now the first big patch, 2.1, is nearing. Set to be released in late November or early December, patch 2.1 will be the first round of major changes for FFXIV. ...

It’s that time again, where Yoshi-P gives us some updates for everyone’s favorite Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. He made some introductory remarks in the Letter from the Producer LI earlier in the week, but the main details were not divulged until the weekend’s Live Letter. Roughly 80% of the Live Letter was devoted to housing options available for the upcoming patch 2.1. Here are the highlights: ...

At the Live Letter yesterday, Yoshi-P released a new little video featuring the monsters of Final Fantasy XIV in the style of the last Eorzea Collection video. Check it out! ...

Naoki Yoshida, the lovable producer of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, sat down earlier today to give his 8th Live Letter from the Producer and answer some players’ questions. There are a lot of important details, so check out the highlights below! ...

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn producer Yoshi-P announced that phase 4 of the beta, aka open beta, will only be one weekend: from August 17 to August 19. However, beta testers who participated in earlier phases will have access to phase 4 starting August 16. ...

The Scholar is one of two job paths a player can choose to take the Arcanist class in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. You can see a variety of scholars pictured above, looking all ready for graduation. We’ve already seen screenshots of the Arcanist and its carbuncle pet, as well as the Summoner job and its egis. Now, the FFXIV dev team has provided us with screenshots of the Scholar and its pet fairy. ...

With the release of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn imminently approaching mere weeks away, prospective players may be wondering how their computer will fare with the MMO with all of the changes made since the last benchmark. Well your curiosity can be sated: the Square-Enix development team has released a brand new official benchmark. ...

If there’s one thing the Final Fantasy VII Compilation taught us, it’s that Square-Enix knows how to beat a dead horse. Of course, this isn’t anything unusual about SE relative to other game developers (or any other business, for that matter), as businesses are designed to exploit merchandise until it stops being profitable.

But the current way Square-Enix is exploiting Lightning risks ruining what was originally so good about her. ...

As I’ve explained before, the Arcanist class in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn has two additional job paths players can go down: the Scholar, focused on support, and the Summoner, focused on, well, take a wild guess.

Now, the FFXIV dev team has provided us with some screenshots of the egi, or summons, that will be available for the Summoner job. ...

Lightning’s invasion of Eorzea is almost complete. The crossover between Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn and Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII has been well-established at this point. It had been previously announced that Lightning would actually be appearing in FFXIV, though the details of that were not confirmed yet. ...

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn producer Naoki Yoshida has given out his 48th Letter from the Producer. Yoshi-P hinted at the promise of what is to come when A Realm Reborn is finally released, and provided us with some exciting new screenshots. ...

Square-Enix has released a new video tour of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. This video, labeled Dungeon Crawl Part 1, explores some of the lower-level dungeons that can be found in A Realm Reborn. Check it out! ...

The Arcanist is a highly-anticipated new class for Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. From what we have learned about the two off-branching jobs to choose from, the Summoner and the Scholar, offer very different, yet both exciting, gameplay options: the Summoner focusing on pets and dealing damage, whereas the Scholar focuses on support and healing. ...

Square-Enix has released the third part of its Tour of Eorzea video series, where we can follow the developers’ characters throughout Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, for both the PC and PS3 versions. Check it out! ...