Is FF XIV being played?

I am interested in playing Final Fantasy XIV,But I'm not sure if it is available for playing. A list from a mmo site says that it was released last year,and it was shown to be for sale on Walmart's onlline site. But when I called GameStop to see if they had it,I was imfor,ed that it wasn't out in stores yet.

I don't know what is going on.

Yes, you can play it. Servers are currently up, and the game is going through a lot of very good changes.

GameStop doesn't have it because it's not out on consoles yet, only PC.

Is it available for download on the Square Enix website, by any chance?