Have you always wondered what a Chocobo tastes like? Same. And while this may not be the real deal, trying out Japan-exclusive Final Fantasy XIV‘s limited edition fried chicken is the next big thing. Even better, the Final Fantasy XIV Karaage-kun Limit Break Flavor is reportedly pretty good. The light-hearted review comes from Giuseppe Nelva at publication Twinfinite,
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During Square Enix’s annual Final Fantasy XIV fan event, the company announced the latest expansion coming to the MMORPG, titled Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers. You can check out some new trailers revolving around the expansion below. The story follows your character as they’re finally ready to take on the Garlean Empire. It also looks like Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers will
During Square Enix’s worldwide Final Fantasy XV broadcast, the company announced that a new Final Fantasy XIV quest will be added into XV. The crossover content will be added into the game on December 12 in North America as well as Europe, and December 13 in Japan. You can check out the trailer for the quest down below. The new
The Final Fantasy XIV Companion app caused a lot of differences of opinion among users. Yet, no one has yet been affected (at least to our knowledge) by the possibly-tragic consequences of being distracted by the app while walking around, Square Enix evidently wants to make sure that Pokémon GO-like incidents don’t start happening. They released a
Final Fantasy XIV just passed its fifth anniversary with fourteen million registered players under its belt. It’s also approaching the eighth anniversary of the release of the launch of 1.0, which marked the beginning of the adventure as “Warriors of Light” for many of us. In order to take a deeper look into the future of
Square Enix is preparing to release update 4.4 “Prelude in Violet” for Final Fantasy XIV, and today they released a batch of new screenshots of what we can expect. The screenshots showcase the Omega: Alphascape raid dungeon, the Leap of Faith platforming minigame coming to the Gold Saucer, the gear that you can acquire with
Today Square Enix announced its lineup of games for Tokyo Game Show 2018, which will be held at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba, near Tokyo, between September 20th, and September 23rd. Kingdom Hearts III will be playable, will have a stage presentation, and video content showcased at the booth. The same can be said of
Today Square Enix released a new batch of Final Fantasy XIV screenshots and a trailer of the upcoming update 4.4, titled “Prelude in Violet.” The update will release on September 18th on the live servers for both PS4 and PC, and it will include a ton of new content. Here’s a handy summary. New Main
The Final Fantasy XIV Companion app has been available for almost three weeks, but since its release, the paid premium service announced a while ago has been inactive, until today. With the release of update 1.02 of the Android version, Square Enix made the premium service available for purchase. It can be activated in the Mog Station for a
Today Square Enix released a new batch of screenshots of the upcoming Final Fantasy XIV update 4.4, titled “Prelude in Violet.” We get to catch a glimpse of the main storyline, as the mystery thickens around a certain imperial character. We also take a good look at the two new dungeons, The Burn and Saint
With the end of Gamescom 2018, another big summer event is behind us, as we gear up for Tokyo Game Show in September. This year’s show in Cologne was definitely rich with Japanese content, including Devil May Cry 5, Ace Combat 7, Resident Evil 2, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, and many more. Square Enix also presented Left Alive
Once upon a time, when the Stormblood expansion of Final Fantasy XIV had not been officially revealed just yet, I asked Director and Producer Naoki Yoshida which job he would have personally liked to introduce in the game. At that time, he mentioned Red Mage, and the job was actually introduced with Stormblood. At Gamescom 2018 in Cologne, I
Square Enix opened another seasonal event in Final Fantasy XIV. This time around is The Rising, which serves to remember the fall of Dalamud. That is the calamity that marked the closure of the server of the sub-par version 1.0, and the opening of the brand new game 2.0 “A Realm Reborn” which basically performed an
Square Enix finally released the long-teased and recently-revealed Final Fantasy XIV companion for Android and iOS. At the moment of this writing, the app is available on Google Play, and on Apple’s App Store. The app is rather light, requiring only 21 megabytes of space on your android smartphone, and it requires Android version 5.0 or up.
The Final Fantasy XIV Moonfire Faire event has begun, bringing the heat of summer to Square Enix’s successful MMORPG. Yet, this year the quest to grab your much-anticipated summer wear is a quite a bit different from previous episodes. Remember that nasty (or awesome, depending on the point of view) platforming challenge around the tower
Once again, another publisher has unveiled its lineup of games ahead of Gamescom later this month and this time around it’s Square Enix’s turn. Amongst the publisher’s western titles that will be present in Cologne, this year’s upcoming release of Just Cause 4 won’t be available for play but an exclusive demo will be shown. On the
You can often see the history of an MMORPG by its seasonal events, especially when we’re talking about games with developers who are very keen on preserving tradition. The Moonfire Faire in Final Fantasy XIV is one of such events. It has gone on regularly every year since the first, massively unsuccessful, incarnation of the
Today, during the latest “Letter from the Producer Live” Final Fantasy XIV broadcast Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida and Global Community Producer Toshio Murouchi revealed update 4.4. The patch will be titled “Prelude in Violet” and will come in mid-September. Yet, before we get into the new major patch, update 4.36 will come on August 7th and will
Back at E3, Capcom and Square Enix announced a crossover between Monster Hunter World and Final Fantasy XIV. Today we know when the Monster Hunter World side is going to happen, and that’s with a new free update which will happen on August 2nd at 1:00 AM BST or August 1st at 5:00 PM PDT.
Today Square Enix announced the release date of Final Fantasy XIV’s upcoming update numbered 4.35. The patch will release on July 3rd, and despite the decimal, it shouldn’t be mistaken with an insignificant update. It will bring forth quite a bit of content. First of all, we get a new chapter of the adventures of
Back in April, Square Enix revealed the much-teased companion app for its successful MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV, and now we finally know more of when it’s coming The publisher announced that the app will be release in “late July,” bringing a lot of features to iOS and Android phones and tablets. These will include chatting
It wouldn’t be a Square Enix E3 Showcase without some mention of Final Fantasy XIV — however, there is a great tie-in coming. According to a reveal at the Square Enix E3 2018 Showcase, we can expect some Final Fantasy XIV and Monster Hunter World collaboration coming this Summer. The reveal, seen in the trailer below (courtesy of YouTuber GamersPrey)
Today Square Enix released a sizable gallery of screenshots of the upcoming Final Fantasy XIV update numbered 4.3 and titled “Under the Moonlight.” The screenshots showcase more of the new Return to Ivalice 24-man raid, titled The Ridorana Lighthouse. We also get to see the spiffy gear that we’ll get as a reward. We also see more of the
Following the announcement of Square Enix’s fiscal year 2018 financial results this morning, the publisher provided the presentation slides for their briefing, and they included some interesting information on the plans for the upcoming fiscal year, which end on March 31st, 2019. First of all, we learn that in the that the publisher intends to expand
Today Square Enix announced the release date of the upcoming Final Fantasy XIV update 4.3, titled “Under the Moonlight.” The update will hit the live server s on May 22nd, and it will bring a ton of content, including the following: New Main Scenario Quests – The Stormblood storyline continues in the far-eastern land of Doma. New Sidequests
Today Square Enix released its financial results for the fiscal year ended on March 31st, 2018. The first table below showcases the relevant revenue and income figures which are all in the black. While sales were slightly lower year-on-year, income shows significant growth. The second table shows that the publisher’s income exceeded predictions. This is
Final Fantasy XIV has a fantastic story, which found a climatic point in the latest expansion Stormblood. Recently, DualShockers had a chat with Main Scenario Lead Writer Natsuko Ishikawa and Localization Lead John Crow, and we were able to ask them about their feelings on writing the narrative and localizing it for the English audience.
Today Square Enix released a new batch of screenshots of Final Fantasy XIV’s update 4.3 titled “Under the Moonlight.” We get to see the new chapter of the Return to Ivalice Final Fantasy XII-inspired series of raids, titled The Ridorana Lighthouse“. We also get a handy introduction. “South of Rabanastre, in a remote corner of the Valnard
Today, during the latest “Letter from the Producer Live” Final Fantasy XIV broadcast Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida and Global Community Producer Toshio Murouchi revealed update 4.3 and the brand new Final Fantasy XIV Companion app for iOS and Android. First of all, the patch will be titled “Under the Moonlight” and will be released in late
During a panel hosted at PAX East, Square Enix finally fulfilled a Final Fantasy XIV promise made quite a while ago. Whena bunny girl outfits were released in the game, many protested in the forums and on social media because they could not wear it on their male characters. This led Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida to