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Bad news, bears. All five of you who purchased a Playstation Vita (and I include myself in that) in hopes that Square Enix would eventually port Final Fantasy XI to it, as hinted in a news post from two years ago, are going to be sorely disappointed. Interested in seeing if there was any new [...]
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Square Enix Lays Off At Los Angeles Studio
December 16th, 2012 
Omali Square Enix has confirmed to Massively.com that the company’s Los Angeles studios has been hit with a number of layoffs. According to Square, however, none of the company’s existing MMOs have been impacted at all. In order to ensure it is operating effectively, the Square Enix Los Angeles office has reduced its workforce. This was [...]
Is FFXI Going To Start Phasing Out The PS2? No Expansion Outside Japan
June 27th, 2012 Omali The recent announcement of a new boxed expansions for Final Fantasy XI brought a swell of joy from the aging MMO’s community. Except for the Playstation 2 community, because earlier today Square Enix clarified on the announcement to point out that Seekers of Adoulin will not be releasing on the Playstation 2 outside of Japan, [...]
FFXI Still Expanding, Seekers of Adoulin
June 23rd, 2012 Omali Final Fantasy XI is ten years old this year, and remains one of the few MMOs on the market that can maintain a subscription and still sell expansion packs every few years. Announced at Square Enix’s Vanafest, FFXI’s fifth expansion, Seekers of Adoulin, launches in 2013. With it, the expansion brings two new jobs (only [...]
Final Fantasy XI On PS3: Extra 9 Gigabytes of Space
January 24th, 2012 Omali Bad news, Playstation 3 users: You’re going to have to make more space on that hard drive for Final Fantasy XI. Square Enix has announced that in February, a patch will be added to Final Fantasy XI that will require more hard drive space on the Playstation 3, but only on specific models. The models [...]
Most Aggressive Developer of 2011: Square Enix
December 22nd, 2011 Omali When Final Fantasy XIV launched in September 2010, it drew a backlash from its userbase the likes of which haven’t been seen since Sony Online Entertainment implemented the Combat Upgrade and New Game Enhancements in Star Wars Galaxies back in 2005. For an MMO, it was one of the most disappointing releases of 2010. The [...]
Square Enix Members Hacked:
December 14th, 2011 Omali [Update] Square Enix has confirmed that no member information was stolen. As a result of our continuing investigation, we have now confirmed that the database in which we store personal information was NOT accessed during the recent server intrusion. Therefore, your personal information was NOT compromised by an unknown third party. Square-Enix is planning to restart [...]
Final Fantasy XI Is Crazy On XI-XI-XI: 14-Day Trial?
November 11th, 2011 Omali Do not adjust your monitors, the title of this article has been transmitted as intended: Final Fantasy XI has released a 14 day trial. Still surprised? So am I, but apparently the folks at Square Enix decided to pull down one barrier for entry into the aging-yet-enormous-to-an-almost-intimidating-degree MMO. If you were holding off on trying [...]
Final Fantasy XI On Playstation Vita? Not on PS3
July 13th, 2011 Omali I believe Sony has talked before about the Playstation Vita being capable of supporting MMO platforms, and it appears that Square Enix is the first company to step up to the plate and give consideration to the concept. Siliconera is reporting that Square Enix has a vested interest in porting Final Fantasy XI over to [...]
Square Enix Posts “Extraordinary Losses”
May 12th, 2011 Omali Square Enix posted a $16 million loss for Q1 2011, posting an even more bleak forecast for the rest of the year. The tsunami that hit Japan earlier this year is a major player in the report, coupled with the ongoing development of Final Fantasy XIV while the servers remain free of charge, and the [...]
