I’ve said it already, and I will continue saying it: The outpour of support from MMO developers and the community toward Japan has been absolutely overwhelming. Already we have seen support from Square Enix, Sony Online Entertainment, CCP, Hi-Rez, and NCsoft, and the list just keeps on growing. Nexon today announced a two-tiered plan to … Continue reading “Nexon: $1.2 Million and All Proceeds”
Money is a powerful tool that can buy many things. In the wake of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, we’ve seen an outpour of support from MMO developers and their players. Square Enix has shut down Japanese Final Fantasy servers, while Sony Online Entertainment has announced the suspension of billing for Japanese players. Global … Continue reading “NCSoft: No, This Is How You Charity”
Since the 8.9 magnitude earthquake the hit Japan this month, the outpour of support has been intense not only from gamers, but from the not-so-soulless entities that operate them. Already, we’ve seen responses from Square Enix (who are shutting down servers to consolidate energy), and Sony Online Entertainment, both companies of which will not be … Continue reading “Eve Online: PLEX For Japan”
Given Square Enix’s history of standard features either being implemented in an unnecessarily complicated manner, or simply not present at all, I can’t say I was surprised that Final Fantasy XIV launched without an official forum. Official forums in the ages of Final Fantasy XI (2002) were not common, although many of the MMOs from … Continue reading “Did Somebody Say Official Forums? FFXI & FFXIV”
Final Fantasy XIV is an odd bucket. For starters, I love the game, but I often find myself wishing Square would stop phoning me up at 3am, drunk, weeping and apologizing for issues I already know it is fixing. Since Final Fantasy XIV launched, cradled, and promptly slaughtered a flock of geese in its turbine … Continue reading “Final Fantasy XIV: Physical Levels Being Removed?”
Undead Labs is on the MMO Fallout list of “Developers We’d Like To See Succeed,” and not just because they are promising us a zombie MMO, although that reason covers the basic essentials. Thanks to a publishing deal with Microsoft, Undead Labs is taking the Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment route by first creating a zombie game … Continue reading “Undead Labs: Class3 on 360, Your MMO Not So Much…”
Alright, so murder isn’t quite the right word. More like Square Enix is no longer greeting new players by smashing their teeth in with a baseball bat, and force feeding them the aforementioned teeth. Final Fantasy XI launched in 2002, and after almost nine years of development and several expansion packs to boast, one of … Continue reading “Final Fantasy XI No Longer Murdering Newbies”
Fantasy Earth Zero is what you might call Square Enix’s first failed MMO, seeing as they shut the game down in Japan only months after launch, before the game even had a chance to launch worldwide. The game was boring, confusing, and didn’t have much to go on in terms of content or long term … Continue reading “Fantasy Earth Zero Shutting Down In West”
Back in November, I reported that Target and WalMart had pulled Final Fantasy XIV from store shelves, opting instead to only sell the game on their respective websites. I didn’t want to get into too much speculation at the time, as regular gaming stores (Best Buy, Gamestop, etc) were still stocking the title. Over the … Continue reading “Final Fantasy XIV Back On Shelves in WalMart”
Quick question: What do you hate most about Final Fantasy XIV? Odds are, the slow patcher is one of your top answers, and one you haven’t been able to find a fix to. If you are like me, you’ve been finding your patches through external hosts, through Mediafire or FFXIVCore until Square Enix started telling … Continue reading “To Fix Your Patcher: Use A Torrent Program (Final Fantasy XIV)”
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