Realm Reborn – MMO Fallout

Final Fantasy XIV is a poster boy in just how badly an MMO can launch. It is also a shining example of a developer doing everything in their power to return a game to its intended light, as Square Enix has worked tirelessly these past two years in what will finally come together as FFXIV 2.0: A Realm Reborn. Boy, it sure has been a long two years. As already announced, Final Fantasy XIV will shut down its servers on November 11th in preparation for the launch of 2.0. Afterward, early testing will begin on the release of the MMO’s rebirth.

After September 29th, however, subscription billing will end. Players currently subscribed as of that date will be able to play until November 11th for free, while inactive accounts will not be reactivated.

(More info: FFXIV Website)

Consider this your first heads up, FFXIV players: At some point in the future Final Fantasy XIV will shut down, but only temporarily. At Gamescom, Square Enix announced that instead of simply updating FFXIV when the game’s 2.0 relaunch goes live, the servers will need to be shut down for an indeterminate amount of time. Naoki Yoshida, director/producer, stated that the shut down will occur at some day in the near future, and is required in order to transition all of the character files over to the new game.

“Basically what’s going to happen is that the current story is still continuing now, but some day in the near future — and we’ll make sure we tell the players what day that is — something is going to happen in the story, and at that time, the servers are going to shut down,”

Players will have plenty of notice ahead of time as to when the servers will shut down. A Realm Reborn is set for launch on PC and PS3.

(Source: Massively.com)