Mike Williams
Mike Williams
140
178
9
Posts
Two weeks ago, during the latest Live Letter From the Producer, Square Enix put a number of special items on sale in various regions. These items included a Loporrit figurin, a Portly Porxie Plu...
If you’ve been lucky enough to pick up your own personal estate or happen to have a guild estate, you need items to furnish the space. The Final Fantasy XIV team makes a number of those items,...
Back in February, one of the bigger Final Fantasy XIV mods found itself embroiled in controversy. GShade was used by many to make their experience in the MMO prettier or simply to add some piza...
We’re still working our way through the Endwalker patch cycle in Final Fantasy XIV. This cycle is the Patch 6.x series, meaning whatever form the next expansion takes will be the Patch 7...
There’s nothing more frustrating than joining Final Fantasy XIV only to find out that your friends are on another data center. Right now, you can jump across to another data center temporarily...
Everyone knows about the infamous Final Fantasy XIV Free Trial meme, but did you know there’s also a Starter Edition of the critically-acclaimed MMORPG? Most new players either jump at the Free...
Most folks are enjoying the PVE action of Patch 6.35 in Final Fantasy XIV. They’re out there trying to delve into Eureka Orthos, or grind out Tomestones for their Amazing Manderville Weapons. B...
We’re hip deep into Patch 6.35 on Final Fantasy XIV. I’m sure that everyone is enjoying Eureka Orthos, the new Amazing Manderville Weapons, or the continuing PVP season. We know that Patch 6.4...
While you might’ve missed out on tickets to the Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival 2023, there’s still room for FFXIV-related live events this year. Over on the official Lodestone blog, Squa...
While we might be deep in the middle of Patch 6.35 for Final Fantasy XIV, there’s always more on the horizon. The next major patch is Patch 6.4. Major patches tend to come out four months apart...
To paraphrase a famous film quote: “Square Enix and PUMA’s artists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.” Alongside the release of the A Wardrobe Rebor...
Did you know that there’s a Final Fantasy XIV manga? Well, sort of. Back in 2021, the FFXIV team revealed Shiritsu Eorzea Gakuen (私立エオルゼア学園, lit. Private Eorzea Academy) during a Live Le...
We’re getting closer to Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival, the community-driven event where the dev team and the fans get to celebrate FFXIV together. Following digital events during the pa...
We’ve spent all week with Patch 6.35, including the Amazing Manderville Weapons, new Deep Dungeon, and the Loporrit Tribal Quests. Square Enix also filled the patch up with new mounts, minions, glamou...
I know you’re excited with Patch 6.35 launching in Final Fantasy XIV. You’re probably excited to pick up your new Amazing Manderville Weapons and dive into Eureka Orthos. Sadly, with every patc...
We’re about to cross the 10th anniversary of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, which originally launched on PC and PlayStation 3 on August 27, 2013. That was the true beginning of the fan-favo...
Right now, Final Fantasy XIV creative director Naoki Yoshida has to split his time between promoting the MMO and the upcoming mainline entry, Final Fantasy XVI. As one title coasts throu...
If you haven’t been keeping up with real-world news, you may have missed the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria in the beginning of February. The earthquake and aftershocks destroyed hom...
PAX East 2023 is right around the corner. The East Coast iteration of the PAX convention series is coming to Boston, Massachusetts on March, 23–26, 2023. Square Enix has long had a presence at the eve...
Last week marked the D.I.C.E. 2023 Summit, an event meant for luminaries of the interactive entertainment industry to get together. At the event, the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS)...