Final Fantasy XIV

Final Fantasy XIV, also known as Final Fantasy XIV Online, is the fourteenth installment in the Final Fantasy series. It was released in September 2010 for Microsoft Windows and will be released in 2011 for PlayStation 3. The game is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game and is developed and published by Square Enix. The game takes place in a land called Hydaelyn, mainly in a region named Eorzea, which will have a contemporaneously aesthetic blend of science fiction and classic fantasy elements.

Final Fantasy XIV, previously Rapture (ラプチャー Rapuchā), was first mentioned in August 2005, when Square Enix announced they had begun working on a new MMORPG, but neither confirmed nor denied that it was a sequel to Final Fantasy XI, or that it was Final Fantasy-related. Final Fantasy XIV was officially announced for the PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Windows through a trailer mixing pre-rendered CGI and actual in-game sequences running from the Crystal Toolsengine.


Specifically that Square Enix is aware that FFXIV has been a failure so far and they are doing what they can to do fix it. Here’s a quote from that message:

While more than two months have passed since the official launch of FINAL FANTASY XIV service, we deeply regret that the game has yet to achieve the level of enjoyability that FINAL FANTASY fans have come to expect from the franchise, and for this we offer our sincerest of apologies.

Some of the big pieces of news from this:

• Change in leadership: The producer/director for the game has changed, along with other key roles.
• Free trial period (free to play) has been extended until they have a clear plan of attack to fix the game.
• PS3 version has been delayed beyond March 2011, no date given.
• The December updates previously announced for FFXIV will still be released as announced.