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Features a new story by Final Fantasy Tactics writer.

The 5.25 patch for Final Fantasy XIV was released early in the day on April 7. Patch 5.25 includes the "Save the Queen" questline, which is a new series of adventures written by Yasumi Matsuno (Final Fantasy Tactics and Final Fantasy XII). Matsuno is also responsible for writing the Return to Ivalice raid series.

Square Enix says that this update also includes some new content for those who like to hunt and...

Plus get the first details on patch 5.2.

Square Enix has 18 million reasons to celebrate today. Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida announced that Final Fantasy XIV has surpassed 18 million registered players from around the world. This monumental announcement was revealed in the latest Letter from the Producer live stream.

On top of this, Yoshida also gave fans the first details on what to expect with Patch 5.2. We now know that 5.2 is entitled Echoes of a Fallen Sta...

We have some additional details on what Patch 5.1 includes for Final Fantasy XIV.

Square Enix provided the first details on what is coming with Patch 5.1 for Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers. This patch, entitled Vows of Virtue, Deeds of Cruelty will be the first major update for Final Fantasy XIV's third major expansion. This update will include the YoRHa: Dark Apocalypse alliance raid and is part of the announced collaboration with the NieR franchise that first surfaced in February...

This is for a limited time.

Square Enix is allowing players to return to Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers for up to six days for free. This is obviously being done to entice some players to hop back in to the already widely popular MMORPG a mere month after the big Shadowbringers expansion was released.

The free period is live right now and runs until August 16, 2019 at 7:59AM (PT). That's a lot of days, depending on when you read this news of course.

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More FF for you MMORPG fans.

Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers is out today for all of your MMORPG wants and desires. Square Enix says that thanks to this new expansion's release, the active player base for Final Fantasy XIV has hit its highest mark in the game's six year history. Wow, this game has been out for six years already? I suppose it would be closer to 9 years if Square Enix didn't completely rework most of the game and relaunch it after its abysmal 2010 debut.
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That's a big number.

Square Enix announced that Final Fantasy XIV Online has surpassed the 16 million registered user mark today. While this is a very impressive number, it does not actually say how many of those registered users are active players.

Final Fantasy XIV has been going on for about six years now. The studio is still actively updating the game and delivering new content on a regular basis. This also includes their upcoming expansion, Final Fantasy XIV: Sha...

The Shadowbringers expansion for Final Fantasy XIV is slated to be released on July 2. Square Enix provided this news today alongside some fresh information about the expansion.

For instance, did you know that the Viera will be a new playable race? It's true. You may recall them as the tall, rabbit-eared race from Final Fantasy XII. There is also a new Gunbreaker job coming. Perhaps the coolest news revealed is the fact that Yoko Taro has designed a NieR themed alliance raid...

With today's release of patch 4.5 for Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood, players are now at the end of the road for Stormblood's storyline. This patch effectively marks the "beginning of the end" in the lead up to the next expansion, Shadowbringers.

Today's patch, entitled A Requiem for Heroes, brings about a bunch of new content for players of all skill sets. It adds in the third and final chapter in the Return to Ivalice Alliance Raid series, adds new main scenario quests,...

Come January 8, the 4.5 update for Final Fantasy XV: Stormblood will be released and with it will come the big ol finale to the Stormblood storyline. Not only that, but this two-part patch will set the stage for the upcoming Shadowbringers expansion that is slated for a vague release date of Summer 2019.

The first part of the patch is entitled A Requiem for Heroes. Let's take a look to see what all is coming for players early next year. ...

Square Enix announced a brand spanking new expansion for Final Fantasy XIV Online earlier today as part of a fan celebration event. This third expansion, called Shadowbringers, is still quite a ways off with a planned release slated for some time in the Summer of 69 2019.
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