Back by popular demand, Square Enix has announced a selection of popular Final Fantasy XIV books will be reprinted with new editions by 2022 including titles such as Encyclopaedia Eorzea vol.1 and vol. 2, the FINAL FANTASY XIV Poster Collection, and an English-translated edition of the FINAL FANTASY XIV Picture Book. Additionally, two new manga series, SINoALICE and My Happy Marriage, have been slated for release in 2022 as well. A tiny breakdown of these titles are as follows: Encyclopaedia Eorzea ~The World of FINAL FANTASY XIV~ The first of two volumes including a full-color in-depth look at the locales, factions, and history of Eorzea fully written and put together by the game's development team themselves. This book also includes a bonus item code for the in-game Namingway minion. Further details, as well as pre-ordering, can be found here. Both Vol.1 and 2 have been slated for a release on April 12, 2022. The second half of Square Enix's Encyclopaedia Eorzea collection contains a multitude of new lore and info on the new additions to the story of Final Fantasy XIV detailing new locales such as the new Eastern Continent explored in Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood. Much like the first volume, this

Final Fantasy XIV has seen a boom in recent weeks. Positive word of mouth following the Shadowbringers expansion has kept the game in the conversation, and a global pandemic that saw many of us spending more time gaming saw to a steady rise in the number of active players. Players of another popular MMORPG World of Warcraft took notice. Dissatisfied with the state of the most popular game in it's genre, an exodus of sorts occurred, with popular content creators carrying many in tow to a game that seems to be in a prime state to welcome them in. It's been so rough that servers have had trouble accommodating login requests from the massive amounts of new players on top of existing ones, causing waits of up to 10-20 minutes to be able to play the game. Today, the game's director and producer Naoki Yoshida penned a letter apologizing for the disruption and laid out a plan to relieve the pressure on the game's servers. First, maintenance conducted last night re-introduced an automatic logout should players remain idle for a certain amount of time. In the past, we've seen this implemented around expansions to steady the incoming and outgoing flow of players

Beginning Monday, July 19th and continuing through Wednesday, August 11th, the Make it Rain Campaign will return to Final Fantasy XIV. Centered around the Manderville Gold Saucer, the event offers a 50% discount on items obtained with MGP (Manderville Gold Saucer Points) like special items, glamour, mounts, minions, and more. This year, a new Vexed emote will be available. The Gold Saucer serves as a mini-game hub for the MMORPG, and includes chocobo racing, a Triple Triad card game, Mahjong tables, a minion strategy game, rotating events, a weekly lottery and more. Final Fantasy XIV is now available on Windows PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Mac. Final Fantasy XIV Make it Rain Campaign 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inP1_pQNvxE

Starting Friday, July 9th and continuing through Monday, August 23rd, Final Fantasy XIV's Free Login Campaign will allow lapsed players to log in and play for a two-week period free of charge. For those looking for an excuse to get caught up before the Endwalker expansion in November, now is an opportune time to do so. To participate, you must have previously purchased Final Fantasy XIV and have had your subscription status in "Inactive" status for at least 30 days. Once you log back in, you will have a 2-week (14-day) timer kick in. When it expires on the 14th day you will no longer able to play unless your renew your subscription. In recent news, the development team has released a benchmark trailer, with the actual benchmark arriving Sunday, July 11th at midnight (Pacific Standard Time.) The most recent Letter from the Producer Live broadcast ran down a recap of features to be added in the Endwalker expansion, as well as a chat with NieR Automata creators YOKOTARO and Yosuke Saito regarding the recent collaboration: YoRHa Dark Apocalypse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4c1iBqOO8I

In the 65th Letter from the Producer Live taking place during the annual 14-hour broadcast, producer/director Naoki Yoshida shared information on Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker, its PC benchmark and various events coming to the game before year's end. Today's broadcast also featured special guests and NieR creators Yoko Taro and Yosuke Saito. Benchmark Available from July 11 at 12AM PST for PC download, the benchmark will let players see where their hardware stands while getting a glimpse of in-game assets and the character creator featuring male Viera. Square Enix has provided a trailer as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkC1r0eJZ-c Endwalker Announcement Recap Endwalker will feature conclusion of the Hydaelyn and Zodiark saga. The main scenario will feature more scenes than previous expansions and more voiced scenes.Old Sharlayan will function similarly to to The Crystarium/Kugane/Ishgard. Radz-at-Han will be similar to Eulmore/Rhalgr's Reach/Idyllshire.Sage and Reaper will be added as new Jobs. Alphinaud and Zenos will take on these new jobs respectively.You'll be able to use Explorer Mode to revisit Endwalker dungeons later on, presumably after the expansion patch.Pandaemonium is the new 8-man raid, and will be released 2 weeks after the Endwalker launch. The Savage mode difficulty will come 4 weeks after launch.Myths of the Realm will be the 24-man alliance

Fans can get a taste of Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker on July 11 with the launch of the PC benchmark. Alongside this announcement, Square Enix has provided an over six minutes trailer showing off in-game footage with what you can expect. Check out the benchmark announcement trailer below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkC1r0eJZ-c

The latest chapter of the Save the Queen series arrived in Final Fantasy XIV last Tuesday, as part of the last content patch before the Endwalker expansion drops this November. This series features the return of Yasumi Matsuno, who previously collaborated with FFXIV to write an Ivalice-themed alliance raid series "Return to Ivalice" in the Stormblood expansion. Save the Queen has its own ties to Ivalice, or the Ivalice fashioned for FFXIV's world. While previous collaborations have feature characters such as Fran or Ba'Gamnan, their roles and relationships are completely different on Hydaelyn. Ashe and Rasler, for example, are brother than sister rather than betrothed. For a long while, many fans have tried to connect the games via charts, timelines, and so on. I posit that Ivalice games, moreso Matsuno's Ivalice games, are less about connecting a grand history and its actors, and more of a template with which to explore stories about class struggle, revolutionary ideals and idealists, and the wound of broken bonds. Familiar faces and familiar places are but a means to an end. Rather than alliance raid series, Save the Queen comes in the form of an "Adventuring Foray," a type of content that was introduced in the

Final Fantasy XIV's Patch 5.55 is set to release on May 25th, according to the latest Letter from the Producer Live broadcast. This patch, titled "Death Unto Dawn - Part 2" concludes the main scenario quest until the Endwalker expansion arrives on November 23rd. It should also be known that this patch will commence official service for the PlayStation 5 version, which has since been an open beta phase. Death Unto Dawn - Part 2 "With a close friend grievously wounded and deadly primals at large, the Scions face a bitter struggle. Newfound alliances with Tiamat and the Amal'jaa provide a glimmer of hope, but with a world at stake, will this be enough?" Save the Queen - Zadnor Additionally, the patch will include the final update for the Save the Queen series. Penned by Yasumi Matsuno, the Warrior of Light will join the Bozjan Resistance in Zadnor, a new battlefield located in the northeast of Bozja, along the Dalmascan border. Here, you'll be able to raise your Resistance rank from 15 to 25, participate in new skirmishes and critical engagements to obtain mettle, and collect new rewards. New "proofs of mettle" can also be purchased to increase your stats once you obtain the maximum

In the 64th Letter from the Producer Live broadcast at Fan Festival 2021, Final Fantasy XIV director/producer Naoki Yoshida and global community manager Toshio Murouchi revealed what's coming for Patch 5.55, along with a Q&A with lead scenario designer Natsuko Ishikawa and other announcements. Patch 5.55 is scheduled to launch on May 25 as a second part of the two part patch series. Part 2 will include the second and conclusive part of the main scenario that leads into the events of Endwalker, the final Save the Queen updates, YorHa: Dark Apocalypse epilogue quests and a reward for collecting all Triple Triad cards. Along with the launch of Patch 5.55 begins the official service of the PlayStation 5 version. We’ve summarized the major information below — check it out! Save the Queen Update New Battlefield - ZadnorThe final chapter of Save the Queen will be penned.Resistance Rank cap will be raised from 15 to 25.New skirmishes and critical engagements added.The Dalriada, a new large-scale assault (max 48 players) will be added.Unlock requirements - 5.4 main scenario quest completion, 5.45 Save the Queen story completion.As the war for Bozja wages on, the Warrior of Light must make a difficult decision. There was a similar decision you made in

Tonight, during the keynote address to kick off Final Fantasy XIV's digital Fan Festival, the team revealed new information about the forthcoming Endwalker expansion. Director and producer Naoki Yoshida took the stage to lay out the major content and features players can expect. We've summarized all the major points below: Recap • A new healer job called Sage will be added and weilds floating weapons called nouliths.• The level cap will increase from 80 to 90.• Five new role quests will be added.• The Trust system will be updated to include characters such as Estinien.• Down-scaled values in battle calculations will be performed for long-term battle system maintenance.• Belts will be removed as an equip-able item to make way for more weapon and ring slots. Belts won't be deleted but you may want to safely store them. More information later.• A small-scale PvP mode will be added.• A new 8-man raid "Pandaemonium" will be added -- it's a setting original to Final Fantasy XIV.• An Island Sanctuary will be added in the 6.x series patches that will feature "slow-living" type of content. It's open to everyone, not just crafters and gatherers.• Ishgard will become a new residential district. The team is working