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Tetsuya Nomura’s Character Designs For Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Were 20 Years In The Making
Last month, fans following the development of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 spotted something strange. Tetsuya Nomura, Square Enix artist and director of Kingdom Hearts III, was being listed in the game’s credits. It turned out that the creator of some of Final Fantasy’s most iconic characters was designing Xenoblade Chronicles 2‘s Torna organization, a mysterious group…
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Bad New Final Fantasy XV Mobile Game Now Available
Released on iOS and Android just in time for most fans to be distracted by Episode Prompto, Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire is a generic multiplayer kingdom-builder with FFXV assets laid over top. Hooray. The free-to-play mobile game starts off promisingly enough. Those are definitely Final Fantasy XV characters right there. I see Prompto…
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It’s A Great Time To Level Up A New Job In Final Fantasy XIV
With the launch of Final Fantasy XIV’s Stormblood expansion, tons of players are exploring the new post-level 60 content. But if you’re on the right game server, massive experience point bonuses are a great incentive to take a break from the new stuff and start a new job at level one. In the video above…
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FFXIV Stormblood Feels Like Its Own Final Fantasy Game
Stormblood isn’t just a huge chunk of new content for Final Fantasy XIV. It’s the third game in an ongoing series, one that happens to share the same space as its predecessors. Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn told the story of the rise of the Warrior of Light (AKA the player character) and established…
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How To Take Down Susano, FFXIV Stormblood’s First Primal
Primal battles in Final Fantasy XIV are massive spectacles that pit a group of players against powerful creatures that usually show up in the series as summons. Stormblood’s first primal, Susano, gets more massive than most, but a well-coordinated group can take him down pretty easy. Susano is a take on Susanoo, the Shinto god…
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Final Fantasy XIV Stormblood Progress Report: Lost Connections
Since Final Fantasy XIV’s Stormblood expansion launched in early access on Friday morning, I’ve leveled a Red Mage from 50 to 60 and taken my first steps into the city state of Ala Mhigo. Imagine what I could have accomplished had the servers been anywhere near stable! While the crux of the Stormblood expansion involves…
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How To Unlock Red Mage And Samurai Jobs In Final Fantasy XIV
The Stormblood expansion for Final Fantasy XIV introduces two new jobs to the massively multiplayer RPG—Red Mage and Samurai. To access them you don’t have to rush through days of story quests and journey to new lands. You just have to be level 50 and talk to the right people. Rather than lock the new…
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Final Fantasy XIV’s New Expansion Off To A Predictably Rocky Start
Stormblood launched in early access today, and the servers are getting bodied. As I see it, we wouldn’t have constant lag, frequent disconnects and players forming massive lines in a desperate attempt to get a quest done if Final Fantasy XIV didn’t make such attractive expansion packs. What seems completely ridiculous to folks who haven’t…
By Mike Fahey
