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Square Enix Provides Update on FFXIV Online Congestion Situation

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Time Stamp: August 24, 2021 4:31 PM - Modified On: August 24, 2021 - Published By:
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Top GamesThe number of simultaneous logins has continued to hit the upper limit in FFXIV, especially in North American and European Data Centers and Worlds. / Photo courtesy of Square EnixAs the number of simultaneous logins has continued to hit the upper limit in Final Fantasy XIV Online, Square Enix Producer and Director Noaki Yoshida released an update on how the studio is planning address the situation Tuesday.In the immediate future, FFXIV will be seeing increased login caps for its European Data Center, as well as classifying all of its

Square Enix lists Aether data center as “congested,” increases login cap in Europe, will add Worlds

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Time Stamp: August 24, 2021 5:55 AM - Modified On: August 24, 2021 - Published By:
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Square Enix addressed recent server issues for Final Fantasy XIV caused by connection overloads earlier today, releasing the 5.58 hotfix to help tackle the massive increase in player numbers. FFXIV saw a popularity boost over the last months, including expansion of the free test for new players, its visibility increased by high-profile MMO streamer Asmongold, and discontent from World of Warcraft players with Blizzard’s latest content patches. Related: Final Fantasy XIV ‘sells out’ of digital copies following Asmongold bump The influx of new players in such a short time caused

Final Fantasy XIV Producer Addresses Server Congestion Issues After Dramatic Population Boom

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Time Stamp: July 20, 2021 11:52 AM - Modified On: October 29, 2021 - Published By:
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Square Enix has been finding itself in a bit of a pickle with Final Fantasy XIV in recent weeks, with the servers exploding due to a massive influx of new players. While some would say that this isn’t a bad problem to have, this is causing issues for existing players, who often have to wait quite a bit in the queue to manage to log in, and this is months before the coming of the new expansion Endwalker, which will likely increase population even further. To address the situation, Producer

Microsoft Exec: “Gaming Is a Massive Business;” Xbox Game Pass a “Real Win-Win” For Publishers & Gamers

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Time Stamp: June 7, 2021 6:09 PM - Modified On: October 29, 2021 - Published By:
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Today Microsoft chief marketing officer and executive vice president of the Marketing and Consumer Business Chris Capossela talked about Xbox Game Pass at the Evercore ISI TMT Conference. “I’m a huge gamer fan. I’m a huge gamer myself. And I just absolutely love how committed we are to this business. For those of you who aren’t really familiar with it, gaming is a massive business. And it used to be the gaming world was sort of split between the PC gamers, who are diehard PC-only, and console gamers, who love

Best HDDs for gaming

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Time Stamp: June 2, 2021 2:20 PM - Modified On: June 2, 2021 - Published By:
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Some users view hard disk drives (HDDs) as obsolete tech that isn’t worth a second glance, but this couldn’t be further from the truth. While HDDs have been replaced by solid-state drives (SSDs) for some applications, HDDs are still popular because they offer higher storage capacities at a lower cost.  Modern computers use SSDs as their primary boot drive because they offer more speed than a standard HDD. These newer systems often have an HDD as a secondary storage drive because it’s more cost-effective for storing larger files like movies,

Winners Announced for The 9th Annual Compass Intelligence Awards in…

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Time Stamp: April 13, 2021 8:00 PM - Modified On: October 29, 2021 - Published By:
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The 2021 CompassIntel Spring Award Recipients SAN ANTONIO (PRWEB) April 14, 2021 Compass Intelligence is eager and excited to announce the award recipients of the 9th annual CompassIntel.com spring awards to honor the top companies, products, and technology solutions in mobile, IoT, and emerging technology industries. This year we received 120+ nominations coming in from companies, public relations, and corporate communications firms, editors, journalists, analysts, and other colleagues. These awards, excluding the Compass Intelligence selected awards, were voted on by 40+ industry-leading press, editors, journalists, thought leaders, and analysts in

How pandemic socialization trends have accelerated the move into virtual spaces

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Time Stamp: January 27, 2021 5:20 PM - Modified On: January 27, 2021 - Published By:
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GamesBeat x Oculus Venues Join Dean Takahashi, Ramez Naam, and Tim Chang online for "Science Fiction, Tech, and Games." Hosted in VR and 2D February 17th, 10:00am PT Learn More What will the social graph look like this year? What is it going to look like two years from now, and how is it going to be built? To answer that question, Elena Arponen, CEO and co-founder of Quicksave Interactive, Bruce Grove, CEO and co-founder of Polystream, and Si Lumb, metamedia futurist, joined Wanda Meloni, CEO & Principal Analyst at

Nerd Street Gamers to Open World’s First Esports Industry Campus in…

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Time Stamp: September 14, 2020 8:00 PM - Modified On: October 29, 2021 - Published By:
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“With this esports campus, we’re supporting the growth of the industry as a whole by increasing access to opportunities for gamers, public organizations, educational institutions, and the community at large.” John Fazio, founder and CEO, Nerd Street Gamers PHILADELPHIA (PRWEB) September 15, 2020 Nerd Street Gamers, the national esports infrastructure company dedicated to powering competitive opportunities and events for gamers, announces it will open the world’s first esports industry campus called “The Block” at 401 North Broad Street in Philadelphia. The space will not only function as Nerd Street Gamers’