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Final Fantasy XIV Encyclopaedia Eorzea Will Be Reprinted Next Year; Poster Collection & Picture Book Also Announced

Today Square Enix reached out with a press release with news about Final Fantasy XIV which may certainly please those who enjoy the game’s lore and its beautiful artwork. First of all, both volumes of the fan-favorite Encyclopaedia Eorzea will be reprinted and will release on April 12, 2022. Encyclopaedia Eorzea ~The World of FINAL FANTASY XIV~This deluxe, full-color book is the first of two volumes detailing the lore of the FINAL FANTASY XIV world—written and compiled by the game’s development team. Offering an in-depth look at the locales, organizations,

The 2020 Olympics Opening Ceremony Had a Video Game Song Playlist

Credit: Olympics/Twitter The 2020 Olympics have made their official pandemic-delayed start, and the opening ceremony, complete with the torch lighting, took place today. Keen-eared viewers might have noticed a certain kind of music being played during the whole ceremony and the Parade of Nations. That’s right — the Olympics featured video game music as its score for the lengthy opening ceremony, and it fits in perfectly. Viewers first began to spot — or hear, I suppose — the music and point it out on social media. The Parade of Nations

NieR Re[in]carnation Introduces 2P For NieR Automata Crossover With New Trailer

Today Square Enix released a new trailer of the upcoming mobile JRPG NieR: Re[in]carnation which will be released in the west soon. The trailer showcases an additional surprise coming with the NieR: Automata Crossover that will be included at launch. On top of 2B, 9S, and A2, you’ll also be able to summon 2P, in case you didn’t get enough of her in Final Fantasy XIV. You can check the trailer out below. [embedded content] NieR Re[in]carnation has already been available in Japan for a few months, and it achieved 10 million

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

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

Final Fantasy XIV ‘sells out’ of digital copies following Asmongold bump

Final Fantasy XIV has been gaining so much steam in the past few weeks that even its digital product is backlogged in its publisher’s store. The Final Fantasy XIV online “complete edition” download is unavailable to be purchased on Square Enix’s official website. First reported by Reddit users earlier today, the Square Enix store is now only allowing players to join a “waiting list” if they’d like to buy FFXIV. The massive influx of players on FFXIV has come shortly after Twitch’s top MMO streamer Asmongold started playing the game.

NEO: The World Ends With You Gets New Trailer All About Shibuya

Today Square Enix released a new trailer about the upcoming JRPG NEO: The World Ends With You. This brief video celebrates the game’s setting, Tokyo’s bustling Shibuya district, where many among the local youth love to gather and mingle. To do that, Square Enix placed the characters of the game in locations of the real Shibuya, followed by a few glimpses of gameplay. You can watch it below. [embedded content] If you want to see more about NEO: The World Ends With You, you can enjoy the original announcement, plenty

Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker – Reaper & Sage Jobs Get Official Icons & Lore Details

Following yesterday’s reveals, Square Enix updated the official website of the Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker expansion including some interesting details. First of all, we get a reveal of the new icons for the new jobs, Reaper and Sage, alongside a blurb describing the lore of each class. Sage “The nation of Sharlayan is the cradle of knowledge, and the Studium its foremost institution of learning. Yet more so than its incomparable library and formidable assemblage of Archons, this prestigious academy is famed for blending traditionally distinct fields to produce revolutionary

Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker is Seeing 160-180% More Pre-orders Than Shadowbringers

Beloved MMORPG Final Fantasy 14’s upcoming fourth major expansion, Endwalker, is looking like it’s going to be bigger and better than all previous expansions for the game to date- which is really saying something, considering how excellent the past three Final Fantasy 14 expansions have been. Fans are clearly excited about it thought, and it seems that’s being reflected in its early pre-launch commercial performance as well. During a recent stream focused on Final Fantasy 14 (translation via ResetEra), director and producer Naoko Yoshida revealed that it had already seen about 160-180% more pre-orders than the 2019 expansion Shadowbringers did.