Seems like Square Enix has been spouting out tons and tons of Final Fantasies all over the place. These guys have been banking on the Brand Name forever. It saved them from bankrupcy and all that but coming out with one after another over and over? I mean Final Fantasy XIII hasn’t even come out yet and they’re already releasing trailers to XIV? Okay, I’m a fan of the series but sheesh, I haven’t played an FF title since FF X2 and that wasn’t really a fun one because of the fact that it was all too girly for me.
Final Fantasy XIV
(ファイナルファンタジーXIV Fainaru Fantajī Fōtīn ), also known as Final Fantasy XIV Online, is the fourteenth entry in the Final Fantasy series, due for release in 2010 for PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Windows. It will be released simultaneously in all regions. Like Final Fantasy XI, Final Fantasy XIV is a massively multiplayer online game. The game takes place in a land called Eorzea.
The battle and job systems will be different than the one previously used in Final Fantasy XI, which utilized experience points, and that the character races and monsters will resemble those found in Final Fantasy XI to allow players to create avatars similar to ones created in Final Fantasy XI. Group play has been de-emphasized, and now solo and group play have been balanced. Weapon use will alter “character development”. Square Enix is looking for a way to allow users to transfer their game names to the new MMO. The developers say that, in addition to Final Fantasy XI, they have been influenced in the games creation by World of Warcraft, Age of Conan and Warhammer Online, but most of all by player feedback. Chocobos will also return, but in a different role from Final Fantasy XI where they were just steeds.
Final Fantasy XIV, previously codenamed Rapture (ラプチャー ), was first mentioned in August 2005, when Square Enix announced they had begun working on a new MMORPG, but neither confirmed nor denied that it was a sequel to Final Fantasy XI, or that it was Final Fantasy-related.[7] Hiromichi Tanaka, producer of the MMORPG Final Fantasy XI, stated in April 2006 that developers are working to make Rapture a worldwide release. He announced in February 2007 that the game was being developed for the Xbox 360 and for personal computers running the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system. He also stated that it might be brought to the PlayStation 3 as well. Square Enix announced at GDC 2008 that the new MMO will indeed target the PlayStation 3 and Windows operating system, and hinted that the Mac and Linux clients are not out of question. On June 2, 2009, at the Sony E3 Conference, Final Fantasy XIV was announced for the PlayStation 3 and Personal Computer through a trailer mixing pre-rendered CGI and actual in-game sequences running off of the Crystal Tools engine. The game will be produced by the same team working on Final Fantasy XI including Hiromichi Tanaka, and will be directed by Nobuaki Komoto. Akihiko Yoshida is the art director, and Nobuo Uematsu is composing the music. The game will have cross-platform servers between PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Windows, making all servers accessible from any country. The game will be beta tested for longer than the 4 months that Final Fantasy XI was. The PlayOnline system will not be used for the game.
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Sony’s E3 Press Conference: Just as Final Fantasy XIII for Xbox 360 was the blow-out announcement of last year’s show, Sony reveals the Final Fantasy 14 title will be an exclusive PS3 game, coming 2010
Watch Final Fantasy 14 preview video below
Sony’s Jack Tretton has revealed the existence of the next iteration of Final Fantasy – and has confirmed that it will remain an exclusive title for Sony.
Some saw a brief video of Final Fantasy XIV at the Sony keynote, however Square Enix has not released details about Final Fantasy XIV.
Final Fantasy XIV appears to take place in medieval times including Chocobos and airships, similar to the setting in Final Fantasy XII.
FFXIV will, somehow, be released in 2010.
As of
Final Fantasy XIII, During Microsoft’s E3 press conference, Square-Enix showed off Final Fantasy XIII running on Xbox 360 hardware.Also during the E3 press conference, Sony reveals new motion controller. After Microsoft announced their Project Natal yesterday.
There are more to expect with Sony like God of War 3, Rockstar PS3 Project, The Last Guardian, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, the new Resident Evil, PSP Go, Gran Turismo 5, Mod Nation Racer, Assassin’s Creed 2 and more.
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| Final Fantasy XIV title logo, designed by Yoshitaka Amano | |
| Developer(s) | Square Enix |
| Publisher(s) | Square Enix |
| Designer(s) | Hiromichi Tanaka (producer) Nobuaki Komoto (director) |
| Artist(s) | Akihiko Yoshida |
| Composer(s) | Nobuo Uematsu |
| Series | Final Fantasy |
| Engine | Crystal Tools |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows |
| Release date(s) | TBA 2010 |
| Genre(s) | Massively multiplayer online role-playing game |
| Mode(s) | Multiplayer cross-platform |
| Media | Blu-ray Disc, DVD-ROM |
| Input methods | Gamepad, Keyboard |
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