Square Enix on 16th announced that the registered players of Final Fantasy XI on Playstation 2 and Windows version combined had reached their target of 500,000 players by the end of March.
FFXI began its hype as the first MMORPG for the Playstation 2 console back in 2001. In May 2002, FFXI launched its service along with PlayOnline. Its initial launch was interferred with problems such as server down and double fee, but managed to get back on track to launch its service in US in October 2003. Now, every 1 player has an average of 2.5 characters and growing.
This number will definately increase when it hits Europe, which is rumored to be due sometime this year! Also the rumor about the new expansion is still alive and has players anxiously waiting. Final Fantasy XI is surely a success for Square Enix.
kula shakerz 2014-05-19 4 comments
Final Fantasy XI turned 12 three days ago and Square Enix celebrates this by throwing several events throughout Vana'diel. One of them is the Adventurer Appreciation Campaign. During this campaign, moogles stationed throughout the three nations (San d'Oria, Bastok and Windurst) will provide players with a variety of information and records about their adventures, and they may even hand out...
Brendan 2013-12-10 2 comments
November marked the eleventh anniversary of Final Fantasy XI's original Japanese launch and Square Enix has announced an all new Return Home to Vana'Diel Campaign! All former players will have their accounts reactivated automatically for free between Tuesday, December 10 and Monday December 23 2013. In addition to that, players will be able to digitally download the latest version of...
kula shakerz 2010-03-01 0 comments
At Vanafest 2010 in Tokyo, Hiromichi Tanaka, the lead developer of Final Fantasy XI, announced that game will get three new high level battle area additions this year: Vision of Abyssea, Scars of Abyssea, and Heroes of Abyssea. Vision of Abyssea will be the first release, this summer. The other two are not yet dated. All will cost $9.99 and...
