kula shakerz 2003-03-28 0 comments
Square Japan released yesterday more details about the upcoming Final Fantasy XI expansion pack Vision of Ziraat. In the announcement, the company unveiled the final character class that will make an appearance in addition to some environmental details concerning the different regions in the add-on. The new job class is the long awaited Dragon Knight (Dragoon), and is complete with...
kula shakerz 2003-03-18 0 comments
Square has recently added to new servers named Seraph (#24) and Lakshmi (#25) to the Final Fantasy XI server network. The news servers was needed because the number of subscriptions for Final Fantasy XI has reached over 200,000 and it's inceasing. The game will be released in USA sometime this year, it's still not known if it will be on...
kula shakerz 2003-03-16 0 comments
The Japanese ISP Biglobe will be offering a special Final Fantasy XI limited edition set. The all-in-one bundle will include the game, the PlayStation®2 BB Unit, a Logical NetPlay Controller, the Final Fantasy XI add-on disc Vision of Ziraat, and the Final Fantasy XI Vana'diel World Report Version 021002. There will only be 400 of these sets and they will...
sifar 2003-03-09 0 comments
Final Fantasy XI was finally introduced on Game Developers Conference 2003. Both nVidia and ATI showed that FFXI could run on their graphic cards very well. The game has been running quite successfully on Japanese servers, and thus rumours have it that FFXI should reach North America soon. But nothing has been confirmed yet, only that most probably a decision...
sifar 2003-03-09 0 comments
PlayOnline has just revealed the covers of the FFXI Add-on, Vision of Jirat, through the game's official website. The covers for both the PS2 and the PC have been revealed. As we know, the Add-on will come along with the original game and cannot be purchased alone. This was done by Squaresoft so that they could focus on attracting new...
sifar 2003-02-28 0 comments
The new add-on titled Jirat no Genei will be released on April 17, 2003 in Japan. Dengeki has made available new information about two new jobs in the add-on disc. They include that of a ninja and that of a samurai. In related news, it seems that Squaresoft is selling its FFXI add-on in a bundle pack where it will...
sifar 2003-02-15 0 comments
Gamespot.com released some information about Final Fantasy XI and its' online testing which will begin in North America. Square has been stated saying that they are working on a closed beta for the North American version of Final Fantasy XI. The company will use the beta to test all the different types of internet connections and see how compatible they...
sifar 2003-01-29 0 comments
Quiter has made available some information about the new Add-on coming up for Final Fantasy XI. It will be released on April 17, 2003 for approx. 3,980 Yen. That is the price for the PlayStation 2. The price for the PC version is yet to be announced. Famitsu and Dengeki gave us some more updated information along with Quiter. A...
sifar 2003-01-24 0 comments
It seems that PlayOnline.com is advertising the opportunity for you to purchase a PS2 BB Unit online. But there are limited quantities and so one must hurry before they run out. The unit will cost a total of 18,000 yen which contains shipping and consumer tax aswell. It is assumed that this will only apply to those living in Japan....
sifar 2003-01-24 0 comments
The DMA (Digital Media Association) announced the winners of the eight AMD awards and Square definitely was among the list. Squaresoft's Final Fantasy XI was given the award titled "Overall Grand Award" and also recieved the "Best Music Award". The award ceremony will take place in Tokyo on February 5, 2003.
sifar 2003-01-08 0 comments
Square has made available some information about an add-on for its online MMORPG Final Fantasy XI, the vision of Jirat. This new update/add-on will contain three new locations. They are Yutanga forest, Rikyua desert and the village of Kazem. It will also contain many new monsters and over 200 new items. There will also be many new job classes such...
kula shakerz 2002-12-12 0 comments
Final Fantasy XI, Square's first attempt on making a MMORPG has finally hit it's target! 200.000 copies of the game has been sold. This is good news for Square since they had some problems with the service the first few months.
kula shakerz 2002-11-21 0 comments
According to a Japanese Gaming site (Quiter), Square will be releasing an expansion pack for Final Fantasy XI. The name of the expansion pack will be called Final Fantasy XI - Jirald's Illusion. Date of release and how the expansion will be sold is still unknown. But I can confirm with you that "Summons", will be added in the upcoming...
kula shakerz 2002-11-07 0 comments
The first official wedding has taken place in Final Fantasy XI. The lucky couple is known under the characters "Otoku" and "Jar". There was a huge ceremony with many guests and Square made some new items for this event; conffetti and a wedding ring. Good luck to them
kula shakerz 2002-11-03 0 comments
Want to know if your Computer is powerful enough to run Final Fantasy XI? The answer is here! Square has just released a program called "Final Fantasy XI Official BenchMark" which is an application to test whether your PC is good enough to run the first Online Final Fantasy Series, Final Fantasy XI. Here is the full instruction on how...