Tagged: Alpha

We have recently begun sending notification e-mails to players accepted as alpha testers for FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn. For those who do not receive an acceptance notification this time, fear not! There will be need to fortify our ranks as time goes on, so your chance to take up arms in battle may come yet.
Those who have yet to apply, be sure to visit the alpha test application site.

A Realm Reborn Alpha Test – Now Recruiting Testers!

Many strange and wondrous sights await adventurers in the new Eorzea. Yet before the land can welcome you, she must needs be purged of the myriad bugs, glitches, and other unseemly errors that would rend her asunder.

The development and operations teams are looking for testers to participate in the alpha test for FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn. Those who volunteer their services will assist primarily with server stress tests and evaluation of core systems.

Click here for more details.

Or at least we can only hope!

Little is known about the mod at the moment, but it looks promising. It is currently going as “MLP: Fighting is Magic“, a working title which will likely stick.

The mod/dev team, dubbing themselves “Team Mane6″ have a rather brief FAQ, and if they deliver what they promise (and hopefully support GGPO) we’re going to have one of the most popular underground pony fighters in recent history. At least if this isn’t one huge troll!

FFXIV “Metamorphosis” Video

A new video has surfaced on the Final Fantasy XIV youtube channel showing off a side by side comparison of the alpha and beta builds of the game. The biggest difference you’ll see at the start of the video is the new lighting changes from the depth buffer shadows that has been mentioned. The later part of the video shows the new combat system in action which is definitely much quicker than that of the alpha build.



Dengeki and Tanaka at E3

E3 is now behind us.  FFXIV Producer Tanaka Hiromichi is back in Japan, working on the latest version update for FFXI and the FFXIV beta.  However, that doesn’t mean we are through looking at all the exciting information to come out of the event!

Expect a number of articles to pop up on Eorzeapedia this week and next as we go through the Japanese media interviews and some of the interesting reporting they’ve been doing after the event.

For starters, we have a very lengthy interview from Dengeki.  I have to wonder how many times Tanaka answered variants of the “where are the male Miqo’tes?” question.  Who knows.  Maybe it’s not too late for them to go back and add them for us?  We can hope right?  Most of the interview covers things we’ve already seen in other interviews so it makes a nice review for people who haven’t been following every little piece of news to hit the site.  However, there are a couple things that might be interesting for even the most up-to-date fans out there.

As always, you can read our translated version below or check out the original interview with pictures on Dengeki’s website.

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