28 Feb 2022

FFXIV Endwalker Soundtrack Gives us Lyrics for Close in the Distance, Flow, and Hic Svnt Leones

With the recent release of the Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker original soundtrack, Warriors of Light across the world have begun to get their copies. With this release, we’re finally able to take a look at the official lyrics for a handful of songs that were created for the latest expansion. Below, you’ll find lyrics for
23 Feb 2022

Review: Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster

Back in August of last year, we saw the release of the first batch of Square Enix’s Pixel Remasters with Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy II, and Final Fantasy III. Since then, we’ve also seen the release of Final Fantasy IV, and Final Fantasy V with the same treatment. And now, because of how counting works,
19 Feb 2022

Letter From The Producer Live Part LXVIII Shows The Next Ten Years of Final Fantasy XIV

During the most recent Final Fantasy XIV Letter From the Producer LIVE broadcast, FFXIV Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida took to the internet to give us a look at the next 10 years of Final Fantasy XIV.
18 Feb 2022

Naoki Yoshida States There Are No Plans to Add NFTs to Final Fantasy XIV

During a test broadcast for Final Fantasy XIV’s Letter from the Producer Live, Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida made a comment about discussions regarding the metaverse. The chat was instantly flooded with cries from players not to include NFTs into Final Fantasy XIV. Seeing this, Yoshida told everyone “We’re not going to be including NFTs
31 Jan 2022

Naoki Yoshida to Discuss the Next 10 Years of Final Fantasy XIV in Next Live Letter

It’s been revealed that the next Final Fantasy XIV Letter from the Producer LIVE will take place on February 18th at 6:00 PM PT. During the broadcast, Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida will be discussing what the team has in store for the next 10 years of Final Fantasy XIV in their “Newfound Futures” portion
18 Jan 2022

Microsoft is Buying Activision Blizzard

Today’s big gaming news comes from yet another Microsoft acquisition. This time, the company has set their sights on Activision Blizzard. The publisher of games such as World of Warcraft and Call of Duty is being purchased for $68.7 billion. Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer said today in a post that Activision Blizzard will operate
14 Jan 2022

FFXIV Gives a Date for Oceanic Servers and Updates for Other Regions and Data Center Travel

It’s no secret that Final Fantasy XIV has been suffering from its recent rise in popularity. The game saw an unexpected surge in players ahead of the release of the Endwalker expansion and, as a result, has had players waiting in long queues in order to just log-in to the game. Unfortunately, the solution of
24 Dec 2021

Review: Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker

When Square Enix launched the original version of Final Fantasy XIV in 2010, it was deemed a massive failure by both critics and players alike. Since then, the game has been successfully relaunched seen an increasingly growing playerbase and has just released its fourth expansion- Endwalker. Its previous expansion, Shadowbringers, was highly regarded by all
16 Dec 2021

Sales of Final Fantasy XIV Suspended to Deal with Continued Congestion Issues

Ahead of the launch of Final Fantasy XIV’s Endwalker expansion, Square Enix told players in a post what they should expect when it came to server congestion. Unfortunately, since early access began on December 3, players have been dealing with long queue times coupled with errors that can make them lose their place in said
2 Dec 2021

Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker Unlock Guide

Now that the patch notes are out for Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker, we have an idea of where we can start our new adventures. Whether you’re looking to dive into the new story, try out the new jobs, or getting right into crafting and gathering, we’ve got you covered!
1 Dec 2021

Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker Patch 6.0 Preliminary Patch Notes

As we get ready to jump into early access to Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker, Square Enix has gone ahead and posted the preliminary patch notes for Patch 6.0. There is a lot for fans to read through as we wait for early access to start so make sure to check them out! Final Fantasy XIV
30 Nov 2021

Square Enix Lets Players Know What to Expect for Congestion Ahead of FFXIV: Endwalker Early Access

The last time we got to jump into a brand new expansion for Final Fantasy XIV, we praised it as the smoothest launch we had ever seen. As we approach the release of Endwalker later this week however, the concerns regarding server congestion remain, and are perhaps the biggest they’ve ever been. Back in July,
30 Nov 2021

Square Enix Just Re-uploaded the FFXIV 1.0 Cinematic and We Don’t Know Why

Last night, Square Enix re-uploaded the FFXIV 1.0 cinematic to its Final Fantasy XIV YouTube channel. But why? Could it be that with Endwalker early access starting later this week, the publisher wishes to remind people of what came before for nostalgia’s sake as we get ready to wrap up the Hydaelyn and Zodiark saga?
16 Nov 2021

The Music Video for Final Fantasy XIV’s Endwalker Theme is Here!

Fans of Final Fantasy XIV are eagerly awaiting the drop of the new music from the upcoming Endwalker expansion. Today, Square Enix released a music video of the track “Endwalker“. The song is performed by Sam Carter from Architects and Masayoshi Soken and The Primals. Lyrics were written by Michael-Christopher Koji Fox with a concept
12 Nov 2021

The Lyrics for FFXIV’s Endwalker – Footfalls Have Been Revealed!

As we get closer to the release of Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker, the Final Fantasy XIV Developer’s Blog has been posting lyrics to the main themes that we’ve heard with all of the expansions. Today, they dropped the long-awaited lyrics for the track we’ve heard in the Endwalker full trailer: Endwalker – Footfalls.
10 Nov 2021

Marvel’s Avengers Gives us our First Look at Spider-Man

Since his announcement for Marvel’s Avengers, fans have been eagerly awaiting news about the PlayStation exclusive Spider-Man. Today, we finally got our first look at everyone’s favorite web-slinger! In addition to the above image, it was also announced that a brand new trailer featuring Spider-Man will be released tomorrow. Spider-Man will be exclusive to the
8 Nov 2021

Welcome to the New Gamer Escape!

Last month we gave you a first look at a brand new Gamer Escape. Today we’re excited to announce that those updates are now live! All of us here at Gamer Escape are incredibly excited about the update, which is something that we’ve been hard at work on for more than a year. We’ve been
6 Nov 2021

FFXIV Letter from the Producer LIVE LXVII Summary

As we approach the launch of Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker, Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida still had more to tell us during what will be the last Live Letter broadcast before the new expansion arrives. Information was shared about the new small-scale PvP: Crystal Conflict, as well as details about the changes coming to crafters
27 Oct 2021

State of Play Reveals New Star Ocean, Bugsnax Update and more.

Today, PlayStation went live with their latest State of Play broadcast which gave us our first look at the next Star Ocean game from Square Enix as well as a free update coming to Bugsnax! Read on to see all of the trailers from today’s presentation!
25 Oct 2021

Top 10 Questions We Want Answered in FFXIV: Endwalker

Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker is said to answer many questions that players have had over the games lifespan. Since the original 1.0 version of the game launched in September of 2010, we’ve been presented with a lot of different story beats- some of which have maybe deliberately never been addressed, and some which have simply