9 Sep 2009

Pet Food Alpha 169: The Clump

RMT discussion. Lack of news… that’s about it. Shadax, Snowshadow No official news for over a month RSS Feeds added to FFXI Official Website Sage Sundi talks about RMT at CESA Developer Conference Extra Life lock in seats now available!
9 Sep 2009

Nobuaki Komoto speaks out about online gaming in Japan

1up.com published an article entitled: “The Future of Online Gaming in Japan: The people behind FFXIV and Phantasy Star Online weigh in.”  Despite the seeming popularity in Japan of Final Fantasy XI, and surely of Final Fantasy XIV, the article details why overall online gaming in Japan is less popular than in the United States
9 Sep 2009

RUMOR: New info from Famitsu

We are still days away from the next issue of Famitsu, but Ryumihyoh from the forums has uncovered some leaked information from a Japanese website by an unknown translator. Take this all with a grain of salt until we get actual scans and translations, but at least some of the information is interesting, and all
6 Sep 2009

Recently in the Magazines

Have you seen the pictures that came out this week?  Thanks to information released through Weekly Famitsu and Famitsu Online, we now have pictures of three more monsters that will feel the business end of our swords in Final Fantasy XIV.  Players of FFXI are familiar with Puks and Opo-opos, despite major changes in appearance. 
3 Sep 2009

Cartography 101: Eorzea

A lot of facts have been released about the land of Eorzea that we will all occupy in the near future, and while eventually we will almost certainly see some official images from Square Enix, right now the best we can do is piece together what we do know and engage in some Cartography 101. 
2 Sep 2009

Gametrailers Video Interview

Gamestrailer.com has released a two-part video interview with Tanaka and Sundi. Not a whole lot of new information here, but always nice to get some video shots of the game and Tanaka and Sundi themselves. They are able to deny some speculations and confirm that there will be no PvP nor voice chat at launch
1 Sep 2009

Pet Food Alpha 168: Fusion The Singing Pirate

Tanaka Bling, Credit Crunch, Token Hacks, and more! Raxanu, Derzerb, Paulbunion, Annex Vana’diel Collection 2 in Japan Player’s Collection name tag being worn by Tanaka SE sending out e-mails for 3D secure Token holders getting hacked
1 Sep 2009

FFXIV Video Only for Tokyo Game Show

And so it begins.  There is less than a month left until Tokyo Game Show.  Different game companies are slowly starting to release what they will be showing at the event this year before the official TGS website can beat them to the punch.  Today, Square Enix opened their special Tokyo Game Show 2009 website
31 Aug 2009

VG247 Gamescom “coverage”

VG247 released five mini-articles over the past 24 hours, each identifying one fact they gleaned from their interview with Tanaka at Gamescom (basically they published one “article” per quote).  Most of the information is already known, so we’ll just highlight the facts/quotes: FFXIV will have a monthly subscription model (link) Tanaka was very pleased Nobuo
31 Aug 2009

Famitsu WaveDVD: Hiro and Hama’s Little Chat

Last month we learned that Final Fantasy XIV would be the cover title for this month’s issue of Famitsu WaveDVD magazine.  Despite not having anything from the recent gamescom, the DVD contains over 12 minutes of footage for FFXIV.  Most of it is between Producer Hiromichi Tanaka and Enterbrain CEO Hirokazu Hamamura.  A few comments
29 Aug 2009

A Closer Look At Guildleves

Every MMO game has a a variety of different content. Some is aimed at beginners, while some is designed for the most experienced of players. However apart from beginning and end game content, there are some parts of the game that are designed to be used by any player, no matter what their experience level.
29 Aug 2009

Dengeki: Interview with Tanaka and Sundi

These big game shows are a lot like Christmas.  You get a bunch of really good stuff all at once but there is something of a let down after it’s all over.  However, sometimes there are still little treats that come in the mail a bit late.   Once again, Dengeki has delayed the online
28 Aug 2009

Aetheryte Radio 2: Gamescom 2009

On episode 2 of Aetheryte Radio we cover Gamescom 2009! We talk about the playable alpha build of Final Fantasy XIV at the show, discuss the new action battle system and what we currently know about the Guildleve system. We also would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their feedback on the
27 Aug 2009

Pet Food Alpha 167: Colonel

New PFA pics, Colonels, Email, and more! Zemmy – Ifrit New PFA character concepts by Polish Tamales!
27 Aug 2009

Playstation Blog Interview

Another day another Gamescom interview report.  This one is from the Playstation blog.  Not much new in this one except some hints at beta timing from Tanaka. PSB: Are you still planning a spring 2010 beta? Tanaka: We can’t really say any certain timing, because the launch is planned to release is 2010. So that
26 Aug 2009

One Last Continue: Interview with Tanaka and Sundi

One Last Continue, an alternative gaming news site, has posted their interview with Hiromichi Tanaka and Sage Sundi.  There are some interesting tidbits not found in other interviews so make sure you visit their site and read through it. Interview highlights: The game was built for the PC first and then ported to PS3 The
24 Aug 2009

[Op-Ed] Hands on at Gamescom: A detailed report

Hello everybody! I hardly have any new information, but I decided to give you a report of most of my Gamescom experience and go into detail when it comes to FFXIV.  I’m not a native English speaker, but I still hope you have a decent read. Grab a snack because I’m not going to skip
24 Aug 2009

ZAM and PlayStation Blog: Interview with Tanaka

Gamescom is over but the information and interviews are still coming out. We’ve seen interviews from sites like Famitsu and 4Gamer. Dengeki has not published their interview but chances are they are leaving it for Dengeki PlayStation magazine. Now we have a joint interview done by Thayos from ZAM and Chris Morell from PlayStation Blog.  
24 Aug 2009

A Closer Look At The Alpha User Interface

Last week during Gamescom in Cologne, Germany we got our very first look at Final Fantasy XIV as Square Enix revealed a playable version of the game’s alpha build. During the event, several images were released showing off the new user interface. We’ve gone ahead and translated the images so that those of you who
23 Aug 2009

Aetheryte Radio Now On iTunes!

Aetheryte Radio, the official podcast of Eorzeapedia.com, can now be found on iTunes! With iTunes you’ll be able to subscribe to our show so you never miss an episode. While visiting our page, please drop us a review to let others know what you think of the show! You can find us in iTunes by