4Gamer recently got the chance to sit down with Naoki Yoshida, Akihiko Matsui and Mitsutoshi Gondai to talk about the changes that have been made to Final Fantasy...Read More
Famitsu and 4Gamer have released a few images from Square Enix on their websites. The images are of things we can expect to see in the future, however,...Read More
After Square Enix posted a general outline of some of the things they hoped to include in the November and December updates, fans wrote into Japanese gaming site...Read More
News has been floating around on the forums about a trailer for Final Fantasy XIV being shown in 3D as part of Sony’s press conference at Tokyo Game...Read More
Eorzeapedia wasn’t the only website attending this year’s E3 with an eye on the upcoming Final Fantasy XIV. Several other media sites were there, and they also got...Read More
As always, I have a lot of appreciation for the people at 4Gamer. Their articles feel more informative and gamer-friendly compared to the magazine powerhouses of Famitsu and...Read More
Sales have started in Japan for HP’s newest summer line of desktop PCs. In particular, today started sales for a special version of the HP Pavilion Desktop PC...Read More
Alpha testing continues for Final Fantasy XIV at the rate of one to three testing windows per region per week. This week, we have 4Gamer’s take on how...Read More
Over the past few days Famitsu and 4Gamer released new looks at the alpha build – and since both are still there, we’ll take a look at what...Read More
The day of the FFXIV Beta Test Site opening is upon us. Many people are anxiously awaiting a chance to play the alpha build and test out game...Read More
A couple weeks ago at VanaFest, attendees were lucky enough to get a showing of the latest CG video that was teased in screen shots with the last...Read More
Going between two languages, it is easy for things to get lost in translation. Not only that, but for Final Fantasy XIV, the sites for each region are also presented in entirely different ways. That means sometimes there can be pictures or text in one that doesn't show up in the either.
At the moment, we have extensive text on the NA site about some of the beast families like Aldgoats and Antelopes. However, the Japanese site does not contain any additional text, just the pictures that were released to the Japanese media as well. For those in Japan, they have to get their information from the magazines released this weekend or one of the several gaming news websites like GAME Watch or 4gamer.
Let's check out what was in the magazines that isn't on the NA site as well as what things may have been lost along the way.Read More
This is Part 2 of our coverage of 4Gamer’s interview with Hiromichi Tanaka and Sage Sundi. In it, we learn about the battle system in FFXIV and get...Read More
One thing you can count on is that the Japanese press are given access and interviews even at foreign events. It could be a big event like E3...Read More
Elmer over at ZAM has written up a summary from three popular Japanese news sources (GameWatch, 4Gamer, Famitsu) who all got the chance to sit down with Hiromichi...Read More