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Gamasutra’s Christian Nutt recently sat down with Final Fantasy XIV Producer/Director Naoki Yoshida and Sage Sundi to talk about everything from investors to “hardcore communication”. There’s really not a lot of information that players would be jumping to see, but it’s a nice Q and A telling us how some things work internally and how

Gamasutra recently sat down with Hiromichi Tanaka and Yasu Kurosawa to talk about the two Final Fantasy MMOs. Tanaka says how surprised he is that Final Fantasy XI has lasted eight years. The original plan for the title was to support it for five years, which was the lifespan of game consoles at the time.

There has not been too much news of late, but there were a few FFXIV related articles that cropped up in the news.  For those jonesing for something to read on this day-before-turkey-day, here are a few links to catch up on from the past few weeks. Final Fantasy XI: Is FFXI Doomed? This article

Gamasutra reported on a speech given by Robert Peeler, Assistant Online Community Manager, at the Game Developers Conference in Austin this past week.  According to his bio on the GDC website, Robert “heads up the planning and coordination of community efforts for FINAL FANTASY XI and FINAL FANTASY XIV.”  Not surprisingly, the speech focused on