News and Announcements for August 2024

This is a sad day for Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius fans. The game’s development team announced on social media that they’ll be discontinuing app service for the game on October 30 of this year. Here is the full notice published on the game’s official Facebook page.   Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius is a free-to-play mobile game developed by Alim and published by Square Enix. It was a one-of-a-kind collaboration allowing for a unique gaming experience that smashed together Final Fantasy elements with Alim’s Brave Frontier. Just last year, Square Enix celebrated 48 million downloads of the mobile game since its worldwide launch on June 30, 2016.  ...
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Final Fantasy XIV is collaborating with PC case and accessories maker, HYTE, for a special giveaway. Head over to X (formally Twitter) or any of HYTE’s social media accounts and enter to win a Viper-themed PC case featuring official Viper artwork and Dawntrail branding. The winner will be announced on September 12. The contest is only available for residents in the US and Canada, but there are plenty of ways to enter to up your chances. Visit the official entry page and you’ll see a list of 11 entry methods that mostly entail following HYTE and Final Fantasy XIV on their various social media accounts. Each method nets you 2 entries, meaning you can earn a total of 22 entries if you do them a...
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The Rising, the annual in-game event that celebrates Final Fantasy XIV’s relaunch as A Realm Reborn, returns today! You can take in the sights and sounds of this year’s festivities now until September 11. The Rising is basically FFXIV New Year's. Players can enjoy all the celebratory decor, catch a fireworks show as it lights up the nighttime sky, and do some light questing for cool event rewards. This year, head to the Upper Decks of Limsa Lominsa with a level 15 character and speak with the Wandering Minstrel (X:11.3, Y:13,7). Pick up and complete the “Rising to the Call” even questline and you’ll earn the Brush-up Krile minion and the Rising Table Lamp.   The Rising event rewards: B...
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We finally know when Final Fantasy XVI, last year’s mainline Final Fantasy title, is headed to PC and it’s less than a month away. You’ll be able to start your PC adventure in the world of Valisthea on September 17, 2024, via Steam and the Epic Games Store. You can preorder just the base game for $50 or upgrade to the Final Fantasy XVI Complete Edition for twenty dollars more. The Complete Edition comes with the base game and both the “Echoes of the Fallen” and “The Rising Tide” DLC packs. You’ll only get access to the legendary Eikon, Leviathan, and all its special skills through “The Rising Tide” DLC.  A PC demo is also available now in both digital storefronts. If you downloaded the ...
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There may have been no Final Fantasy VII Rebirth DLC news or a PC release date, but the “Summoning a Masterpiece” event hosted over the weekend in Boulevard City in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia wasn’t without its big moments. Producer Yoshinori Kitase and director Naoki Hamaguchi were on hand to share interesting details and anecdotes behind the development of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. However, during the Q&A portion of the event, Hamaguchi excitedly let loose a few teasers about the third and final installment of the Final Fantasy VII Remake series.  At the time of writing, the official replay of the event has been removed, but fear not! While these details are far from concrete and there...
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Producer Yoshinori Kitase and director Naoki Hamaguchi, two of the integral minds behind Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, will be streaming live from Boulevard City in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for a special behind-the-scenes look at Rebirth’s development. Called “Summoning the Masterpiece,” the event was announced on official Final Fantasy VII social media accounts. It all goes down tomorrow, August 16, starting at 10 a.m. PDT on the Square Enix Twitch channel. Other than the name and the behind-the-scenes nature of the event, additional details and surprises have yet to be dropped by the Final Fantasy VII Rebirth team or Square Enix. As expected, fans have taken this lack of information as an op...
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Back in May, the Final Fantasy XIV team announced Shadow, a new European Data Center being added to help mitigate login congestion during the Dawntrail launch period. Today, it’s been announced that Shadow and its probational worlds will be retired on August 27. These are the Shadowbringers-branded probational worlds being shut down. Innocence Pixie Titania Tycoon According to the Lodestone announcement, Data Center Travel to any of the listed probational worlds will be disabled on Thursday, August 15, and visiting players are being encouraged to return to their homeworlds before the Shadow Data Center’s closure near the end of the month. If you forget to return or are unable to, n...
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Whether you’re a game collector or just nostalgic for and fiercely loyal to the tactile feel of physical media, we’ve got some good news for you! Square Enix has just pulled the covers off of the Final Fantasy I - VI Collection Anniversary Edition that's headed for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch consoles. This beefy physical compilation of the remastered versions of the first six Final Fantasy titles can be preordered now and is scheduled to be released on October 8 for $75. Now, the pixel remasters of Final Fantasy I - VI have been available digitally via Steam and PS4 and Nintendo Switch stores since 2021. In fact, you can head to either of those digital markets right now and pick ...
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In less than an hour, Zack Fair will once again be falling through the roof of an old church onto arguably the most iconic flower garden in gaming history. This memorable moment in Final Fantasy VII lore is being revisited in Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis in the form of Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - Chapter 4 Encounters. The new chapter lands on FFVII Ever Crisis on mobile devices and Steam today at 7:00 p.m. PDT. FFVII Ever Crisis compiles the characters and storylines from all over the Final Fantasy VII universe into one gacha-style game. The new chapter is taken from the prequel storyline, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, and captures the moment of Zack and Aerith’s first meeting and t...
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The team at Final Fantasy XIV announced today that the physical version of Dawntrail’s original soundtrack (OST) is available for preorder and will be launching on Wednesday, October 30, 2024. According to the announcement post on Lodestone, the OST will feature 66 tracks from the game’s latest expansion, Dawntrail, including bops and “stunning visuals” from the Arcadion: Light-heavyweight raids that became playable last month. The retail price of the anticipated soundtrack is $44.99 in the Square Enix Store.   As a bonus, those who purchase the Dawntrail: Final Fantasy XIV OST will also get an in-game code for the Wind-up Zero minion.    The bonus Wind-Up Zero minion f...
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Back in July, we reported on a couple of moogle-themed ‘fits revealed as part of the Final Fantasy VII Outfit Pack, a preorder bonus for the Ultimate Edition of Life is Strange: Double Exposure. That, however, was just a taste of what’s to come because the Life is Strange: Double Exposure team just revealed four more looks that feature some of Final Fantasy’s most iconic mascots. For an extra $30, you can turn the returning heroine, Max Caufield, into a rabid Final Fantasy fan with a Cactuar cardigan, a Chocobo v-neck sweater, a Bomb-themed long-sleeved crew neck, and a Tonberry mock turtleneck. Of course, these are in addition to the Moogle coat and hat revealed last month. Also exclusive ...
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It’s that time of year again according to today's Lodestone post! The Moonfire Faire seasonal event in Final Fantasy XIV is a community favorite for its beachy, summer themes and the fun and, often infuriating, jumping puzzles that come with it. This year, we’ll be hitting the beaches of Costa Del Sol beginning on August 8 and continuing until August 26. For those skilled enough to complete the Moonfire Faire’s obstacle course and questline, you’ll earn yourself the Namazu-centric Uchiwasshoi Emote and the Bouncing Bomb Balloon, Based on the promotional art for this year’s event, Bombs are going to play a big role in the Moonfire Faire madness. We’ll have to wait and see how and wh...
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