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#squareenix Hiromichi Tanaka, one of the earliest members of Square, with producer credits on Final Fantasy XI, Xenogears and Chrono Cross, will be leaving Final Fantasy XI and Square Enix altogether, reports Famitsu. More »

#speakuponkotaku Can you believe it has been a decade since the release of Final Fantasy XI? Zasalamel certainly remembers. More »

#finalfantasyxi By day, 27-year-old Paul Turner was a computer programmer. By night, he played Final Fantasy XI as a Hume, hanging out with a Tarutaru named Branwen. Paul left his girlfriend for that Tarutaru and married the woman behind the avatar. More »

#column The other day, I mentioned to my friend of 10 years that I was doing research on massively multiplayer online role-playing games ("MMORPGs") for one of my game design jobs. I said that it was especially difficult to understand what people were talking about on online forums, given that I'd never played an MMORPG for more than an hour of my life. More »

#pc May 31 seemed like just another Square Enix monthly update to its Final Fantasy XI online game registration server system. It wasn't. More »

Hoping to try out Square Enix's initial foray into the MMORPG realm before the company releases its next foray into the MMORPG realm? Gamestop is offering an extremely cost effective way for you to try your hand at Final Fantasy XI -- until May 3, you can purchase the game and all of its many expansions on the retailer's website for just $11. We wish they were offering this deal on all of Square Enix's titles. Can you imagine? Just Cause 2 for $2? Final Fantasy XIII for $13? Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days for $3,582? Oh, wait.

#japan In early January, a Japanese news program did a piece on "netoge haijin" or "online game invalids". A follow-up to that report has appeared, and some believe the segment is fake. More »

New content to complement the vast world of Vana'diel in hugely popular MMO game.

Square Enix knows exactly what the players of its flagship MMO, Final Fantasy XI, want: New things to kill, which drop new things to wear. The company will fulfill these primal urges with three "Battle Area Add-On Scenarios" which will be released throughout the year. The first expansion, Vision of Abyssea, will go live during the summer, with two others, Scars of Abyssea and Heroes of Abyssea following soon after. Each new area can be purchased for $9.99 through the PlayOnline Viewer.

We're not sure how much of an audience Final Fantasy XI has retained over the years, but for the folks who've stuck in Vana'diel, there are phat loots in your future.

#finalfantasyxi At Vanafest 2010 in Tokyo, Hiromichi Tanaka, the lead developer of Final Fantasy XI, announced that game will get three new high level battle area additions this year: Vision of Abyssea, Scars of Abyssea, and Heroes of Abyssea. More »

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Definitive Compilation of Content from the Entire History of the Popular MMO Game Will Be Available in One Package in Time for the Holidays

With ostentatiously lengthy titles such as A Shantotto Ascension - The Legend Torn, Her Empire Born, we can't blame you for not being able to keep track of the expansions for Final Fantasy XI. By the end of this year, the game will have received seven content additions in the form of retail expansion packs and downloadable add-ons. Fortunately, Square Enix has decided to bundle all of these together in the Final Fantasy XI Ultimate Collection for PC and 360, which is set to hit North American store shelves on November 10 with a slim $20 price tag. Seems like an odd move, considering one of these add-ons isn't even out yet. Still, with a new bundle of joy on its way, Squeenix is probably getting antsy about last year's model.