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Attending the Final Fantasy XIV: Fan Festival, 2023 in London

This weekend will be the 4th in-person Fan Festival for Final Fantasy XIV Online in Europe and the 3rd that I attend (I didn't attend the Germany event in 2017) Additionally, I'll be celebrating my 32nd birthday on Saturday, so I might have a couple of drinks to celebrate. The

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Free Trial in Final Fantasy XIV Online Expanded

This past Tuesday, Patch 6.5 for Final Fantasy XIV Online was released titled Growing Light While I won't be spoiling anything story-wise, there was an entry into the patch notes that is quite good for new players. The following additions and adjustments have been made to the free trial:

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[The JukeBox] #84 - Masayoshi Soken - Shadow Withal

About a month ago, Square Enix finally released the soundtrack for Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers on Spotify and other streaming services. This time, we are listening to the theme of Akadaemia Anyder titled: "Shadows Withal" A jazzy piece that reflects a time that once was. ⚠️SPOILERS! - Skip below to

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Regarding Third Party Tools in FFXIV

On Monday, Square Enix released a post on the Lodestone addressing third party plugins/addons/mods, etc in Final Fantasy XIV. In their post, they details that all third party tools are against the Terms of Service, which is not new but has been reiterated to players over the last

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[The Jukebox] #69 - Masayoshi Soken - ENDWALKER

In less than 36 hours from this post, Final Fantasy XIV's 4th expansion, Endwalker will be available in early access with the game fully launching on the 7th December. As I have mentioned on previous Jukeboxes, Soken is great! Masayoshi Soken, the composer for a majority of the score in

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[The Jukebox] #64 - Masayoshi Soken - A Long Fall

Earlier this week, Square-Enix finally released the Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers OST onto streaming platforms such as Spotify and Apple Music. This gives me the perfect excuse to highlight one of the biggest memes in Final Fantasy XIV in the last couple of years: A Long Fall. 'A Long Fall'

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Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker Benchmark Released

This past Sunday, Square Enix released the benchmark for the upcoming Final Fantasy XIV expansion, Endwalker. The benchmark contains the character creator which allows you to create characters which can be used in the main game when the expansion launches on November 23rd including the new Male Viera race. The

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Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival 2021 - Around the World - Opening Keynote

Naoki Yoshida, Director and Producer of Final Fantasy XIV, took to stage in a closed location and revealed information regarding the new Final Fantasy XIV expansion, Endwalker. * Opening with Trailer * Scythes confirmed! * Fall 2021 release * Yoshida is dressed as the new job wielding a Scythe New Jobs * Zenos has changed

Announcement

Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker Announced

On a closed theatre set in Tokyo, FFXIV Director Naoki Yoshida, Lead Translator Michael Christopher Koji-Fox brings to us a “Final Fantasy XIV Announcement Showcase” This was supposed to take place at the Final Fantasy Fan Festivals but due to the pandemic, this didn’t happen. An online-only Fan Fest

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[The Jukebox] #62 - Masayoshi Soken - What Angel Wakes Me

This is the 4th song from Final Fantasy XIV that I have written. The other 3 can be viewed here. At the start of Final Fantasy XIV’s 3rd expansion, ShadowBringers, it brought a truck load of new content including dungeons and trials. One of the first trials that you

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Hoary the Snowman | Final Fantasy XIV

I wanted to show off the Hoary the Snowman to a group of friends. I obtained Hoary during the 2014 Starlight Celebration in Final Fantasy XIV (Basically their Christmas event) This was taken during the 2020 Starlight Celebration event Here is the video:

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[The JukeBox] #60 - Fortress of Lies & End of the Unknown- Keiichi Okabe

Another Nier: Automata related tune featured in the new 24-man Alliance Raid in Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers titles: “The Puppets Bunker” which was released as part of Patch 5.3: Reflections in Crystal. During the first ‘trash’ pull and the in-between areas of the raid, you hear Okabe’s calming

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[The Jukebox] #59 - Masayoshi Soken - The Reach of Darkness

Staying with Final Fantasy XIV and back in 2015, which was about a year and a half after the game re-launched, Square Enix launched the final major patch for the A Realm Reborn expansion titled Before The Fall. There is a very good documentary about Final Fantasy XIV and what

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[The Jukebox] #58 - Weight of the World (Prelude Version) - Keiichi Okabe

I am a huge fan of Final Fantasy XIV and it’s music. It’s main composer Masayoshi Soken has created some fantastic music in the last 6 years of the game’s existence and he knocks it out of the park each and every expansion. At the Final Fantasy

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Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood Screenshots [Album]

Since 17th June 2017, I have taken some screenshots within Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood. As FFXIV: Shadowbringers is going into Early Access tomorrow (28th June 2019), I figured I would upload the images that I have taken over the last couple of years! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

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Photos from the Final Fantasy XIV: Fan Festival in Paris 2019

Back in February 2019, I attended the Final Fantasy XIV: Fan Festival 2019 in Paris, France. Here are some photos that I took from the couple of days that I attended the FFXIV event.