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Square Enix Unveils Newest Addition to the FINAL FANTASY Series, FINAL FANTASY XIV!
MMORPG Scheduled for Simultaneous Global Release on the PLAYSTATION 3 and Windows
LOS ANGELES, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Square Enix Co., Ltd. (Square Enix), announced that FINAL FANTASY XIV, an all new massively-multiplayer role-playing game (MMORPG), is planned for simultaneous global release with language support in Japanese, English, French and German.
Adventure begins anew in the vast realm of Eorzea!
More information on FINAL FANTASY XIV can be found at http://www.finalfantasyxiv.com/.
About FINAL FANTASY XIV
Platforms: PLAYSTATION(R) 3 & Windows(R)
*Details on required PC specifications to be announced
at a later date
Languages: Japanese, English, German, French (simultaneous release)
Genre: MMORPG
Release: 2010
MSRP: TBD
ESRB: RP (Rating Pending)
Copyright: (C) SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved.
Development Staff
Producer: Hiromichi Tanaka (FINAL FANTASY I, II, III, XI)
Director: Nobuaki Komoto (FINAL FANTASY IX, XI)
Art Director: Akihiko Yoshida (Vagrant Story(R), FINAL FANTASY XII)
Music: Nobuo Uematsu of SMILE PLEASE (FINAL FANTASY series)
More info summarized thanks to -Kh-:
-Kh- said:The following is the only confirmed information available as of June 3, 2009
*Confirmed for PS3 and PC. They are currently considering other platforms like "Microsoft Hardware" but nothing has been decided.
*There will be no character transfers from FFXI to FFXIV, but you will be able to transfer your Friends List.
*PlayOnline will not be used.
*Races will be "similar" to the ones in FFXI.
*There will be a "job system" but this is undefined and will be different from FFXI.
*FFXI (Vana'diel) and FFXIV (Eorzea) are completely different game worlds, there is no relation.
*FFXI will not be canceled with the release of FFXIV. There is another year of content for FFXI planned currently.
*FFXIV will be more casual friendly.
*FFXIV will have solo content. Battles will range from many vs. many to many vs. one.
*There will be a simultaneous worldwide release, with English, Japanese, German and French language versions at launch. No plans for Spanish in the short-term.
*The trailer had both CGI and in-game rendering. No confirmation of any in-game combat or actual in-game content.
*Job system will be "fairly different" from FFXI. "The player can grow & develop in a more natural way without putting too much weight on the player."
*Content will range from solo to what very large groups, and range from casual to hardcore.
*There is absolutely no concrete information about the Beta.
*No pricing structure has been decided.