FINAL FANTASY XIV Online News

Final Fantasy XIV is suffering from success, thanks, in part, to its recently released Endwalker expansion. Despite updates to ease server errors and long queue times, players are still struggling to log into the game. So, Square Enix have only gone and done it. They've temporarily suspended sales of the game, as well as new registrations for the free trial version. Even adverts are being stopped for now.

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Square Enix is temporarily suspending digital sales of Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker due to the popularity of the new expansion. Director and producer Naoki Yoshida has delivered an update on the MMO's login times and server congestion, further confirming that the free trial will also be suspended and that players will be getting more free game time.

"Players are currently experiencing extremely long wait times due to the dense concentration of play hours which far exceed our server capacity, especially during the peak times, and so we have decided to temporarily suspend the sale and delivery of Final Fantasy XIV's starter and complete edition," Yoshida says. "Additionally, although those with an active subscription are prioritised to log in, free trial players are unable to log in outside of late night and early morning hours, and so we will also temporarily suspend new registrations for the free trial."

Yoshida explains that the temporary suspensions will be phased in over the next few days and that the team will pull all new advertisements for the expansion. If you're an existing player, expansion packs and collector's edition digital upgrades will continue to be available.

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Ten years. Ten years have passed since the Warriors of Light began their journey in Final Fantasy XIV Online. That journey got off to a rotten start, but after a soft reboot in 2013, this beloved MMO just keeps getting better. Eight years, 25 million registered players, and now four expansions later, the story arc that began with A Realm Reborn finally comes to an end, and somehow, somehow, Square Enix has done it justice.

A new threat, the prophesied Final Days, is at the heart of Endwalker's narrative. Once believed to be deities, it's now known that Hydaelyn and Zodiark are merely enemy forces in a deeper struggle that's also ensnared your character, the villainous Zenos Yae Galvus, and your companions the Scions of the Seventh Dawn. A cosmic apocalypse might cause one's perspective to drift, but this expansion is full of intimate, human stories that keep you rooted, and really make you feel just how high the stakes are.

Because while the Final Days are coming, there's a more immediate conflict raging through Eorzea: a Garlean civil war is leaving a trail of death and devastation across a nation that was once the most powerful enemy of the free people. Those days are long gone, as years of conflict have reduced the Garlean Empire to ashes.

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Final Fantasy XIV's next seasonal event is upon us. The winter holidays are fast approaching and, right on time, developer Square Enix has announced details for this year's Starlight Celebration in-game event, which kicks off later this week.

The Final Fantasy XIV Starlight Celebration festival is due to go live on December 16 at 12am PT / 3am ET / 8am GMT for its 2021 edition, and will run until December 31 at 6:59 am PT / 9:59 am ET / 2:59 pm GMT. Popping up at this time of year annually since the MMO's launch back in 2010, the festival is all about yeti this year, it seems, kicking off with a mission called 'A very yeti starlight' that's found by speaking to Amh Garanjy in Old Gridania (coordinates are X:10.2, Y:9.4 in case they're handy).

Details are light on what this will involve in Square Enix's announcement, and you'll need to be at least level 15 to find out. The description merely teases that "Amh Garanjy is busy readying for the festivities in Mih Khetto's Amphitheatre and may just have a special task for you". We do, however, have a lovely image of the suitably seasonal festivities headed our way when it arrives.

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