

What is left of the Final Fantasy XIV player-base is expressing alarm at the number of gold-farmers now swarming the servers, already depopulated enough as it is.
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Final Fantasy watchers have been greatly excited by Square Enix’s comparison shots (above) of its flagship title Final Fantasy XIV before and after the upcoming mega-patch, touted as being the restorer of the game’s plummeting player numbers and the company’s tarnished image.
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Square Enix have announced the remaining players of Final Fantasy XIV will be given a third free month, possibly a result of player numbers having reached their lowest ever despite the game still being free.
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Square Enix profits have plunged and its stock price is at rock bottom – fortunately CEO Yoichi Wada has a plan to reverse this, including a dramatic increase in the company’s reliance on micro-transactions and item charging in its games.
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Square Enix’s CEO has admitted Final Fantasy XIV is “unsatisfactory” and stresses that the company is “trying as hard as it can to regain lost trust.”
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Square Enix’s efforts to rescue its disastrous Final Fantasy XIV launch by extending its free trial to two months also seem to have been less than successful – player populations appear to be declining inexorably and scarcely anyone has a nice thing to say about the game.
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Zombie apocalypse FPS Left 4 Dead 2 has received some less than obvious K-ON! crossover modifications.
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Final Fantasy XIV’s release debacle continues with the news that Square Enix is offering players another month of free play with their purchase – a move which detractors lambaste as an attempt to stop even more disgruntled players from abandoning the game.
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Hot on the heels of the official Final Fantasy XIV PC comes a selection of Square Enix approved PC hardware ranging from mice and controllers to, of all things, a “made for Final Fantasy XIV” router…
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Top (and only) item shop management RPG “Recettear: An Item Shop’s Tale” has been given a professional translation and an official English language release, which went on sale today.
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Square Enix have “temporarily” delayed the launch of the open beta test of the Final Fantasy XIV beta test at the last minute “due to fatal flaws,” disappointing many, including none other than top seiyuu Rie Tanaka.
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Square Enix has officially endorsed a PC capable of playing the upcoming Final Fantasy XIV, known for its relatively hefty system requirements – fortunately, the machine they recommend only costs a paltry ¥315,000 ($3,750).
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