The third chapter of the Final Fantasy XIV Developer’s Diary video series has been released on YouTube. This edition focuses on visual design and implementation in the game, and how the team comes up with its ideas. Check it out!
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Free Login Campaign returns to Final Fantasy XIV
If you’ve played Final Fantasy XIV in the past, or have taken a break from your subscription, now is your chance to come back and check out everything Patch 3.2 has to offer. For the next month, starting 3/14 and running through 4/14, you can sign in to your FFXIV account and play for up to 4 days. To qualify, your account must meet the following criteria:
- Users who have previously purchased and registered FINAL FANTASY XIV.
- All registered services accounts are set as inactive during the campaign period.
- Registered service account must have been inactive for at least thirty days.
Full details can be found here.
Final Fantasy XV rumored release date
According to an article on gaming website Gematsu, 3 independent sources have confirmed that the long-awaited release of Final Fantasy XV will be on September 30th, 2016. While this is still a rumor, we should learn the true release date on March 30th during the “Uncovered – Final Fantasy XV” event in Los Angeles. If the rumors are true, this is good news indeed for Final Fantasy fans.
The full Gematsu article can be found here.
RSS for Episode 14 issue
If you have tried to listen to Episode 14 via iTunes, you may have noticed that you got Episode 13 again instead. We were notified by twitter follower @JerryTheForest, and have gone and fixed the issue. Thanks Jerry for the heads up, and apologies for the inconvenience. We hope you all enjoy Episode 14 as much as we did recording it for everyone.
“You’re Not Alone” raises over $4000 for Charity
A huge shout out and congratulations go out to Eskalia and all the #Eskasuals out there for raising $4033.04 for Transgender Michigan over the 34 hour stream. Phoenix Down Radio would like to throw out a special shout out to everyone on #TeamPalindrome, who once again won the donation battle.
Episode 14 – Red Hot Chille Mages!
Episode 14 – Red Hot Chille Mages
Episode 14 goes live tonight!
Phoenix Down Radio episode 14 airs tonight at 9:30 PM ET / 6:30 PT at our Twitch channel, twitch.tv/phoenixdownradio. We will have a special guest, discuss what we would like to see for upcoming jobs in future patches/expansions, and try to help players catch up now that Patch 3.2 is here!
Hatching-Tide coming soon!
Eorzea’s next seasonal event, Hatching-Tide, starts March 15th! Lots of new seasonal items will be available, as well as a certain song-that-must-not-be-named (just kidding…) Pa-Paya will be available for the Orchestrion! From the developer’s blog:
“Eggs have been strewn about the city-states for decoration, and adventurers can quickly feel the spirit of the festival with the brilliant and pastel colors.
This year Jihli Aliapoh will once again make a grand appearance, and word has it that there will be some kind of egg-citing mini-game!”
The event site will be going live on Monday, March 14th will all the event info.
Producer Live Letter 28 scheduled for March 26th
The 28th FFXIV Letter from the Producer Live has been announced, and is scheduled to air March 26th at 19:00 JST (6AM EST/3AM PST). Yoshi-P will be answering various questions asked on the Official forums, and will have lead UI artist Hiroshi Minagawa as his guest. {Please look forward to it!}
Links to the various channels will be provided as soon as they are available.