When the servers went back up this morning, adventurers in Eorzea began a strange new set of quests to find and collect medals from various fates across the realm, with the help of a strange new Yokai watch. Announced in the April live letter, this crossover brings us a number of minions, weapons, and mounts to collect and show off. The event runs today through October 3rd. Full event details are available at the Lodestone. GO check it out!
Category: Video Game News
Patch 3.35 Preliminary notes available!
Just after the servers went down for maintenance, Square Enix released the preliminary notes for patch 3.35. Of note, the Rose, White, and Round Lanner whistle drop rates have been buffed as well as can be purchased with 99 token items from the primal fight. There is also a lot of information on how Deep Dungeon will work, so while you wait for the servers to come back up, read up on the new content in preparation.
As always, full information is available on the Lodestone.
Deep Dungeon releases July 19th
From the Lodestone, as well as a Tweet on Matt Hilton‘s Twitter feed, Patch 3.35 which includes the highly anticipated Palace of the Dead is scheduled for a July 19th release. In case you’ve been living under a rock, the Palace of the Dead is the new Rogue-like dungeon which will pit a party of up to 4 adventurers in a random series of floors littered with treasure, traps, and monsters galore. What will we find at the bottom? Only Yoshi-P knows! Make sure to clear your calendar, take the day off, or if all else fails, call in sick.* 😀
*Phoenix Down Radio does not ACTUALLY endorse calling in sick, but hey, who are we to tell you what to do? 😀
FFXIV / Amazon Summer DLC campaign extended!
Due to popular demand, Amazon and SE have extended the FFXIV Summer DLC Campaign for an additional week. If you missed out, go to Amazon’s Video Games department and spend at least $19.99 on qualifying items to get a code good for 6 in-game codes for glamour items, including the Original Fat Chocobo, Maid and Butler outfits, and Magicked Prism Wings.
Seriously, don’t wait… GO! DO IT ALREADY! 🙂
Adventures of Mana now available on Vita
Today is the anniversary of the Japanese release of Final Fantasy Adventure for GameBoy. Now some people reading this may be thinking, “What does this have to do with Adventures of Mana, and what is this game?” Well, Adventures of Mana is the remastered version of that classic Final Fantasy game, and is now available on the PS Vita, as well as on Android and iOS. Check out the Official Site for more information including pricing and game screenshots.
E3 Edition of Producer Live Letter airs June 15th
The Producer Live Letter E3 edition will air live tomorrow afternoon, June 15th at 4:30 PM PT. Yoshi-P will treat viewers to another sneak peek at the Palace of the Dead, and field questions relating to Patch 3.3 as posted on the Official Forums and from attendees of E3. The stream will be available to view in English and Japanese at the official Twitch and YouTube channels.
Full details of FFXIV at E3 are available at the Lodestone.
World of Final Fantasy set to release October 25th
Shortly after releasing news about the Final Fantasy XII HD Remaster, Square Enix announces the release date for the upcoming World of Final Fantasy game for PS4 and Vita. Announced on the Final Fantasy Portal app, the NA release date is set for October 25th, 2016.
In World of Final Fantasy, players lead a pair of twins, Reynn and Lann, through the land of Grymoire to search for their lost memories. Throughout their adventures, players collect, raise and battle chibi-versions of classic FF characters and beasts, including cactuars, chocobos, behemoths, and more.
Final Fantasy XII HD remake confirmed for 2017
I find it funny, because we were just talking about this last night in my FFXIV stream. The US and EU Playstation blogs have confirmed that a new Final Fantasy XII remake, titled “The Zodiac Age” will hit the PS4 in NA and EU in 2017.
Similar to other FF games that have received an HD tune-up, the game will feature enhanced graphics, faster load times, an auto-save feature, and a newly recorded soundtrack. FFXII will also feature an enhancement on the License board system. Similar to the International version, the new zodiac board will have 12 distinct license boards that can be assigned to each character giving them a unique feel.
I am happy that FFXII is getting the HD upgrade, but I think I will personally wait for it to be released on PC. What are your thoughts?
Full Patch 3.3 notes are available
Now that we’re in maintenace mode, the full patch notes are available for your perusal. There is a lot of information to go through, and a lot of welcome changes and additions. Among the new tidbits of info released, we are getting 30 new Orchestrion rolls, a number of new minions are being added, and the Nidhogg EX weapons are confirmed i235. However the NA patch notes do not say anything about the item level of the new Relic step. However, a user on r/ffxiv noticed that the French patch notes indicated that they may indeed be i24o.
What are you most looking forward to when the servers go live tomorrow?
Preliminary 3.3 Patch notes are live!
SE published the preliminary patch notes for upcoming patch 3.3, Revenge of the Horde. As normal, certain elements deemed spoilerish, such as quest names, have been omitted, and a few specific details have been held back for the official release of the patch. Of note, they lay out a few job ability changes and Bard has received a good amount of love for this patch, with minor additional changes to NIN, SMN, AST, and DRK. Go check out the full listing at the Lodestone.