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Update: A player-run nightclub in Final Fantasy 14 has taken down billboards in Texas advertising an upcoming in-game event following backlash from the wider community.  One of Rain’s moderators explains on Discord that the decision was taken out of “respect”, and that the team’s intention “was not [to] worry other …

The developer of Spellbreak, a magic-based battle royale which recently announced it would be shutting down next year, will be acquired by Blizzard. Venturebeat (opens in new tab) reports that the Boston-based developer Proletariat will be folded into Blizzard, with its 100-person team set to aid production on World of …

Final Fantasy 14 director Naoki Yoshida has revealed a battle royale mode was originally planned for the MMO. Speaking to Japanese publication gamer.ne (opens in new tab) (and translated via Reddit (opens in new tab)), Final Fantasy 14’s Naoki Yoshida revealed several interesting nuggets of information surrounding the relatively recent …

Final Fantasy 14 could add jobs that are completely new to the Final Fantasy series. Naoki Yoshida, producer and director of Final Fantasy 14, has hinted at plans to introduce “brand new jobs” to the game. As well as being new to the MMO, these could be roles that “haven’t …

Final Fantasy 14 is rolling back some buffs for the black mage job in PvP, which happens to be the favorite class of director and producer Naoki Yoshida (affectionately known to fans as Yoshi-P) – but he promises that the class is “experiencing no preferential treatment.” Patch 6.11a launched earlier …

PLAY #14 is out now, and The Elder Scrolls Online brings it to sunny life with holiday-blue skies and luscious grass. The latest expansion to the MMO is adding a brand new region that’s never been seen before in an Elder Scrolls game, and its story and action are compelling …

Final Fantasy 14 will suspend future housing lotteries while issues are remedied, and Square Enix has provided an update on fixes for bugs in the system. Earlier today on April 19, Square Enix and Final Fantasy 14 director Naoki Yoshida took to the Lodestone (opens in new tab) to pen …

A recent Guild Wars 2 update has accidentally created a new bug that turns one of the character races in the game into extremely long-bodied cats, and players can’t get enough of it.  Originally brought to our attention by Guild Wars 2 player and Twitter user @Coruscating (opens in new …

The next World of Warcraft expansion is on track to be revealed on April 19.  According to Blizzard’s latest blog post (opens in new tab), fashioned as a “Save the Date” invitation, the developer is “excited” to reveal what it’s been working on and “where your adventures in Azeroth will …

Natsuko Ishikawa and Naoki Yoshida had a monumental task: wrapping up development of a decade-long story in Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker, the climactic expansion to the Hydaelyn and Zodiark plot arc. Now, several story patches and a whopping great expansion later, Ishikawa and Yoshida have, by all accounts, stuck the …