As you’re sure to know the recent natural disasters that went down in Japan have really shaken up a lot of industries. The video game industry has felt the hurt from the quake as well as several companies have been forced to suspend various services. Square Enix, for one, announced that they would be taking down the servers for both Final Fantasy XI and Final Fantasy XIV in lieu of the destruction.
Luckily, for those craving their online play time, it was just announced today that Square Enix will be rebooting the servers for both of these popular MMOs on Friday March 25th.
On a larger scope an important note to take away from this announcement is the fact that Japan is on its way to recovery. It will be a long and perilous road but lets hope we hear of more Japan-based companies resuming business as usual as times goes on.
What have you been doing while the FFXI and FFXIV servers were offline?
Despite the fact that Final Fantasy XIII‘s release date is just around the corner, there is still a dedicated community playing Final Fantasy XI, Square Enix’s first go at an MMORPG.
If you haven’t gotten down on MMO and want to, now’s your chance as Square Enix has just announced that they will be lowering the price of the Final Fantasy XI Ultimate Collection to just $14.99. This is an amazing price point especially since the Ultimate Collection features all of the games released content.
To grab this deal, head here.
Square Enix has taken time away from sueing French retailers to announce that an upcoming mini-expansion for their MMORPG, Final Fantasy XI, will be made available for pre-purchase on July 5th.
The upcoming expansion is entitled A Moogle Kupo d’Etat – Evil in Small Doses, and reportedly focuses on the Moogles in the game and problems that encompass them. RandomNPC reports that a job level of at least 10 is required to start this new story line.
Final Fantasy XI‘s upcoming expansion, A Moogle d’Etat will be available for $9.99 when it drops.
Unveiling plans to further milk the Final Fantasy series, Square Enix has announced that three new expansion for Final Fantasy XI are in the works for release exclusively via digital distribution.
The expansions are titled as follows: A Crystalline Prophecy – Ode of Life Bestowing, A Moogle Kupo d’Etat Evil in Small Doses, and A Shantotto Ascension – The Legend Torn, Her Empire Born.
Insanely long names aaside, the expansions have been created by Masato Kato, one of the minds behind the original FFXI storyline. The first one will be available during Spring 2009, with followups scheduled to be made avialable every few months thereafter. And yes, they will be released chronologically as they are listed here.
