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FFXIVCore.com is a fansite started by myself and a friend. Our aim is to be the number one FFXIV fansite, with the most interesting discussions, awesome community and latest news and information.

We're hoping for your help here. If you have some spare time, feel free to head on over and join. Also, if you like what you see, feel free to tell your friends about the site. We all start small, but it is my hope and everyone else's that we'll grow and become big in due time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU8LEw8_wR0

The new upcoming MMORPG from Square-Enix, thus far named as ???????????XIV (Fainaru Fantaji Fotin) or Final Fantasy XIV, has been in development for 4 years by the same hands who delivered Final Fantasy XI. Due to that, players from the previous chapter will find many similarities between those titles. As said by the heads behind the project: “Though it does share some monsters and races from Final Fantasy XI, they're not direct representations and have been altered in multiple ways that make them unique to Eorzea. The similarities in races will allow experienced FFXI players to create a new FFXIV character that looks somewhat comparable.” And there is were the similarities end.

The races may be similar, but they do not share the same world, or even, the same age. Final Fantasy XIV is supposed to be in an age like the one shown in Final Fantasy XII. A time when airships and great technologies were hardly present on a daily basis and fierce combats were fought in the skies of their world. As shown in the debut video, players will have the chance to take part in aerial combat and even have his/her own battleship. That being said, maybe this will be the motivation for the guild/linkshell system. Speaking of the preview video, Square-Enix told us that it displays both rendered graphics and in game footage. The in game images are pretty hard to notice, which shows how far they have pushed the quality of this game.

Yet this debut video, which was present at E3 this year, was not the first video made for this game. A couple years ago, Square had showed what seemed to be a test of in game rendering footage. The media let that passes by, as the company had just announced the creation of FFXIII and its two other counterparts. You can watch it here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4Kceq4AbG

Pretty impressive for a 4 year old video right? The new video looks like they have made a lot of improvements since its first presentation.

To finish up this small brief of information around this title, FFXIV is planned to be launched by next year (2010). After Final Fantasy XIII gets released, which is planned to be out the spring of the same year.

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Join now!  Final Fantasy XIV Core - Final Fantasy XIV Fansite.

Final Fantasy XIV will be featured at GamesCom 2009

http://www.ffxivcore.com/index.php?/topic/74-final-fantasy-xiv-will-be-featured-at-gamescom-2009/

I can't wait to play FFXIV.  I played FFXI for almost 4 years and loved every minute of it.

"Famitsu Wave" has a 8 minutes long Final Fantasy XIV interview

http://www.ffxivcore.com/index.php?/topic/84-famitsu-wave-has-a-8-minutes-long-final-fantasy-xiv-interview/

http://www.ffxivcore.com/index.php?/topic/92-ffxiv-classes-jobs-revealed-updated/

thats why the FF series survived this long. just epic :D

What's happening at FFXIVCore and What's to Come! - http://www.ffxivcore.com/index.php?/topic/120-whats-happening-at-ffxivcore-and-whats-to-come/

Adoring Adventurers of Erozea [Contest] - http://www.ffxivcore.com/index.php?/topic/123-adoring-adventurers-of-erozea-contest/

We're back - http://www.ffxivcore.com

Official FFXIV site updated - http://www.ffxivcore.com/index.php?/topic/141-official-ffxiv-site-updated/

Welcome all new members. :)  More improvements is on the way.

http://www.ffxivcore.com/index.php?/topic/201-recent-downtimes-and-news/

The gallery is back online and we've moved the site to a brand new server!

Games Con is so close! Huge amounts of info is on its way. I personally can't wait.

Indeed.  I can't wait to cover it either :D

We're looking to add someone to our staff who's able to translate japanense to english, check out the FFXIVCore Recap news below for more information:

http://www.ffxivcore.com/index.php?/topic/227-a-ffxiv-core-recap/

By the way, we're running a weekly poll, Where does your allegiance currently lie?

Register over at our site and vote:

http://www.ffxivcore.com/index.php?/topic/139-where-does-your-allegiance-currently-lie/

FFXIV Flood Gate Opens http://www.ffxivcore.com/index.php?/topic/243-ffxiv-flood-gate-opens/

Discuss Disciplines (Disciples of the Hand, Disciples of the Land, Disciples of Magic, Disciples of War) - http://www.ffxivcore.com/index.php?/forum/8-disciplines

Hiromichi Tanaka, Producer of Final Fantasy XIV to Attend Gamescom 2009 http://www.ffxivcore.com/index.php?/topic/286-hiromichi-tanaka-to-attend-gamescom-2009/

One day closer to the Gamescom.. Oh I hope you can have some live feed from your visit there Zyuu!

Yeah I cant wait to see what they announce at GamesCom... I want FFXIV betaaaaa

Beta details hopefully will be released at GamesCom, Im excited for the big news!