Square Enix's online PC RPG Final Fantasy XIV will require a subscription fee from January 6, more than a year after the publisher made the game free to play by way of apology for the miserable state in which the game launched. Andriasang reports that the 30 and 90-day fees of ¥980 and ¥2,640 will be reduced, to ¥680 and ¥1,740 respectively, until Square Enix has finished and launched version 2.0 of the game. More >
During a Tokyo press conference earlier today, Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada admitted that the overwhelmingly critical response to the PC release of Final Fantasy XIV had adversely affected the series itself, saying: "The Final Fantasy brand has been greatly damaged." More >
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