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Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn out on PC and PS3 this August

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Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn comes out on PC and PlayStation 3 on 27th August 2013, Square Enix has announced.

Monthly subscriptions start at £7.69 / €10.99.

If you pre-order you get early access, the non-combat pet Cait Sith Doll Minion and the Mog Cap, an in-game Moogle themed hat.

Meanwhile, the Japanese company announced the Collector's Edition of the MMO, which is now available to pre-order. It includes:

  • Collector's box designed by Yoshitaka Amano, legendary Final Fantasy artist.
  • 80-page "Art of Eorzea" hardcover art book featuring never-before-seen concept art.
  • "The Waning of the Sixth Sun," a special bonus video disc that takes a cinematic look at the events that led up to the realm being reborn.
  • "Sounds of Eorzea" album that features musical scores by renowned Final Fantasy series composers.
  • Five collectible character art cards.
  • A Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn-branded security token to secure user accounts.
  • In-game bonus items: Helm of Light, Baby Behemoth Minion, Coeurl Mount and Behemoth Barding.

A Realm Reborn is a standalone title, so you don't need the original FF14 to play it. If you do own vanilla FF14, you can download the PC version for free.

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