FF11 is the most profitable Final Fantasy ever
Producer Hiromichi Tanaka departs Square Enix amid health concerns.
MMO Final Fantasy 11 is the most profitable Final Fantasy game ever, Square Enix has announced.
Final Fantasy XI: Wings of the Goddess
Square Enix reduces power consumption.
Japanese game company Square Enix has made massively multiplayer online role-playing games Final Fantasy XI and Final Fantasy XIV unavailable to play worldwide in an effort to conserve energy following last week's earthquake and tsunami.
FFXI update and expansion dated
Third mini-expansion and more soon.
Square Enix has put rough release dates on the next version update for its long-running MMO, Final Fantasy XI, and the third in the series of downloadable mini-expansions for the game.
The expansion - titled A Shantotto Ascension - is due in October, according to a new trailer, while the official FFXI site indicates that the next free version update is "currently on track for an early November release".
The version update will add new Wings of the Goddess nation quests, new features for the Moblin Maze Mongers dungeon-crawling system, a mysterious "extensive and all-new system involving items" and adjustments to jobs.
FFXI to get three new expansions
Digital only, starting spring next year.
Square Enix has announced that it's going to be supporting Final Fantasy XI, the massively multiplayer edition in its classic RPG series, with three new expansions.
The expansions will be sold online through a digital distribution service, starting in spring 2009 and "every few months thereafter". Pricing hasn't been confirmed yet.
They've been created by Square veteran Masato Kato, who worked as director and scenario writer on the likes of Chrono Trigger, Xenogears and the original release of FFXI.
Painless grouping with lower-level players.
Square Enix MMO Final Fantasy XI is to follow in the footsteps of the likes of City of Heroes, Age of Conan and EverQuest II by offering a "buddy" system that will allow characters of very different levels to play together effectively.
Square Enix dates FFXI 2008 bundle
All those expansions included.
Square Enix plans to release the 2008 Edition of Final Fantasy XI on 23rd May.
Expansion in November.
The fourth expansion pack for Final Fantasy XI will be released for 360 and PC on 22nd November.