http://www.gamesradar.com/xbox360/final-fantasy-xi/g-20060225143957596008 en http://www.n4g.com/xbox360/News-188537.aspx Included in the version update scheduled for early September will be modifications to the degree of difficulty of Pandemonium Warden (and associated pets), Absolute Virtue (and associated pets), and Jailer of Love. The aim of these changes is to create battles where a decisive outcome may be reached within a shorter period of time. More after the jump. news Aug 23, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/xbox360/News-183516.aspx Gamervision reports: ''A new patch has added some new bosses to Final Fantasy XI, including the somewhat ridiculously resilient Pandemonium Warden. A guild named Beyond the Limitation attempted to take down the Warden, but had to quit after 18 Hours of combat. One of the guild leaders reported, People were passing out and getting physically ill. We decided to end it before we risked turning into a horrible new story about how video games ruin people's lives. They estimated that it would have taken an additional five or six hours to beat the Pandemonium Warden, and had to question their abilities in the game. The boss changed forms every few hours, and when they finally decided to call it quits, the enemy was in it's 20th form. They are also one of the only guilds to take down the highest-level boss in the game without glitching it, so they weren't screwing up the Warden battle.'' news Aug 13, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/xbox360/News-149410.aspx The next version up date will usher in a number of new additions to the Campaign system, as well as several changes to existing elements. news May 26, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/xbox360/News-147449.aspx Kotaku writes: Square Enix honcho Yoichi Wada (above, left) is worried. Western game companies are doing really well! Meaning that competition is getting harder. Yet, Wada hopes to capitalise on the Western market, aiming to increase the ratio of overseas sales from its current 50 percent to 80 percent in the next three years. According to the exec: We face competition not only from Japanese videogame companies but from game companies worldwide. We also see some new players from outside the videogame industry coming in... Economies of scale and breadth of scope is getting important. It may be a business alliance or it may be us taking a stake in others, but we need to go beyond traditional Square Enix. That business alliance sounds nice and all. But, how about stop calling everything Final Fantasy? Or make things other than RPGs? Or if you are going to make RPGs, why not make the games people have been asking for for the past decade? news May 20, 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/xbox360/final-fantasy-xi/news/final-fantasy-xi-2008-edition-this-month/a-20080505111252910001/g-20060225143957596008 Online Final Fantasy plus all four expansions together as one news May 5, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/xbox360/News-141119.aspx Square Enix has announced the May 23 release of Final Fantasy XI 2008 Edition, a new retail collection which includes the original Final Fantasy XI game plus all four expansions: Rise of the Zilart, Chains of Promathia, Treasures of Aht Urghan and Wings of the Goddess. Final Fantasy XI 2008 Edition will be released in Europe and other PAL territories on May 23, 2008. news May 1, 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/xbox360/final-fantasy-xi/news/majority-of-mmo-players-transvestites/a-20080303141019281098/g-20060225143957596008 New study reveals a hidden culture of cross-dressing news Mar 3, 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/xbox360/f/the-5-worst-final-fantasy-couples/a-20080215111350467076/g-20060225143957596008 Lonely after Valentine's Day? At least you've got it better than these romantic trainwrecks feature Feb 15, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/xbox360/News-107626.aspx Play Reports: Luurs' avatar, 'Sots', had amassed the stash over four years of play, and the newspaper reveals that in total his horde was apparently worth 75 million Gil - or nearly 4,000 USD. US police authorities have, so far, refused to investigate this crime, despite Luurs identifying former friend 'Ayri' as a suspect. news Feb 5, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/xbox360/News-107564.aspx Square Enix's Final Fantasy XI development team announced that the Fan Art Contest during the upcoming Doll Festival that will begins in March of 2007. The official theme of this year's contest will be The Ladies of Vana'diel. The contest will be accepting all submissions as of today until the March deadline. The official contest announcement (via the link below) has information on how to enter. news Feb 4, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/xbox360/News-77154.aspx SquareEnix, the company behind Final Fantsay XI, has announced that they have recently banned or suspended 7,900 accounts for various infractions against the user agreement. They have also released a report from their Special Task Force on the issue: We would like to report the termination today of multiple accounts held by players involved in the usage of third-party tools or cheats, or engaged in RMT (Real Money Trading) activities. Based on the results of our investigation, around 6,750 PlayOnline accounts were terminated while around 1,150 accounts were temporarily suspended. Additionally, we have increased the number of mass bannings against certain PlayOnline violations in order to prevent illegal acts. news Oct 24, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/xbox360/News-71016.aspx SquareEnix is hosting another round of contests for the Fan Festival attendees this year. Pool your talents and master the fine arts with your entry in the Art, Costume, or Movie contests. news Oct 1, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/xbox360/News-69179.aspx The next expansion of the land of Vana'diel will turn back the clock to a time before the events of Final Fantasy XI's storyline, before the crystal war. Square-Enix's booth was running at trailer at TGS 2007, revealing the release date to be this November 22. Featured in the footage were lots of sweeping environmental pans showing off passages hewn into snow-covered rocks, armored black chocobo, and expanses of dusty desert mesas. news Sep 21, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/xbox360/News-68957.aspx PC and Xbox 360 expansion pack will receive a simultaneous worldwide release. Square Enix has announced that Wings of the Goddess, the fourth expansion pack for Final Fantasy XI is to be released worldwide for PC and Xbox 360 on November 22. Wings of the Goddess will enable players to take a step back in time and uncover the breathtaking mysteries surrounding Vana'diel's violent past. The fourth expansion follows the release of Rise of the Zilart, Chains of Promathia and Treasures of Aht Urhgan, which have helped attract more than 500,000 subscribers to the game. news Sep 20, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/xbox360/News-64862.aspx Square Enix's Tokyo Game Show lineup, announced today in Tokyo, is full of surprises, both good and bad. It turns out, for instance, that Dragon Quest IX will be shown, although in video form only. Also surprising is the video-only showing of The Last Remnant. That game appeared to be far enough along at the Square Enix Party earlier this year that IGN was expecting a playable debut. news Sep 3, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/xbox360/News-58249.aspx Jon and Chip Carter of Tulsa World give their breakdown of the latest news happenings in the world of gaming. They let us in on the best of show winners from this year's E3, the happenings at the upcoming Penny Arcade Expo, the Square-Enix Fan Festival 2007 and the first North American winner of the professional Championship Gaming Series. More after the jump... news Aug 10, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/xbox360/final-fantasy-xi/news/final-fantasy-on-360-a-blank-page-says-square-enix/a-20070606113929499079/g-20060225143957596008 Square Enix looks to have no plans to release any more Final Fantasy games on Xbox 360. Ever! news Jun 6, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/xbox360/News-35877.aspx Reports are coming out stating that Square could be working on a brand new Final Fantasy MMO which could be multiplatform meaning that it would be not only on the PlayStation 3, but also the Xbox 360 and the PC as well. This news comes from an interview with Sage Sundai, the Global Online Producer of Square. He stated that the next Final Fantasy from Square Enix would likely be on other consoles besides the PS3. news Apr 20, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/xbox360/f/the-dark-side-of-final-fantasy/a-20070410102531405030/g-20060225143957596008 We expose the seedy underbelly of the popular franchise feature Apr 10, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/xbox360/final-fantasy-xi/screenshots/g-20060225143957596008 screenshot Mar 27, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/xbox360/final-fantasy-xi/screenshots/g-20060225143957596008 screenshot Mar 27, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/xbox360/final-fantasy-xi/news/final-fantasy-xi-chocobo-racing-inbound/a-20070327173627501008/g-20060225143957596008 Feathery update planned for that OTHER big online addiction news Mar 27, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/xbox360/final-fantasy-xi/screenshots/g-20060225143957596008 screenshot Mar 27, 2006