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Final Fantasy XI

Platforms

PC
PS2
PS3
Xbox 360

Initial release May 16, 2022

Developers

Square Enix

Genres

RPG

Publishers

Square Enix

Franchise Final Fantasy

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Final Fantasy 11 not shutting down, despite rumours

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Final Fantasy 11 not shutting down, despite rumours

Vana keep playing?

May 18, 2022 Victoria Kennedy

Developers and industry legends on the games that defined the last 20 years

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Developers and industry legends on the games that defined the last 20 years

Kojima! Barlog! Spencer! Raymond! More!

Sept. 5, 2019 Wesley Yin-Poole

Final Fantasy 11 shuts down its console servers

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Final Fantasy 11 shuts down its console servers

The PS2 version lasted for nearly 14 years.

March 31, 2016 Jeffrey Matulef

PS2 and Xbox 360 versions of Final Fantasy 11 come to an end March 2016

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PS2 and Xbox 360 versions of Final Fantasy 11 come to an end March 2016

But PC version lives on.

March 19, 2015 Wesley Yin-Poole

Why Xbox failed in Japan

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Why Xbox failed in Japan

From the archive: the inside story on Microsoft's greatest ever challenge.

Nov. 17, 2013 Wesley Yin-Poole

FF11 is the most profitable Final Fantasy ever

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FF11 is the most profitable Final Fantasy ever

Producer Hiromichi Tanaka departs Square Enix amid health concerns.

June 25, 2012 Wesley Yin-Poole

Huge Final Fantasy sale on EU PlayStation Store this week

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Huge Final Fantasy sale on EU PlayStation Store this week

Darkness 2 and UFC 3 demos launch.

Jan. 25, 2012 Tom Phillips

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Retrospective: Final Fantasy XI

Vana'diel or no deal.

Oct. 25, 2011 Rob Fahey

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Final Fantasy XI Abyssea Edition incoming

All MMO's content bundled together.

April 28, 2011 Fred Dutton

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Final Fantasy servers back up this week

Service resumes after earthquake outage.

March 22, 2011 Fred Dutton

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News

Final Fantasy XI, XIV offline

Square Enix reduces power consumption.

March 14, 2011 Wesley Yin-Poole

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Squenix warns of FFXI server breach

Player accounts disclosed as a result.

June 4, 2010 Robert Purchese

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FFXIV testing to begin 11th March

Also, three mini-expansions for FFXI.

March 1, 2010 Oli Welsh

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FFXI Ultimate Collection dated

All add-ons under one roof.

Oct. 23, 2009 Robert Purchese

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FFXI update and expansion dated

Third mini-expansion and more soon.

Sept. 29, 2009 Oli Welsh

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Square Enix being sued by FFXI player

For allegedly concealing monthly fees.

June 25, 2009 Oli Welsh

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News

FFXI mini-expansion arriving on Sunday

A Crystalline Prophecy the first of three.

March 30, 2009 Robert Purchese

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Blog

Introducing the MMO Ten Level Test!

Rat-punchers fight for our love.

March 17, 2009 Oli Welsh

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First FFXI mini-expansion dated

Crystalline Prophecy comes true.

March 16, 2009 Oli Welsh

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Ten Level Test: Final Fantasy XI vs Lineage II

Round two - Go East, and grind.

March 6, 2009 Oli Welsh

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Next Squenix MMO will be "different"

Rumoured to show up at E3.

Dec. 16, 2008 Oli Welsh

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FFXI to get three new expansions

Digital only, starting spring next year.

Nov. 24, 2008 Oli Welsh

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Final Fantasy XI available digitally

For PC, in Europe, via Metaboli.

Oct. 6, 2008 Oli Welsh

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Buddy system coming to FFXI

Painless grouping with lower-level players.

Aug. 28, 2008 Oli Welsh

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Square Enix dates FFXI 2008 bundle

All those expansions included.

May 1, 2008 Robert Purchese

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