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NieR creator Yoko Taro in his trademark Emil mask from the games

Yoko Taro wanted Nier: Automata to be 'a story I'd have trouble grasping myself,' so job done, then goes on amazing extended digression about cubes and 'aspiring to perfect' them

By Rich Stanton published

News "I would say that building a story is like making a cube out of clay."

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A baby Seikret from Monster Hunter Wilds as a minion in the Final Fantasy 14 crossover collab. It's a white baby bird with a goofy expression. There is a female miqo'te superimposed on the right side grinning with her hands over her face.

FF14 is getting a baby Seikret minion as part of its Monster Hunter Wilds collab, and I will fistfight Arkveld alone for it

By Andrea Shearon published

News Look at this guy.

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An image of game director Naoki Yoshida holding up a single finger to the fans, informing them he'll give them exactly one week to finish the Elden Ring DLC before Dawntrail arrives.

Final Fantasy 14 director Yoshi-P says the long-awaited job redesign will change things, but also won't—which doesn't clear much of anything up

By Harvey Randall published

News "Players who already like the way things are can feel at ease."

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Solo Only faces down Ravana in Final Fantasy 14.

I spoke to FF14's 'Solo Only', who spent 85 days beating a single raid boss on his own, and I was wrong—that old MMO magic is still alive and well

By Harvey Randall published

CHALLENGE FUN A genre reborn.

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The boss of Dawntrail's 4th raid, Wicked Thunder, holds an Electrope cube to the air and floods it with levin.

Final Fantasy 14's latest patch makes surprise nerf to an arduous 9-year-old dungeon grind, and I hope there's more like it to come

By Harvey Randall published

News Aetherpooling your resources.

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Naoki Yoshida drinking red wine

Final Fantasy 14 director Yoshi-P daydreams of more crossover events with Evangelion, Gundam, and especially Diablo: 'I love it so much that I would want to make a Diablo game myself'

By Justin Wagner published

News Yoshida also mentioned he's a "maniac about One Piece." Aren't we all?

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Naoki Yoshida with a deadpan expression as he recounts a childhood story on stage at PAX West.

'That was my first experience with PvP,' Naoki Yoshida's love for game design all started with a tragic Mario Brothers bait and switch

By Andrea Shearon published

Baited Lucy from Peanuts would love FF14 raids.

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Portrait of Japanese video games developer Naoki Yoshida, photographed in London on November 21, 2019. Yoshida is best known for his work on the Final Fantasy series of games.

In the wake of shutting down a highly popular mod, Final Fantasy 14 director Yoshi-P shares deeply earnest blog about 'mods, their use, and the culture surrounding them'

By Harvey Randall published

News It's a change in tone.

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A lalafell looks to the camera with an almost menacing grin.

Final Fantasy 14 director does his best to assuage dooming around the next expansion's release date with another hint of shaking up its usually rigid timeline: 'You won't have to wait long'

By Mollie Taylor published

news Is Creative Studio 3… going off-script?

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Alisaie, a headstrong ally in Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail, looks skeptically while standing in the middle of a beautiful blue forest.

Final Fantasy 14's incoming choose-your-own difficulty will be 'the general direction' going forward, but Yoshi-P suggests they might need to trim future patches to compensate

By Harvey Randall published

News "This is the general direction that we've set for Final Fantasy 14 moving forward."

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