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Square Enix @ E3: The Aftermath

Final Fantasy Union writes "People probably expected a few surprises, but it'd be difficult to find anyone who accurately predicted what actually happened with regards to Square Enix at this year's E3.

There were rumblings about Codename Rapture being shown for the first time prior to the event, but nobody expected Square Enix (or Sony in this case) to officially unveil it as Final Fantasy XIV. Furthermore, it was even more surprising that it will be released as soon as next year, the first time in the franchise's history that two numerical Final Fantasy titles will be released in the same calendar year."

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Selyah5451d ago

The Final Fantasy XIV announcement came as a complete surprise, really hyped about that.

qface645451d ago

you know i forget they were even at E3 they didn't really show or reveal anything at all

only big thing was FF14 but sony unveiled that one

mephman5451d ago

Pretty much the same as last year then.

SpoonyRedMage5451d ago

From what I know Square Enix originally planned to unveil FFXIV but Sony asked for a favour at the last minute so they could reveal it. Could be untrue though.

Square Enix didn't really do much except getting all three console makers to advertise their games!

mephman5451d ago

I don't think that's true, but I know that things didn't necessarily go as planned.

SpoonyRedMage5451d ago

Yer, I'm not sure how true it is but a whole bunch of places have claimed that. I doubt it's as last minute as some people are suggesting but I think it was quite short notice.

@PS360Wii: True, it is too bad they didn't show other games as well like Dragon Quest Wars. I want to know more about the SE/Intelligent Systems collaboration damnit!

PS360WII5451d ago

OH! Didn't even know about Dragon Quest Wars 0.0 thanks :)

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PS360WII5451d ago

SE just showed that contrary to popular belief they are supporting every single console out on the market. To bad they didn't show off any DQIX but the MMO did look hawt ^^

mephman5451d ago (Edited 5451d ago )

I guess they figured it'd be pointless to show a game to an audience that for the most part doesn't give a damn.

PS360WII5451d ago

b-b-but I care :(

Yeah unfortunate as it is that is definitely true... even though a lot of people thought DQVIII rocked. Which it did but there are other titles in the series!

SpoonyRedMage5451d ago

You better mean Western audience because if you mean the DS audience I'll have to kill you(because you'd be wrong)... I'm sure you mean Western audience though...

I am actually surprised though, I thought it would have been shown at Nintendo''s conference because Iwata said it's his goal to make Dragon Quest as popular as Final Fantasy or Pokémon in the west. Missed a chance really...

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Square Enix Releases Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail Benchmark Software

Final Fantasy XIV fans can now properly benchmark their PCs and check out some of what's coming to their game this summer.

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Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Realm Reborn Review | TheXboxHub

Richard writes: Final Fantasy XIV Online on Xbox is built for newcomers.

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Xbox Profanity Filter Is Ruining the FFXIV Chat

The Xbox profanity filter is currently ruining the readability of the FFXIV chat on Xbox Series X/S due to censored words.

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Snookies1241d ago

Lol, damn... At this point, they were better off keeping FF XIV away from Xbox. It has been nothing but obstacle, after obstacle.

gold_drake41d ago

wanted to say the exact same thjng.

VenomUK40d ago (Edited 40d ago )

What happens if you say things that used to get you banned on Twitter e.g. 'a man can't be a woman'?

RedDevils39d ago

*insert gift*
"Boys have a penis. Girls have a vagina."

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DivineHand12540d ago

I'm not convinced this is the profanity filter. It doesn't make sense to censor words like class, harvest and dance. It seems to be a bug.

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TheGamingHounds40d ago

Well, FF14 itself has some pretty awful chat censoring so Xbox being in the same boat isn't too farfetched

Eidolon40d ago

it censored the S T D in "harvest dance" and I bet the A S S in class. I know this because of Runescape

Aphrodia40d ago

Yeah these new fangled filters are going a bit too far. I have a game that filters "wtf". It's a censor for a self-censoring phrase. But I think overall it's how it should be. If you don't want certain language being used in your game by your player base, then it's up to you to filter/ censor the language you don't want. I can respect that. What I can't respect is when you say things that are not really offensive then you get ostracized for it.

shinoff218340d ago

What happened to just reporting people

NOMATICENIGMA40d ago

This is completely false, I tested this on my son's child account and mine, this is not Microsoft censoring they will censor swears but not the combination of letters I can prove this with a screenshot where I use all mentioned words in the article but do not know how to upload a picture.

NOMATICENIGMA40d ago

You can all continue your bashing, I was wrong someone explained to me this is a new policy, that's why it only happens for me in this brand new release. I'll try latter on ps to confirm but their response seemed informed wich leaves me rather worried for future censorship on my xbox.

CrimsonWing6940d ago

Geezus, Xbox, you get gifted gold and still f*ck things up.

NOMATICENIGMA40d ago

It's not xbox, go ahead start a chat with the youngest person on your friends list then say raid mass class sass said .... they do not censor any of these I even got away with R.Aids. sqaure on the other hand does.

CrimsonWing6940d ago

Does this affect PC and PS4/PS5 users, too? Or is it only happening on Xbox?

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