Saturday, September 1, 2012

FFXIV: ARR news and Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary

Yep, it's kicked off and the official website can be found HERE.  Also switched up my blog's BGM yet again after organizing my vast music collection... came across a number of awesome songs that I hadn't listened to in a few years.

For some really weird reason, when I heard "Yeha Noha" again, , the voice of the wise old main in the song immediately made me think of Louisiox (same chap that seems to sacrifice himself for us in the new 2.0 trailer)... strange innit?  (There are two versions I posted up btw).

Anyway, here is a quick snapshot of one of the collections that SE is putting up for sale for online purchase...



The FFXIV team also released a new seriously spiffy video relating to the "Limit Break" skill unleashed at Gamescon...





Yoshi-P also wrote us his latest letter with some new insight into the direction that he and his team intend to take FFXIV: ARR prior to launch.   There were also new concept images for Arcanist and Summoner







And least I forget, the concept art for Ramuh...


The official site as we all know got updated with a stunning new look sometime earlier but this is the first time i had time to really post up the several images regarding the Garlean Emperor Solus Zos Galvus,  Baelsar and Darnus... (i still reckon that mupput isn't really dead)

Here he is once again showing his evilly distinguished profile against a backdrop of a (Garlean stronghold?)...


Wait... I think I found a better image of the stronghold right here...


And the first official pics of the Garlean Emperor...


Including the concept art for the massive Garlean flagship "the Argius" that Midgardsomr took down in the opening cutscenes...




And we shall not forget the lovely night time image of limsa under siege... (make us proud Admiral Merlwyb)


Speaking of cities, under the section for Ul'Dah, found some concept images that were spiffy but didn't correlate to how Uldah looked today... could it be that the dev team are hinting that Uldah falls prior to 2.0?





Strange but nonetheless, spiffy art, innit?  Also check out the new in-game rendering screenshots and info at 4Gamer.net)








Next bit of news is that the FFXIV: ARR Alpha Applications are now open... (good luck everyone).  Speaking of new worlds, I was particularly interested in the presentation for "FFXIII- Lightning Returns" which is the third installment of the FFXIII saga.  I was always a huge fan of the two previous games in the chapter and found myself looking forward to playing this next year.  here's the presentation video...



...And some of the conceptual art work directly used in the video.  Please remember that all images here remain the sole property of Square Enix and are just posted here for fan-purposes.  Thank you.











Stunning stuff, innit ?  Well, that's it for now... be well everyone.

Always everyone, please remember that all the official videos and images from SE were used here strictly for fan purposes; and all the product, system names and/or company logos remain the registered trademarks of Square Enix.  Copyright (C) 2010-2012 SQUARE ENIX CO. LTD. All Rights Reserved

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