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During the last few week's, Square-Enix have hyped 'The end of an era' event on Final Fantasy XIV. For week's, we have seen the imperial's invading Eorzea. For weeks, we have waited..

Now, November 11th 2012, The end has arrived.

At 6.00am (GMT), players from all over the globe logged in to the FFXIV servers to see the end. At 7.00am, most of those players were still waiting to get in. Luckily, i managed to get in at 6.15, and for the best part, managed to stay logged in.

As soon as I was in, i headed to Camp Brittlebark to help in the fight against the Empire. With promises of an epic battle between good & evil, I was more than up for the challenge. But when I arrived at Brittlebark, I was shocked to find out that it was the same as it had been for the last two weeks. Imperial's attacking the zone. Ul'dah was the same. So I thought i'd wait. Square told me something was going to happen at Brittlebark, so i waited.

7.50am rolled around, and apart from the odd disconnection, the area remained the same. Only a handful of imperial troops randomly spawning & a boss fight with a lv100 Juggernaught, but nothing really to deserve dragging many players out of bed, and forcing them to go without sleep (me included)

Then, at exactly 8.00am, without any major event script leading up to it, the servers were shut down without notice.

----The Below paragraph was taken from unfathomablewritings - I really could not have put this better myself----

In the end, spending those last two hours in the game were wasted for most players, but it was not all bad. Once the servers were brought down, we were treated to a CGI video cutscene that blew everyone away. There is no doubt that Square outdid themselves with that video, and many believe it made up for the disaster that was the event. Only downside was that you didn't need to take part in the event to see the cutscene.

The video is one of the best uses of CGI i have seen, coupled with Final Fantasy's amazing music collection, this really is worth a watch. If i had to do this morning all over again, I would without a moments notice. It was great seeing so many lost players online & a Linkshell full of people i only see now & again. The atmosphere around the end was better than the actual thing, but this video..... this video is something else. 

Enjoy & i'll catch you in 2.0 - Final Fantasy XIV A Realm Reborn.

Being a die-hard Shenmue fan like is a fairly upsetting experience.

Having seen only two of a planned trilogy of games released on the amazing Sega Dreamcast, Shenmue fans in the west will now have to hold a candlelight vigil for the mobile social game Shenmue Gai (a.k.a. Shenmue Town), which has been cancelled after a year of operations.

The formerly Japan-only title was a free-to-play game which wasn't a port or conversion. Instead, it was built on the world and story of the main series.



It was expected to evolve into a smartphone and browser-based game later down the line (Shenmue creator Suzuki hinted last year at a iOS port), but - as with everything Shenmue-related - things don't seem to have worked out.

Console yourself with the above picture of Ryo sporting his plaster and Nozomi wearing her trademark white jumper.

RIP Shenmue.

If you spend countless hours on Facebook boosting the stats of your Order & Chaos Online character, we suggest you stop.


Gameloft's MMORPG will be closing its doors indefinitely on December 20th.


As you can see for yourself in the screenshot below, though, you'll still be able to "fight along with friends" in the iPhone, iPad, and Android versions of the fantasy title.






History lesson


Gameloft's massively multiplayer online role-playing game hit Mark Zuckerberg's social network back in July. You can play completely free of charge until you hit level ten.


From that point on, a subscription - paid for with Facebook credits - is required to progress further.


I have e-mailed Gameloft for more details & will update this post when i get a reply.

As a valued FINAL FANTASY XIV customer, we are grateful as always for your ongoing support and dedication.

In addition to our recent announcement on the upcoming release of FINAL FANTASY XIV Version 2.0, we also revealed our plans to start the recurring billing options. Below are further details regarding recurring billing.

The recurring billing will be effective starting January 6th, 2012.
In order to ensure that no one is charged without prior consent, we have decided to suspend all FINAL FANTASY XIV service accounts on January 5th, 2012.

Google just rolled out an update to its IOS Google+ app that finally adds some key features that were previously only available from your desktop browser. It's not a huge update, but version 1.0.7.2940 adds full resolution image uploading, the ability to +1 photos, and yes, Google+ now offers the power of... search from within the app. Additionally, the old black icon has been dropped in favor of a deep red and white design more in line with the recent Google+ redesign's notifications. Grab the updated app for free at the iTunes App Store.

Microsoft is pushing out its redesigned Xbox 360 interface tomorrow and with it comes the first wave of entertainment app updates for the console. In the UK this means a LoveFilm application but the US is getting some more meaningful additions like Hulu Plus, ESPN and Netflix. Other European countries are getting localized content so that Spain, for example, gets something called “Telefónica España Movistar Imagenio” which sounds brilliant, at least.


There is another wave of content due later this month which brings 4 On Demand and Demand 5 as well as various internet streaming services like MSN Crackle and blinkbox.


In 2012, there will be further access to MLB.TV in the US & BBC iPlayer access to the UK.


As well as a redesigned interface, this update brings Bing and increases the scope of the voice control with Kinect. Those 360 owners who want to will be able to search their consoles using Bing to find all related content as well as being able to control the new wealth of entertainment applications using voice and gesture.


I for one cannot wait for this release! 

EA Sports has just released FIFA 12 (or FIFA Soccer 12 in North America) on the Xperia Play for free.


The latest version of the football franchise joins the likes of Dead Space and Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit as part of the studio's recently introduced free games initiative on Xperia Play.
FIFA 12 includes all the usual modes like Leagues, Cups, Quick Match, as well as a Daily Challenge mode. It also includes a new replay system, stadiums, and commentaries. All the licensed teams have been updated with new players.


For the moment, it looks as though FIFA 12 will be exclusive to the Xperia range of smartphones, which, of course, means it's available now on the arc, ray, and neo, in addition to the Play.


You can find FIFA 12 on the phone’s game launcher under the 'Free EA Games' icon - this will take you to the EA storefront.