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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Final Fantasy XIV beta will be PC-only]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/10/02/final-fantasy-xiv-beta-will-be-pc-only/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2009/10/02/final-fantasy-xiv-beta-will-be-pc-only/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/10/02/final-fantasy-xiv-beta-will-be-pc-only/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div align="center"><a href="http://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20090928_318027.html"><img hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/10/ffxivheaderimg580px.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div>
For those of you holding fast to the hope that you'll get your hands on Square Enix's next MMO, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/final-fantasy-xiv"><em>Final Fantasy XIV</em></a>, before the game's <em>eventual</em> release, it appears as though you'll need to get your hands on a Windows PC first. In a recent interview with <a href="http://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20090928_318027.html">Game Watch</a>, <em>FFXIV</em> director Hiromichi Tanaka said the game's beta release will be on PC only.<br /><br />Starting with a closed population of 10,000 people and eventually opening up to the public, the beta could be running at full capacity by as early as Summer 2010, according to Tanaka. Hopefully, by that point we'll be playing <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/final-fantasy-xiii"><em>Final Fantasy XIII</em></a> -- in English -- and no longer cracking jokes about <em>FFXIV</em> releasing <em>before</em> <em>XIII</em> ... <em>Hopefully</em>.<br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/final-fantasy-xiv/">Final Fantasy XIV</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/final-fantasy-xiv/#2192715"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/08/[stand8]miqote_final_thumbnail.png" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/final-fantasy-xiv/#2053059"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/06/ffxiv07_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/final-fantasy-xiv/#2192716"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/08/[close4]lalafellm_thumbnail.png" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/final-fantasy-xiv/#2053060"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/06/ffxiv08_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/final-fantasy-xiv/#2192717"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/08/bg001_thumbnail.png" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />[Via <a href="http://www.rpgsite.net/news/468/final-fantasy-xiv-beta-to-initially-be-windows-only.html">RPG Site</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/10/02/final-fantasy-xiv-beta-will-be-pc-only/">Final Fantasy XIV beta will be PC-only</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:01:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20090928_318027.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/10/02/final-fantasy-xiv-beta-will-be-pc-only/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/19182425/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/10/02/final-fantasy-xiv-beta-will-be-pc-only/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>beta</category><category>ff14</category><category>ffxiv</category><category>final-fantasy</category><category>final-fantasy-14</category><category>final-fantasy-xiii</category><category>final-fantasy-xiv</category><category>hiromichi-tanaka</category><category>mmo</category><category>square-enix</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Gilbert]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:01:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>