Today the company offically announced Final Fantasy 11 - 2008 Edition, which will be available for both PC and Microsoft's Xbox 360 home console. It includes the primary game, as well as the four expansions; Rise of the Zilart, Chains of Promathia, Treasures of Aht Urghan and Wings of the Goddess.
"Final Fantasy 11 - 2008 Edition allows interested players to join the adventure with the bonus of all the expansion pack content," says John Yamamoto, president and chief executive officer of Square-Enix.
Final Fantasy 11 - 2008 Edition will be releasing across PAL territories on May 23, 2008, so make sure you pre-order or copies may disappear fast!
Yes, a new Final Fantasy 11 expansion pack is in the air, which you may recall we reported on back around E3 - its called 'Wings of the Goddess', and we can now show you what the game's newest class looks like!
What we can tell you about this class is that they are called the Scholars, and they have been trained to be able to dual-wield various 'schools' of magic, by which it is probably meant that you can use two different types of magic simultaneously. Make of this as you will fans - will this balance the game more, or will it send things spiralling?
Whether this is a good move or a bad move, the new expansion (including this new class, new areas etc.) will be released for the PC, PS2 and X360 in America on November 20 and in Japan and PAL territories on November 22! Only ten days!
On another note, don't forget the Final Fantasy 11 Fan Festival, which will be taking place from November 15 to November 17 at the Hilton Hotel in Anaheim, California! Enjoy!
Looks good, doesn't it? The expansion pack will be released for all three (PC, PS2 and X360) versions of Final Fantasy 11, but as for a release date, nothing is verified at the moment.
Stay tuned for more Final Fantasy-related E3 updates!
Final Fantasy XI update coming very soon PlayOnline has announced details of a new update for the PS2, PC and Xbox 360 version of Final Fantasy 11, starting December 18th.
The update itself is fairly small for both systems, and shouldn't take long to download unless you're stuck with dialup.
Several different patches will be released, for those with the expansions and for those without. PlayOnline were also very nice to give download time estimations and file sizes for all different downloads, the sizes go from 14.7mb minimum to a 33.8mb maximum.
For more information on filesizes, download times and even installations times, vist the source link below.
With the recent release of Firmware 1.31 for the PlayStation 3, the bug which stopped the PlayStation 2 version of Final Fantasy 11 detecting the PlayStation 3 Hard Drive has been patched.
This task force is being created due to the overuse of Real Money Trade and third party tools which allow users to cheat while playing the game.
Over 3000 accounts have been banned already because of their cheating. Information was quite extensive so for more information you should check out the PlayOnline website.
Final Fantasy 11 - Vana’diel Collection 2007 includes:
Final Fantasy 11
Rise of the Zilart (Expansion Pack 1)
Chains of Promathia (Expansion Pack 2)
Treasures of Aht Urhgan (Expansion Pack 3)
A New Foldout Quick Manual
A World Map
A Starter’s Guide
Final Fantasy 11: Vana’diel Collection 2007 was labelled as "all in one convenient budget-priced package" and that this entire collection was created specifically for the Windows PC version of the game.
This is not to be confused with Final Fantasy XI: The Vana’diel Collection, which was also a budget version of the game. However unlike the 2007 edition, the original did not include Treasures of Aht Urhgan. The title is available in North America now, retailing for US $29.99.
Final Fantasy 11 - Vana'diel Collection 2007 includes the basic 'Final Fantasy 11' as well as the expansion packs 'Rise of the Zilart', 'Chains of Promathia' and 'Treaures of Aht Urhgan'. Included with the package is a new fold-out 'Quick Manual', which includes features such as a map of Vana'diel, a beginner's guide and more.
For those of you interested in getting into Square's popular MMORPG, this is the obvious package to go for, as it includes all you'll need to get started and become directly up-to-date.
The package is releasing on November 6th this year and costs US$29.99.
Chocobo Breeding to feature in Final Fantasy 11 Fans are finally getting the chance to do something they've wanted to do for a long time in Final Fantasy 11, the ability to breed their own Chocobo's.
In the next version update for Final Fantasy 11 - Treasures of Aht Urhgan will include Chocobo breeding, which last made an appearance in Final Fantasy 7. Players wishing to breed their own Chocobo should be happy to know this isn't going to a quick thing. After a breeder acquires a Chocobo egg (which has yet to be explained), the egg can take from 1 to 3 months to hatch and will require daily attention for it to hatch. The developers have gone one step further and have even given each chocobo it's own unique DNA and each chocobo should be as unique as it's breeder/trainer.
Chocobo's will be kept in a Chocobo Stable and if you aren't able to attend the Chocobo everyday due to school or work, a yet to be announced fee can be used to pay a stable hand. Once the Chocobo reaches a certain age, you'll be able to mate it with a Chocobo of the opposite sex and within an age. Due to the uniqueness of each chocobo any baby chocobo which is successfully bread may end up bearing no similarity to it's parents.
It also doesn't stop there, developers are also working how to have contests with the Chocobos such as races and other events.
The update containing Chocobo's will be available sometime this month.
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