Final Fantasy XIV Announced! PS3 Exclusive!

Originally Posted by Destructoid

Final Fantasy XIV beta to be Windows-only at first

Square-Enix is planning to release a non-traditional beta for Final Fantasy XIV, but the PS3 version isn’t set to be the pilot platform. In an interview with GameWatch (spotted by RPG Site), game producer Hiromichi Tanaka revealed that Windows was to be the platform of choice for an unusual beta. According to RPG Site, the beta won’t be constant -- instead, play time is to be constricted to hourly chunks. In addition to this, the amount of people let in to the beta may be small.

The platform choice isn’t as odd as it seems. The article points out that the lead platform for FFXIV is the PC. That version will be ported to the PS3.

Chances are that Square-Enix may change its beta-tune closer to release. From what we understand, PC-to-PS3 ports aren’t the easiest things to do. It would be bad beans if the MMO launched on the PS3 crippled.

Understandable.

Understandable, but i'm still not happy about it.

It's not like you were going to get into the beta anyway haha. Plus, if you did, there's nothing wrong with doing it on PC.

I've been pretty lucky with Beta in the past, so you never know.

Originally Posted by Kotaku

Final Fantasy XI stalwarts hotly anticipating starting the grind all over again in Square Enix's newest MMO, Final Fantasy XIV, have two more character class updates to pore over, the Gladiator and Pugilist.

The former specializes in swords and shields, specializing in close combat. The latter prefers to engage in even closer combat, using hand-to-hand fighting techniques complemented by cestus and claws, adding a little long distance with expertise in throwing implements like the chakram. Extended descriptions of what these two classes bring to the mix are available right here.

The FF XIV official site also has details on some of the MMO's weapons, all of which players can get their hands on sometime in 2010, after Square Enix gets Final Fantasy XIII out the door.

Pugilist and Gladiator! Armour is looking a lot better than anything in XI already.

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Culinarian. Seems pretty strange for a job, but eh.

In other news, Zelda Universe doesn't care about Final Fantasy XIV any more!