After the furor over the postponement of the Final Fantasy XIV open beta, Square Enix has revealed that the bug issues causing the delay have been solved. The open beta will begin on September 1, 2010 (that's today!). Here's the full press release.

We would like to take this opportunity to provide an update regarding FINAL FANTASY XIV Open Beta Test, which was announced to be postponed on Aug. 31, 2010. Along with the completion on investigation and correction of the critical issue, we have decided to begin FINAL FANTASY XIV Open Beta Test on Sep. 1, 2010 at 19:00 (PDT). Starting on Sep. 1, 2010 at 19:00 (PDT), acquisition of registration code required for FINAL FANTASY XIV Open Beta Test will be available.

We are looking forward to your participation in FINAL FANTASY XIV Open Beta Test!

Read more here.

Ed note: Sorry for the confusion. The press release I received in mail said Sept 2 but the official site says Sept 1.

Great TY

So we can finally get to test it.

Good, lets just hope there is not another delay...

I for one are looking forward to take it for a testdrive.

Was the previous download link removed? Got the installer yesterday but it crashes for me. Maybe another version coming up this evening...

Sweet.  So OB Starts Sept 1st, OB starting early, OB has critical bug and is postponed, OB Starts Sept 1st! 

Nice that they got it fixed so fast. 

Tested CB and as far as I could tell... dont get ya hopes up :) It is the same basic mmorpg like all the others. No new elements or new game mechanics.

Just for the FF fans I guess ^^

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Originally posted by heimer73
Great TY

So we can finally get to test it.

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You wont be testing anything.  You like many thousands of others will just log in to stress their servers.

Are there any restictions in place to not talk about certain elements of the game? Or during this Open Beta will ppl be able to describe the game in detail?  I would love to hear honest reviews if thats the case. Thx ;)

Originally posted by jugularvein

Are there any restictions in place to not talk about certain elements of the game? Or during this Open Beta will ppl be able to describe the game in detail?  I would love to hear honest reviews if thats the case. Thx ;)

The NDA has been lifted for a while now... feel free to talk post videos etc

If you played FFXI you will like FFXIV.

If WoW was your first baby mmo ... then you more than likely will not like FFXIV.    This game is built for the Console first Pc second.   BUT Zamian  PC is coming out first... Well yah... PC version is the beta and tweak for the Highly coveted Japanese console market... Japanese company  many japanese console players hmmm...  :D

IF you played original FFXI you would understand this.

You are able to solo better in FFXIV than FFXI  the crafting and harvesting are a lil better with mini games.  there is alot of information already posted around the web about the game.. Can start at ffxivcore.com etc  or just google  :D

Oh nice ty, I'm sure there will be plenty of information stated then.  Thx again for the quick reply

Also just saw that there is a new update so let the updating commence! Start your clients :)

not for the europeans for some reason that's delayed until 2pm GMT tomorrow... -whistles-

Question: What kind of a monster assed computer do you have to have to run the damn thing cause I just bought a brand new I-buy-power desktop with dual core intel running at 3gb each core slapped a 9600 GTX vid card in it and failed the benchmark miserably.

Not for the europeans eh?

You've heard about a thing called 'timezones' right? ;-)

Originally posted by describable

not for the europeans for some reason that's delayed until 2pm GMT tomorrow... -whistles-

I think you are mistaken, the site says 02:00 GMT and not 14:00 GMT. Can you show where u read 2 pm?

@Wrender:

I've got a Core-i5 760 running at 3.6GHz and a NVidia GTX460 gfx card.

Game runs perfect.

No pre-downloading available apparently, not impressive.

Originally posted by xenon1337

@Wrender:

 

I've got a Core-i5 760 running at 3.6GHz and a NVidia GTX460 gfx card.

 

Game runs perfect.

 Good god man!

I bet you can communicate with aliens as they zip close to earth at lightspeed with that rig can't ya?

The lights dim when you fire that puppy up in the entire city don't they?

I can't seem to figure out to apply for the beta.i went to the site,but it doesnt offer a link,just a close window link.any able to tell me how to DL this and signup?

Originally posted by Wrender

Question: What kind of a monster assed computer do you have to have to run the damn thing cause I just bought a brand new I-buy-power desktop with dual core intel running at 3gb each core slapped a 9600 GTX vid card in it and failed the benchmark miserably.

I hate to break it to you, but that's not brand new.