Victoria's been writing about games for over eight years, including small former tenures with Polygon and Fanbyte. She mostly spends time in FFXIV, head-deep in roleplay campaigns or stubbornly playing Black Mage through high-end raids. Former obsessions include Dota 2 and The Secret World (also mostly roleplaying). Come visit their estate: Diabolos (Crystal DC), Goblet, Ward 4, Plot 28.
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In FFXIV's Patch 6.1, the dev team condensed the infamously long (and laughable) finale. Is it worth venturing into the new duties?
After four months of waiting to see where our adventures will lead next, Final Fantasy 14's future finally begins with the release of patch 6.1, titled "Newfound Adventure." With a 10-year roadmap ahead, the patch continues Creative Business Unit 3's ambitions to make FFXIV a fun, alluring experience for everyone old and new. Here's a glimpse of FFXIV's newfound future
FFXIV players already know that the four-month wait means despite all hardships, it's time for a much-anticipated regular content patch drop! Victoria walks us through what's most exciting about the 6.1 update.
Have you worn out the obvious FFXIV side activities? Have you tried these, too? Victoria takes us on an adventure off the beaten path in FFXIV with some activities you may not have realized were still thriving!
A year into raiding in Final Fantasy 14, Victoria shares the life (and game) lessons learned from doing high-end content.
The Final Fantasy 14 mission has caused plenty of debate in the community, but Victoria sees it as mostly aligning with the expansion's writing and goals.
Endwalker concludes FFXIV's decade-long narrative with a lofty, risky, and ambitious story. But is it worth forging ahead?
Much like a trip to the moon, the story of FFXIV's latest expansion aims to cover plenty of ground (or space). Does it succeed?
We have a list of productive things to make sure you've done in FFXIV to stay warmed up before Endwalker's release.
The FFXIV director once again thanks those working at the front lines, and hopes the game will give them relief.
According to director Naoki Yoshida, Endwalker will be really, really big. Enormously big
A quick photo tour of the new Final Fantasy 14 areas unveiled during the Endwalker preview event.
Anticipation and expectations are high for Endwalker, the latest expansion in Final Fantasy 14, which releases this November. We sat down with the game's director, Naoki Yoshida, to talk about the MMO and what to expect with Endwalker moving forward.
With Endwalker approaching, and the eighth anniversary of Final Fantasy XIV's relaunch, Warriors of Light around the world have been given a lot to reflect upon from their adventures. An integral part of such has been the cast of characters accompanying our protagonist through thick or thin and, quite literally, throughout a universe of heartfelt and riveting story. We had the exciting opportunity to reflect upon the past few years with the English cast representing the current Scions of the Sev
Life is Strange's premise as a franchise is simple: a drama reflecting the real world, with the caveat of a protagonist having some type of "superpowers." Perhaps it's a "curse," if you choose to describe it through the lips of Alex Chen, the protagonist of True Colors. So how does the latest installment stack up? Here is our review.