The March Version Update has Arrived!

Chocobo Racing has taken the adventurer's of Vana'diel by storm! Grab your personal chocobo and enroll them at your local CRA branch today! Test their mettle in mission-style VCS races or participate in free races to earn chocobucks! Check out this video to see Chocobo Racing in action and click here to read all the details!

A new set of exciting Aht Urhgan missions, new dark knight spells, Signet bonuses and a Besieged level increase are just the tip of the iceberg in this update. The dangerous Nyzul Isle plays host to a new style of Assault missions featuring multi-leveled randomly generated dungeons where players can record their progress as they battle their way to the top.

Updates were made to many of the more popular Notorious Monsters, changing them to forcibly spawn from trigger items, and adding new scenarios where many of Vana'diel's most valuable items can be obtained.

Read the full March version update details here!

FINAL FANTASY XI for Windows Vista!

We’re proud to announce that a Windows Vista compatible version of PlayOnline has been released. [More]

Choose Your World & World Transfer Service!

Players are now able to freely choose their world when creating a new character without the use of a world pass. Also a world transfer service will soon be introduced. [More]

FFXIclopedia Becomes a Premier Site!

We are pleased to announce that FFXIclopedia has joined the list of FINAL FANTASY XI Premier Sites. Players will benefit greatly from the detailed guides that are added on a regular basis, its bustling forum, and in-depth look at all aspects of the game. [More]

Premier Site Summit a Wonderful Success!

Recently we held our very first Premier Site Summit at the Square Enix offices in El Segundo, California. We invited the heads of our Premier Sites to attend an all day event where we would discuss the state of the community, strengthen our communication, and participate in some fun in-game events. Two representatives each from Allakhazam, FFXI Online, Stratics, Warcry, FFXI Vault and FFXIclopedia were in attendance, as well as the Square Enix Community team, North American Producer Yasu Kurosawa and Global Online Producer Sage Sundi. The main topic was explaining just how the Community team researches the issues that are most important to our players. We discussed how we read the forums, e-mail and in-game feedback and how we are constantly reporting the hottest topics to the appropriate people. The Premier Sites got an extremely intimate look at the work that is done behind the scenes and just how many people are involved in keeping FINAL FANTASY XI running smoothly.

The Premier Site members were also the first people outside of the company to tour the Game Master area of Square Enix. It was interesting to see what kind of questions each of the sites asked, not only in the GM room, but later during the Q&A portion. Take a look at the Premier Site Summit wrap up report for more details about every aspect of the summit. We're extremely happy with how the event went and are hoping to strengthen our ties to not only the Premier Sites, but the community as a whole.