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Yoshi-P says he 'upgraded' his mindset when it comes to relaxing his views on keeping Final Fantasy 14's catgirls lore accurate

Evercold is giving players greater freedom over character customisation.

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Final Fantasy 14 is planning 2 major overhauls to its housing system to catch up with World of Warcraft: 'It's probably the number 1 thing on the list a lot of people are requesting'

Secret housing changes are afoot.

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Final Fantasy 14 boss Yoshi-P doesn't get the deal with Chort

Yoshi-P is not chortin' it.

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It's taken 13 years, but Final Fantasy 14 has finally broken the Sephiroth-shaped emergency glass

Final Fantasy 7 is showing up in Evercold in a big way.

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"The desire for a world you can escape to is stronger than ever": How MMORPGs are flourishing in a multiplayer landscape dominated by live-service shooters

The lead developers of Final Fantasy 14, Warframe, and The Elder Scrolls Online take us through the demands and realities of running a successful MMO

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A burnt-out Final Fantasy 14 playerbase is noticeably more chipper after its latest reveal, even if we've seen nothing come of it yet

With Evercold's plans on the table, the air feels a little lighter in Eorzea.

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Running Final Fantasy 14 for 16 years means Square Enix knows live service, former exec says, but it's "used to being slow" and has "failed to bring its IP to a new generation"

Jacob Navok worries about Square Enix's financial future

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It's hard to say whether Final Fantasy 14's new combat will be a win or a flop, but I'm just happy to see the developer trying something new

Evercold feels like it's going to be an expansion of evolution and experimentation.

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All announcements at Final Fantasy XIV Anaheim Fan Festival 2026: Evercold, NGE crossover, and more

Final Fantasy XIV is evolving.

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Final Fantasy 14 boss Yoshi-P "can't really imagine" the MMO coming to an end, hopes in 10 years time there's a conclusion that rivals Endwalker

Naoki Yoshida wants the MMO to go on with or without him

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Yoshi-P won't tell Final Fantasy 14 players what the new tank and ranged physical DPS jobs are, but he will dare you to look at his T-shirt for clues

"Both of these new jobs are FF14 originals, as opposed to legacy FF jobs"

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Final Fantasy 14 lead Yoshi-P reportedly teases ports for Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, asking fans of the MMO to "please wait"

FF14 could finally be going handheld

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Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P calls Ghost of Yotei "outstanding" and says it's "the one I still find myself playing" from 2025: "It's a game I learned a lot from"

The SquareEnix developer loved the reaction of Mount Yotei especially

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Final Fantasy 14's upcoming Monster Hunter collaboration will 'feel more like 14' compared to its more unorthodox Rathalos encounter

Less action, more MMO mechanics.

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Naoki Yoshida, better known as Yoshi-P, has reassured fans that he's not done with Final Fantasy 14 yet – and he's not bored of working on it either

Naoki Yoshida, better known as Yoshi-P, is a busy man, but has confirmed he's still committed to Final Fantasy 14 so fans can rest easy.

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Final Fantasy 14 boss Naoki Yoshida might not have become a Square Enix dev if it weren't for a "jerk" childhood friend that accidentally taught him PvP by tricking him into being bad at 1983 Mario Bros.

"I hated the guts of my friend"

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Final Fantasy 14 director Yoshi-P daydreams of more crossover events with Evangelion, Gundam, and especially Diablo: 'I love it so much that I would want to make a Diablo game myself'

Yoshida also mentioned he's a "maniac about One Piece." Aren't we all?

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'That was my first experience with PvP,' Naoki Yoshida's love for game design all started with a tragic Mario Brothers bait and switch

Lucy from Peanuts would love FF14 raids.

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I spoke with Final Fantasy 14’s Naoki Yoshida about Monster Hunter, Beastmaster, and the collaborations he’d love to do next – ‘I’m a maniac about One Piece’

We spoke with Final Fantasy 14 director and producer Naoki Yoshida at Gamescom 2025 about the game and its upcoming content.

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In the wake of shutting down a highly popular mod, Final Fantasy 14 director Yoshi-P shares deeply earnest blog about 'mods, their use, and the culture surrounding them'

It's a change in tone.

PC Gamer

Final Fantasy 14 director does his best to assuage dooming around the next expansion's release date with another hint of shaking up its usually rigid timeline: 'You won't have to wait long'

Is Creative Studio 3… going off-script?

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Final Fantasy 14 director issues warning about the use of mods that may 'infringe upon others', says NSFW add-ons could lead to legal troubles by regulators in certain countries

Final Fantasy 14's director, Naoki Yoshida, has issued a warning about the continued use of mods that may "infringe" on other players and also lead to legal troubles.

PC Gamer

Final Fantasy 14's Fan Fest dates have players crunching the numbers, and it's left them more nervous than excited

We might be in for a long wait, huh.

TechRadar

Final Fantasy 14 director has a pretty simple explanation for why the Monster Hunter Wilds collab will feature Omega – 'In the Monster Hunter team, there are many Warriors of Light'

Naoki Yoshida has said Monster Hunter Wilds' upcoming Final Fantasy 14 collaboration will feature Omega because the Monster Hunter team wanted it to happen.

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'Legal inquiry' shuts down one of Final Fantasy 14's most popular mods, adding yet another blurry line in the sand from Square Enix

Sorry, sorry—I'm trying to stuff all these worms back into the can.

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