Based on the optional dungeon in Final Fantasy III where the game's most robust equipment can be found, the Forbidden Land of Eureka comes to Final Fantasy XIV in patch 4.25 on March 13, bringing with it brand new gameplay mechanics and powerful new equipment to acquire and enhance.

The release of new player housing in Final Fantasy 14 has traditionally meant a mad dash for sparse land followed by angry forum posts about how bad the housing system is. Thanks to new guidelines and restrictions limiting the amount of land players can own, today's land expansion went relatively smoothly.

The Rise of a New Sun update hit Final Fantasy XIV this week, and for the umpteenth time since the launch of the ill-fated original version back in 2010, I've transformed my Warrior of Light into someone new.

New story quests, side missions, dungeons and raids are always nice, but the coolest changes coming in January's "Rise of a New Sun" update to Final Fantasy 14 involve more inventory space, new ways to store special outfits, and new ways for Bards to rock out.

A couple of weeks back, Square Enix finally gave Final Fantasy 14 Bards the ability to play real music. Now YouTube is filling with great (and only occasionally terrible) Bard performances.

Today's 4.15 update for Final Fantasy 14 adds a massive new 48-person player-versus-player battle mode, but that isn't important. Bards can play music now. It's beautiful and horrifying.

Last week's "The Legend Returns" patch for Final Fantasy XIV gives players a taste of Final Fantasy Tactics and Final Fantasy XII in a special 24-person raid event called "The Royal City Of Rabanastre." If you're a fan of the Ivalice setting but not an MMO player, here's what you're missing.

The 4.1 update to Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood introduced new player housing in the scenic, Far Eastern-themed district of Shirogane. When servers went online, 720 new housing plots went on the market. The choicest locations were gone before many players could even clear the login queue.

Toward the end of Games Com this past week in Germany, there was a cosplay contest for Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. Naoki Yoshida, the game's director, helped judge it. "Step on me, please," he told the winner.

Now that our Final Fantasy 14: Stormblood review is up, there are only four things left to do. Beat the final boss battle and dance, dance, dance. YouTube video creator Denmo has those last three covered with an outstanding musical journey through the expansion. Mind the spoilers.

I haven't completed the final battle in the Final Fantasy XIV Stormblood expansions' main story line. The titular quest has been sitting in the top left corner of my screen for a week, and I've been doing everything I can to ignore it. I don't want it to end.

Frustration over Final Fantasy XIV's housing shortage has come to a head after two players angered a lot of others by buying up 28 homes in the land-strapped massively multiplayer online game. Now, players are questioning whether virtual housing is an equal right or a privilege meant for the rich and over-dedicated.

Here stands Clan Destine, level 70 red mage, ready to take on the ultimate story battle in Final Fantasy XIV's latest expansion. She'll get to it eventually, but there's a lot more to Stormblood than epic battles and new job classes.

With the launch of Final Fantasy 14's Stormblood expansion, a ton of players are exploring the new post-level 60 content. But if you're on the right game server, massive experience point bonuses are a great incentive to take a break from the new stuff and start a new job at level one.

Stormblood isn't just a huge chunk of new content for Final Fantasy 14. It's the third game in an ongoing series, one that happens to share the same space as its predecessors.

Primal battles in Final Fantasy XIV are massive spectacles that pit a group of players against powerful creatures that usually show up in the series as summons. Stormblood's first primal, Susano, gets more massive than most, but a well-coordinated group can take him down pretty easy.

One of the coolest new features introduced in Final Fantasy 14's Stormblood expansion is the ability to swim and dive, exploring exotic underwater locales. Anyone can tread water, but to go deep you have to talk to some turtles.

The Stormblood expansion for Final Fantasy 14 introduces two new jobs to the massively multiplayer RPG -- Red Mage and Samurai. To access them you don't have to rush through days of story quests and journey to new lands. You just have to be level 50 and talk to the right people.

Since Final Fantasy XIV's Stormblood expansion launched in early access on Friday morning, I've leveled a Red Mage from 50 to 60 and taken my first steps into the city state of Ala Mhigo. Imagine what I could have accomplished had the servers been anywhere near stable!