Way back in 2010, Square Enix realized Final Fantasy XIV was a complete bomb. Square Enix restructured the development team, apologized constantly for the game’s quality and made it free to play until it could churn out a quality product that was actually worth the money. In October of this year, Square Enix announced it was nearly done with FFXIV version 2.0 and would begin charging for the game by December. Well, that’s not going to happen. FFXIV will remain free for one more month. On January 6, 2012, paid subscriptions for FFXIV will return.

Final Fantasy XIV Following the disaster in Japan, Square Enix decided to shut down servers for Final Fantasy XIV, Final Fantasy XI and PlayOnline to conserve the country’s power supplies. Square Enix didn’t initially know when the servers would be brought back online, but a date was set earlier today. Expect to jump back into the MMO action on March 25, 2011.

As we all know, Japan was hit with a massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake last week, followed by a tsunami. Well over a 100 aftershocks continued to be felt in the days that followed. The world is pitching in to assist in the relief efforts, and the power companies in Japan have decided to take measures to conserve power. That’s why the servers that govern Final Fantasy XIV, Final Fantasy XI and PlayOnline have been temporarily suspended.

Final Fantasy XIV has seriously damaged Square Enix. The PC MMO was released last year with overwhelmingly disappointing results. After tons of negative feedback from the press and customers alike, Square Enix decided to make suspend monthly subscription costs for FFXIV until all the problems are sorted out. Most of the original development team stepped down while new members work to make things right. FFXIV‘s new director/producer Naoki Yoshida explained to Famitsu what his team plans on fixing.

Square Enix has definitely seen better days. The company is doing so bad right now, it now predicts a 91.7% decrease in net income for its fiscal year which will end on March 31, 2011. Square Enix initially expected to make 12 billion yen ($142 million), but now only expects 1 billion yen ($11.9 million) in its current fiscal year. The culprits behind this massive slide are Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Final Fantasy XIV.

There have been some truly stellar titles released in 2010. Sadly though, there are some that just didn’t live up to their massive hype for one reason or another. As we stuff our face and sit down on the couch for football, family and surely some video games, Gamertell stops to remember the games that will soon be forgotten.

Let’s see, it’s now November 18, 2010. Square Enix mentioned that it was hoping to start addressing some of Final Fantasy XIV‘s numerous problems by or around October 25, 2010. Let’s take a look at FFXIV – nope! It’s still buggy and annoying!

Lucky, Square Enix has noticed that it isn’t providing the MMORPG experience people signed on for…

Massive multiplayer online roleplaying games aren’t for everyone, and even the people who do like them will find themselves loving some and hating others. The reasons for affection or loathing can be simple or complex, and depend on many factors. One person could love a game for the same reason another hates it. At the moment, most MMORPG fans will agree that there’s more to dislike than like about Final Fantasy XIV. It could end up being a great MMORPG in time, but at the moment it is in desperate need of a tune-up…

For a lot of people, their Final Fantasy XIV experience hasn’t been all they thought it would be. There are bugs and glitches and gameplay issues that are leading to a disappointing overall experience. Square Enix has commited to fixing all that, and extending the trial play period for all existing Final Fantasy XIV players in an effort to encourage them to stick with the game…

Today is the start of another week videogame deals. Leading the pack of retailers once again is Kmart. Kmart has offers in place for some of the biggest titles that will be released this week such as Dead Rising 2 and Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. If you’re going to pick these games up anyway, why not save some cash in the long run?