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10/10/2003	Site Update The Shadow Dragon Clan Database is pleased to announce a change for of the site to better suit our visitors and ourselves!

09/04/2003	Rise of Zilart Available in Beta Square Enix is pleased to announce a chance for beta testers to get a sneak peek at this tremendous expansion!


08/12/2003	FFXI PC Receives an Official Release Date Square Enix USA has announced the official release date for the PC version of its MMORPG Final Fantasy XI.


06/27/2003	Additinal Openings for Public Beta Missed your chance at applying for the PlayOnline, Tetra Master, and Final Fantasy XI Public Beta Test for Windows the first time?


06/25/2003	FFXI Version Up "Although before, the maintenance time has been starting from 9am (Japan time) because that was the time with the lowest logins. Since the beta for the English version has started, we are going to try to avoid hitting the peak time for all US, Europe, and Japan players."


06/12/2003	FFXI North American Site is Live The launch of the official Final Fantasy XI website will offer gamers a complete information center on the latest installment in the Final Fantasy series.


05/28/2003	Moogle Present Campaign For the first anniversary of FFXI, and the 600,000 people now playing Final Fantasy XI in Japan, Square Enix has made a new campaign to celebrate Final Fantasy XI's success.


05/13/2003	FFXI to Receive Localization in 2004 Square Enix will self-publish the PC version themselves, and in a move that will surely have PC owners grinning, FFXI will ship in October of 2003, nearly 3-4 months earlier than the PS2 version.


05/10/2003	FFXI Vision of Ziraat OST Announced DigiCube has announced that it will publish the original soundtrack of Square Enix's Final Fantasy XI expansion disc Vision of Ziraat later this month.


04/30/2003	FFXI to be Showcased at E3 Square Enix will be showcasing Final Fantasy XI, along with many other RPGs, at E3 this May. Square Enix U.S.A. also recently announced the public beta test program for Final Fantasy XI and when it plans to start those particular Beta tests.


04/12/2003	Final Fantasy XI Public Beta The long and tedious wait for Final Fantasy XI's North American release became a little shorter today, as Square Enix began accepting applications for the public beta test.


04/10/2003	Expansion Version Up Details The 6 version ups containing parts the expansion data have been finished. There will be an extra version up on 4/15 (Tuesday) to turn on the new features.

04/01/2003
No Final Fantasy XI until 2004?
Square Enix promising sweeping action due to Sony's lack of ambition, but making the wait even longer for those of us across the Pacific.


03/21/2003	Brief Tidbit on FFXI in America Square president Youichi Wada has confirmed that its network compatible RPG Final Fantasy XI is scheduled to begin testing in America within the next two months.


03/12/2003	Expansion Version Up Details It is only one month away from the release of Final Fantasy XI: Vision of Ziraat. From 3/13 on, there will be a series of 6 "expansion preparation" version ups in a 2 week span.


02/27/2003	A Change Within the Shadow Dragons We would like to take this time to announce a change within the clan.


02/11/2003	Final Fantasy XI All-in-One Pack 2003 Square has announced a Final Fantasy XI All-in-One Pack 2003 which bundles the game and the PlayOnline browser on one disc together with the game's first expansion disc Vision of Ziraat.


02/07/2003	AMD Award Ceremony Report Yesterday the Digital Media Association gave away its eight annual AMD awards at a ceremony in Tokyo. As previously reported, Final Fantasy XI had received a few awards.


01/29/2003	Vision of Ziraat Expansion Pack Details Square will release the first add-on disc to its online MMORPG in April. The disk will include many new features and the introduction of some old faces. More news and images inside.


01/24/2003	Final Fantasy XI Wins Two AMD Awards The Digital Media Association has announced the winners of its eight AMD Awards.


01/15/2003	Final Fantasy XI Television Square has reportedly signed a deal with Japanese television service SkyPerfect TV to develop a television show based on the online RPG Final Fantasy XI.


01/07/2003	More Information About the Expansion Pack Square has released a few details on how the upcoming expansion will work with FFXI and a few brief details on what it will include.


01/07/2003	Square is Looking For Foreign FFXI Game Masters Square has issued a hiring call through its website searching for foreign (non-Japanese) Game Masters for Final Fantasy XI.


01/01/2003	Year of the Sheep It's the year of the Sheep in Japan! And Square has an odd sense of humor.


12/29/2002	Shadow Dragon Lore We've just released our first work of fiction based in the FFXI world.


12/11/2002	Final Fantasy XI Reaches 200K Subscribers Bloomberg reported that the number of registered player for Square's Final Fantasy XI has finally broken through the 200,000 mark, which is the break even point for PlayOnline service.


12/06/2002	New NPC "World Shifter" Announced Due to over population on some servers, Square is offering players the chance to "Shift" their characters to different servers.


11/26/2002	In-game Marriage Support Do you and your significant other play FFXI together? Are you always together in real life and in the game? Well, why not get married there too!


11/25/2002	FFXI Confirmed for U.S. Square announced the details of their midterm earnings. Square also mentioned they will bring the MMORPG Final Fantasy XI to North America.


11/25/2002	FFXI November Upgrades Square has revealed details on Final Fantasy XI's November update, which was implemented today.


11/20/2002	FFXI Expansion Pack: Vision of Ziraat Square plans to expand the world and game features of Final Fantasy XI through distribution of an official expansion disc, according to the latest issue of Famitsu Weekly.


11/04/2002	FFXI PC Official Graphics Benchmark Program For all of you out there who would like to get the PC version of FFXI over the PS2 version, Square has developed a program to test your computer to see how well it can run Final Fantasy XI.


10/30/2002	A True FFXI Marriage In Japan, a couple had gotten married who had happened to be players of Final Fantasy XI. The couple had the official support from Square's staff of FFXI (Julia, Destiny and Rembard) to have an official wedding in Vana'diel.


10/26/2002	A Hint of U.S. Release? Square recently did a presentation on their whole FFXI and PlayOnline infrastructure and the following points may be of interest to some U.S. players.


10/17/2002	FFXI Gamepad Announced Eelecom has announced a special USB gamepad for Square's Final Fantasy XI for Windows.


10/10/2002	FFXI For Windows Presentation Square held a press conference today for the PC version of FFXI, with upper management having statistics for its PS2 brother on hand.


10/09/2002	New Areas Revealed If nothing else, its reassuring to see that square is keeping up with the demands of the gamers. They recently released a preview for some of the new areas that are going to be added into Final Fantasy XI.


10/03/2002	FFXI October Upgrades Square has revealed details on Final Fantasy XI's October update, which was implemented today.


10/01/2002	Online Mah-Jong Imminent The third online game playable via the PlayOnline network gaming service will be opened to the public on October 7, Square announced recently.


09/22/2002	FFXI Headed to the PC While Americans have yet to receive a taste of Square's Final Fantasy XI, Japanese gamers are already receiving a port of the title.


09/15/2002	Translation of the Famitsu FFXI Developer Interview Himajin, a Final Fantasy XI player, has done a very lengthy translation of an interview done by Famitsu. It details many important facts and information on FFXI.


08/24/2002	Limited Edition FFXI Square has announced first details regarding the recently announced limited edition version of its online RPG, named Final Fantasy XI 2002 Special Art Box.


08/22/2002	Official Event On Saturday August 24 the next official event will begin. During the event players will be able to receive signet and set their HP from any and all guards for free. This will be for the Beast Extermination Campaign.


08/22/2002	Square Announced Future Updates Square announced a future updates outline for its online RPG, Final Fantasy XI.

08/08/2002

Square Conducts FFXI Survey
Square is currently conducting a web-based survey with randomly chosen PlayOnline registrants.


04/01/2003	No Final Fantasy XI until 2004? Square Enix promising sweeping action due to Sony's lack of ambition, but making the wait even longer for those of us across the Pacific.