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Final Fantasy XIV prepares a new company page in anticipation of tomorrow's patch
Tomorrow will see the truly massive patch 1.19 go live for Final Fantasy XIV, bringing with it a plethora of updates and expansions to the game as well as a renewed focus on the Grand Companies of Eorzea. So it only makes sense that before the patch goes live, the official page for the companies has been updated in full. Rather than providing a single and somewhat disorganized list, the revamped page gives each of the companies a spot for in-universe updates and a new feature honoring the recent heroes of each company. Starting on October 6th, the page for each company will track the contributions of players on each server, displaying the names of those individuals showing exceptional dedication to the cause. Each page also features one of the national newspapers reporting on the activities of the company, promising more lore and connected updates for players to follow. It's not the patch itself, but the page should give Final Fantasy XIV players just one more thing to look forward to in the coming days.
Ask Massively: Ham edition
Readers, today is a sad day indeed. Having exhausted my longstanding well of topics that were either based in Dadaist absurdity or random personal anecdotes, I'm left to unveil my most desperate weapon -- an edition based entirely on ham. Consider the ham. Within the ham there could be the answers to all of life's questions, or perhaps there's just salty meat with a light mustard and honey glaze to create a firm yet not crispy exterior. Which is the truth? We'll never know. You will, however, know a bit more about what's going on behind the scenes of the site with this week's edition of Ask Massively. Sadly, we don't have our usual assortment of site gossip, but we do have answers about a few features and some discussion of the upcoming online-maybe Dragon Quest X. As always, you can leave questions in the comments or mail them along to ask@massively.com for a future column.
Notice some ch-ch-changes at Wii Fanboy?
Who loves you, baby? We do, of course! That's why we strive, each and every day, to provide you with all of the Wii news and community content we (hope) you crave. And, we're one step closer to achieving that goal we sacrifice so much sleep on chasing, thanks to the handy little tables on the right sidebar there. We're talking about the Events Calendar and Hot Topics section.What are they? Well, we would hope the titles make them pretty obvious, but we'll try to explain them as best as we can. The Events Calendar is something that will be home to all of the hot upcoming events, including games, shows and anything we feel you fine folk need to know about in advance. There, you'll find links that direct you to various topics on the site. Hopefully it'll make your time here a bit easier.Second, we have the Hot Topics section. This area is where all of the most popular posts will go. Sure, we have areas where the topics that get the most comments are listed, but that isn't the same here. These are stories that are being read by the most amount of people, our most popular pages. So, if you're looking for the day's hot stories and don't want to skim down the whole page, just check out the box here.We would just like to take the opportunity to thank each and every one of you for checking out Wii Fanboy. We try our best to make sure we have the most up-to-date content and informed Nintendo-loving community on the net. With your help, we'll keep working every day to attain that goal. Thanks for reading!
New features, new columns, same old DS Fanboy!
You may have noticed a new feature here at DS Fanboy -- the super useful box in the sidebar listing upcoming releases and recent feature articles. We hope this will help guide you in navigating right to the content you need, when you need it, but please bear with us over the next few weeks while we test out different ways of packing information inside. If we muck something up, we'll try to fix it as soon as possible! Remember that you can always use our comment form to send us in suggestions (and also, virtual cookies).We also debuted a new column today - Kaes Delgrego's "Bury the Shovelware" -- and over the next few weeks, we plan on trotting out even more original content and columns you won't find anywhere else (as well as all our E3 coverage!). Be kind to our new columnists as they transition into their roles on the DS Fanboy team. Of course, by "be kind," we clearly mean make fun of them in the comments and talk about their mothers. That's just how we roll. We may also be rescheduling some regular features to different days, but we'll keep you posted on that. Thanks for sticking with us over the years! We're happy to have you here, and we're trying to give you a nicer place to hang out. Hope you like it!
