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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced announced
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Review: 'Mother Mary' praised for Hathaway and Coel performances
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FBI Director Kash Patel's defamation suit reportedly backfires
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Bette Midler releases video for 'All You Fascists Bound to Lose' cover
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Final Fantasy XIV expands free trial to include Shadowbringers
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Benjamin Netanyahu treated for early-stage prostate cancer
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Barbra Streisand celebrates 84th birthday
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 gets 1st‑anniversary patch
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Jimmy Kimmel roasts Trump in alternate Correspondents’ Dinner
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Scooby-Doo: Origins, Netflix shares first cast photo as production starts
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Woody Guthrie song resurfaces in modern protest covers
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Final Fantasy XIV expands free trial to include Shadowbringers
Square Enix expanded Final Fantasy XIV's free trial to include Shadowbringers, letting new players play through A Realm Reborn, Heavensward, Stormblood, and Shadowbringers up to level 80. The trial now removes playtime restrictions and raises the level cap from 70 to 80 without requiring a subscription. That change gives new players access to Shadowbringers' main story, jobs, and endgame content so they can evaluate buying expansions without an upfront cost.
SHADOWBRINGERS IS GOING FREE TO PLAY. YOU NERDS BETTER FUCKING PLAY IT. PLAY SHADOWBRINGERS. SHADOWBRINGERS REALLY GOOD.
Maybe if the game was available in my country I would. Really funny that Jollibee has an FFXIV meal when the game isn't available here
ONE BRINGS SHADOW ONE BRINGS LIGHT
only 9 (plus sequels and spinoffs) games til i can finally experience ff14
Shadow bringers (and bits of endwalker), disco elysium and signalis are all etched into my mind in a way no other game has managed.
every new expac they add to ff14 puts hrothgals closer and closer to being part of the free trial. then and only then, will I play the game that will probably be mostly dead by that point.
since multiple have already misunderstood this. i mean I would like to play as a female hrothgar. you cannot do this without buying dawntrail because ff14 makes the bizarre and kind of stupid decision of locking specific genders for specific races behind expansions. hence. the wait.
I have great news you only need 5.0 (shadowbringers) to play as hrothgal
FFXIV on Switch 2 having a separate subscription sucks obviously, but an officially supported handheld version with a free trial that includes Shadowbringers has the potential to introduce a LOT of folks to that game
said this before but there’s a not-small audience of people who like games but only own/want to own a Switch
That is SO much fucking game you're getting in the free trial. Like, even if you ONLY focus on the main story, you're looking at at least 80 hours. That's absurd! (and, imo, a free trial up through the last truly special expansion, to boot)
