Players hoping to try the next Final Fantasy MMO for free before the game launches in the second half of September have one last obstacle to overcome. A post made on the Final Fantasy XIV Online website indicated that the open beta, which was due to start at 7PM PST today, will be "postponed due to a confirmation of critical bugs." No specific time as to when the beta will instead begin has been announced yet.
The game, which is set to open its servers to Collector's Edition purchasers on the September 22, has as of yet only had a narrow and rather private closed beta phase. With only three weeks to go until paying players will be logging in, the real news is how short the open beta phase will be. Betas this short don't often bode well for the product's final release, and the specific cause of the delay -- critical bugs -- this close to release doesn't fill us with confidence either.
We've contacted Square Enix for comment and will update this story as we find out more.
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good to know they won't release bug filled betas.
The game, which is set to open its servers to Collector's Edition purchasers on the September 22, has as of yet only had a narrow and rather private closed beta phase. With only three weeks to go until paying players will be logging in, the real news is how short the open beta phase will be. Betas this short don't often bode well for the product's final release, and the specific cause of the delay -- critical bugs -- this close to release doesn't fill us with confidence either.
We've contacted Square Enix for comment and will update this story as we find out more.
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good to know they won't release bug filled betas.
