Michael Hassall
Michael Hassall
After giving up a "real" job in Marketing in 2019, Michael started working as esports, gaming, and entertainment journalist and hasn't looked back. He lives in the UK, but wishes he lived in Eorzea, having spent 5,000 hours there. When not dutifully grinding Tomestones and being designated furniture crafter for his FC, he enjoys travel to warm places, cold drinks, light reading, and heavy metal.
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Dhalmels are Final Fantasy XIV’s weird giraffe-like creatures who’ve been around in the game since the Heavensward expansion. But in Shadowbringers, a Dhalmel Mount was added...
In Final Fantasy XIV, there’s a half dozen different Magitek mounts styled after the walkers and weapons of destruction used by the Garlean Empire. One of these is the Magitek Predator mount, a...
Multiple Final Fantasy XIV Online Store items are on sale as Square Enix ramps up excitement around the FFXIV Fan Festival 2023 in London. The sale began on the morning of Oct. 20, with...
All Saints' Wake, the spooky Halloween-themed in-game event, is returning to Final Fantasy XIV on Oct. 27. Details about the annual celebration of the frightening and fear-inducing were posted...
Those who are on the fence about picking up Final Fantasy XIV or the latest expansion, Endwalker, are now in luck due to a massive sale. Announced on Wednesday, Fi...
With the Final Fantasy Fan Festival 2023 in London just days away, voting has opened for the Art and Video Contest, and it's your chance to celebrate the incredible fan projects the community h...
The mechanics in some of Final Fantasy XIV’s dungeons can be a bit repetitive. Players pull two packs of mobs, kill them, pull two packs, kill them, boss, rinse, repeat, three times over. So wh...
In Final Fantasy XIV, the Ishgardian Restoration is one of the most in-depth and complex parts of crafting and gathering content, with dozens of aspects to it. One of those is Fêtes, a kind of...
The Ishgardian Restoration might be one of the most complex pieces of crafting and gathering content in all of Final Fantasy XIV. With dozens of elements to it, from the Diadem, unique resource...
The Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival 2023 in London is just a few short days away. Square Enix has released the schedule for the event with showcases and performances across the two days.
It’s always incredible when you see something from the world of a video game brought to life in reality, but this scale model of one of Final Fantasy XIV’s starting cities is absolutely breatht...
Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker’s post-expansion story content wrapped up in Patch 6.5, with the Warrior of Light and Scions facing off against the demonic Golbez for the final time. But for some...
In Final Fantasy XIV Patch 6.5, multiple minions were added to the game for players to collect and show off. One of these was the Wind-up Golbez, a miniature reconstruction of the fearsome foe...
In Final Fantasy XIV Patch 6.5, a new Mandragora mount was added called the Island Adenium. A flowery flying friend, the Island Adenium is a reward from the Island Sanctuary, just like several...
One of the unique new gear sets added in Final Fantasy XIV Patch 6.5 was the Martial Artist’s set. Comprised of the Martial Artist’s Vest, Martial Artist’s Slops, Martial Artist’s Pumps, and op...
The final cutscene in Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker’s 6.5 patch may have revealed one of the new classes set to be added to the game in the new expansion, Dawntrail. Beware, though; it’s...
In Final Fantasy XIV Patch 6.5, a new Trial was added to the game called The Abyssal Fracture. Diving into a pit of darkness, your Warrior of Light comes face to face with Zeromus, the creature...
In Final Fantasy XIV Patch 6.5, the final entry in the Myths of the Realm Alliance Raid series was added: Thaleia, the home of the gods of Eorzea, and site of our final showdown with the Twelve...
In Final Fantasy XIV Patch 6.5 a new set of Custom Deliveries will be added. These deliveries will see you help Sharlayan researcher Margrat by providing her with various materials and tools. P...
Final Fantasy XIV Patch 6.5 added a plethora of new additions to the game, but one of the most expressive of those was the new /slump emote. A definitive showing of defeat (and perfect to use a...