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Genre: RPG
System(s): PS2
ESRB: Unknown
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Final Fantasy XI is the first massively multiplayer online role-playing game released in the Final Fantasy series. It debuted in Japan on the Sony PlayStation 2 on May 16, 2002 and was released for Microsoft Windows-based personal computers on November 5 of the same year.
On October 28, 2003, Final Fantasy XI was released in North America on the personal computer along with the first expansion Rise of the Zilart, with a PlayStation 2 release on March 23, 2004. It is now available on the Xbox 360. Final Fantasy XI is the first cross platform MMORPG, as both PC and console versions connect to the same servers, and one of the first modern multinational MMORPGs, as gamers worldwide play in the same virtual world.
A fee of $12.95 USD is charged monthly for the first content ID, and $1.00 USD monthly for any additional content ID thereafter.
The second expansion to the game, Final Fantasy XI: Chains of Promathia, was released in Japan on September 16, 2004, and a bundled version of the game complete with the two expansion packs was released in Europe. Five days later, on September 21, 2004, the expansion was released in North America for $30 USD. In addition, the US version of the full game plus the two expansions was released as a single DVD-ROM called "The Vana'diel Collection" on August 16, 2005.
A third expansion, Treasures of Aht Urhgan, was released on April 18, 2006. The game was also released on Xbox 360 on the same day bundled with all three of the expansions released to date.
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