Following various user reports, Square-Enix published an update on its official pages confirming the DDoS attack against the Final Fantasy 14 servers .
The company informed players that Final Fantasy 14’s technical issues began around 6 a.m. (in the US) on May 6 . If you try to connect to the MMORPG’s servers, the ongoing DDoS attack could cause difficulties in accessing, sending and receiving data and disconnections from North American, European and Oceania data centers. Although Square Enix has yet to identify the cause of the technical difficulties, the Japanese company has promised players that an investigation into the attack is underway and is looking for effective and timely countermeasures . At the moment there is no further information regarding the cyber attack, and we will necessarily have to wait for confident updates from Square-Enix . In the meantime, you can continue to keep an eye on the situation by visiting this address .
This unexpected event interrupts the development team’s focus on Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail , the next major expansion for the online RPG. In addition to a new narrative arc and countless new features on the content front, we remind you that the MMORPG will receive a graphic update that will completely renew the visual appearance of the game, originally published over ten years ago.