FFXI, FFXIV servers temporarily shut down due to quake, tsunami

by Steve Watts, Mar 14, 2011 8:45am PDT

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The 8.9-magnitude earthquake that hit Japan on Friday, and its resulting tremors and tsunami, have resulted in a temporary shut down for the Final Fantasy XI and Final Fantasy XIV servers.

The word came from Square Enix's Lodestone site over the weekend, announcing that the servers would be shut down due to Japanese power companies requesting energy conservation. It's currently planned for a week, starting from yesterday. Square's PlayOnline servers are also unavailable, including the Friends List, password recovery, and account cancellation.

The pair of natural disasters have impacted power production from nuclear plants, leaving large areas of Japan without power. If you'd like to contribute more directly to aid in Japan, you can donate to the Japanese Red Cross Society.

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  With more games becoming reliant on servers, this brings up the question that no publisher PR team wants ... : the archvile
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    I think this is an extreme case but in the event of that happening companies would have to put servers in... : melkore
    - Nothing happens in tornado alley? : schnitz76
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      Back when it happened, Valve didn't have failover, they just had fail. They probably fixed that by now.
      
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      Back when it happened, Valve didn't have failover, they just had fail. They probably fixed that by now. : the archvile
  - Don't remind me of that Steam outage. Those were dark days. : Grumbeld
- Summary: The 8.9-magnitude earthquake to hit Japan has resulted in a temporary shut down for servers of F... : SporkyReeve
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  Japan is the world’s third strongest economy and was second until China over took it recently, the US b... : InfernoAblaze
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    Third strongest economy and two valentine’s days. Hmm. : Haxim
    - We've got that sweetest day crap in October or something. : one random winner
    - My bad it's called White Day, as for the Japn being the third largest economey that's what I heared on BB... : InfernoAblaze
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  it's been upgraded to a 9.0 earthquake :x : harold.johnson
  - I'm waiting for the 9.1 so I can go "It's over 9.000!" : one random winner

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