• In-Game

    Fan Festival 2016 is back with great in-game activities once again! This is the perfect opportunity for FFXIV fans to gather together and play on the same team, in the same room, for great fun in a variety of unique in-game activities! Strategize with your fellow players, outline your battle plan, and emerge victorious in a number of specialized challenges throughout the event!

    Players can try their hand at a number of exciting activities including:

    Special Fan Festival Activity

    What brand-new challenge awaits Fan Festival 2016 attendees? You’ll have to wait until the event to find out!

    Trial Roulette

    The Trial Roulette is back! Join a team of 8 of your fellow attendees and try your luck on our trial roulette wheel, which not only chooses which trial you’ll face, but what handicap will put your skills to the test!

    The Pit

    You’ve tried your hand at the first and second season of The Feast, but are you ready for the ultimate challenge? Sharpen your fangs and claws because we’re holding The Feast matches right at Fan Festival. Meet up with your fellow allies and bring out your inner wolf on the show floor!

    *Please note that in-game activities are subject to change.

  • Live Activities

    Events such as Fan Festival provide the opportunity to offer various types of fun that aren’t limited to in-game challenges. This year’s Fan Festival will feature a number of ways to live the adventure, which includes Live Quest and several mini-games. Everything has been created with the spirit of Eorzea in mind!

    Live Quest

    Form a group with fellow adventurers to undertake a real-life quest that involves solving fun puzzles and other interactive elements all while enjoying everything the Fan Festival has to offer!

    Mini-Games

    Experience what it means to be an adventurer by testing your hand at challenges brought to life based on various activities found in Eorzea.

    All live activities are subject to change.

  • Stage Events

    Fan Festival 2016 kicks off with a bang featuring a keynote delivered by producer and director Naoki Yoshida, and will play host to various panels that feature a number of development team guests.

    That’s not all! After you’re done getting your fill of behind-the-scenes information straight from the development team, you can enjoy live music as well as stage content that involves fan participation!

    *Please note that stage events are subject to change.

  • Art Contest

    We cordially invite artists around the realm, whether they create drawings, paintings, sculptures, or other crafts, to showcase their talents at Fan Festival 2016 in Las Vegas! Design your best representation of FINAL FANTASY XIV, the realm of Eorzea, its peoples or landscapes, or anything found within that strikes a creative chord and prepare to reveal it to your fellow fans! If your work is chosen, you just might earn yourself some amazing prizes!

    The Art Contest is separated into three categories:


    Categories:

    • 1. "The Epic Showdown!": art depicting a battle scene from FINAL FANTASY XIV
    • 2. "Life in Eorzea": art depicting non-combat activities, an adventurous scene or role-play from FINAL FANTASY XIV
    • 3. "Crafted Physical Entries": physical hand-crafted (non-drawn) art depicting something related to FINAL FANTASY XIV

    Once we receive all qualifying entries, we’ll choose up to 45 finalists to display at our Art Gallery at Fan Festival 2016 in Las Vegas and also show on the live stream! Fan Festival 2016 in Las Vegas attendees will get the chance to choose the three grand prize winners from among the eligible finalists by popular vote.

    Please note, that any entrants must be legal residents of the U.S. and Canada (excluding Quebec), and over the age of 13. Full Official Contest Rules and Guidelines are available here, so start on your masterpiece now!


    Contest Entry Period

    Friday, July 29, 2016 at 12:01 a.m. (Pacific Time) through Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at 11:59 p.m. (Pacific Time)


    Selection

    The FINAL FANTASY XIV Development and Operations Teams will select up to 45 finalists based on creativity and overall execution according to the criteria listed above. Las Vegas Fan Festival attendees will select the ultimate winners from among the eligible finalists based on their own voting criteria at the event.

    Winners will be announced on or around Friday, October 28, 2016.


    Prizes

    Three (3) Grand Prize winners, one (1) from each of the three (3) categories listed above, will each be awarded a Fan Festival prize pack consisting of the new FINAL FANTASY® XIV book of lore signed by director and producer Naoki Yoshida, a FINAL FANTASY® XIV Figure Pack consisting of miniature figures of Y’shtola, Alphinaud, Tataru and Ifrit, and a brand-new in-game item (to be revealed in the future).

    All finalists chosen to have their work displayed at the show will receive a brand-new in-game item (to be revealed in the future).


    How to Enter

    Create an entry related to a specific category above, either drawn, created digitally, crafted or sculpted.

    Once you’ve finished your piece, submit your entry information in an email to:

    When submitting digital art entries, you must upload your image to an external website and provide us a link to view and download your art (such as Flickr, Imgur, etc.). Please note that some image hosting websites, such as Flickr, will delete images when an account is inactive for a certain amount of time, so make sure to verify this when choosing a site to host your entry image.

    If entering the craft or sculpture category, send the physical entry to the following address:

    • Square Enix, Inc.
    • ATTN: Fan Festival 2016 Art Contest
    • 999 N. Sepulveda Blvd., 3rd Floor
    • El Segundo, CA 90245, USA

    Please include the following information with your submission:

    • • Square Enix Account username

      Note: Physical prize will be delivered to the address registered to the entrant’s Square Enix account. Please make sure your registered address is correct and up to date.

    • • Character and World

      Note: In-game prize will be delivered to this character.

    • • Art Category:
    • • Title of the Art:
    • • URL Location of the uploaded entry (if applicable):

    Rules for Entry

    • • Entrant must be an active FINAL FANTASY XIV subscriber at the time of entry
    • • Users may submit digital entries electronically to the email address listed above. Finalists’ entries will be displayed at the Fan Festival.

      Digital image entries must be either a .jpg, or a .png; at a high resolution (minimum 150 dpi, 300 dpi preferred)

    • • Entries may be submitted physically. Please mail physical entries to the Square Enix North America address listed above with ATTN: Fan Festival 2016 Art Contest
    • • You may use image editing software to alter, enhance or otherwise style your entry
    • • Physical entries will not be returned to the submitter and shall become property of Square Enix
    • • A Fan Festival 2016 in Las Vegas ticket is not required to submit entries
    • • Entrants do not need to be in attendance at the Fan Festival to be eligible to win a prize
    • • Square Enix will consider all eligible entries, but Square Enix will display only finalists’ entries during Fan Festival

    Please Note

    • • One entry per person. If a person submits multiple entries, only the first submission will be valid.
    • • You must be a legal resident of the United States or Canada (excluding Quebec) and over the age of 13 to be eligible to win.
    • • Square Enix reserves the right to judge whether or not material is appropriate for public display.
    • • Square Enix reserves the right to remove or take down any content in its sole discretion.

    You can review the full contest rules here.

  • Costume Contest

    The FINAL FANTASY XIV Fan Festival 2014 in Las Vegas boasted some of the most amazing costumes from the realm of Eorzea that we’ve ever seen, and we’re excited to announce that the contest is making a return for Fan Festival 2016 in Las Vegas! We’re looking forward to seeing the high-caliber of creativity and talent adventurers never stop impressing us with. There are great prizes and fun opportunities to show off your costumes, so come dressed to the nines!

    Attendees entering the Costume Contest need to check in on-site and be evaluated by our esteemed judging panel. Of all the entries, Square Enix shall select up to 20 qualifying finalists to present themselves on stage for a chance to win great prizes!


    Contest Entry Period

    Friday, July 29, 2016 through Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at 11:59 p.m. (Pacific Time)


    Selection

    The Costume Contest judges will select winners based on overall creativity and quality.

    Square Enix will announce the winners on or around October 14, 2016.


    Prizes

    The Costume Contest judges shall select up to twenty (20) finalists. Each finalist will receive a brand-new in-game item (to be revealed later), as well as an in-game item of their choice from among the options below:

    • • Ahriman Choker
    • • Mandragora Choker
    • • Bluebird Earring
    • • Scarf of Wondrous Wit
    • • Noble Barding

    From these twenty finalists, the Costume Contest judges shall select five winners to receive amazing prizes at the Las Vegas Fan Festival, starting with three runners-up, then one second place winner, and finally the grand prize winner!

    The winners shall receive the following prizes:

    • • Runners Up (3 winners):

      Mandragora Plush
      Mandragora Queen Plush
      Mysidian Rabbit Plush

    • • Second place:

      Moogle Lamp
      Moogle Watch
      Mandragora Plush
      Mandragora Queen Plush
      Mysidian Rabbit Plush

    • • Grand Prize Winner:

      Two pieces of FFXIV Merchandise
      Moogle Lamp
      Moogle Watch
      Mandragora Plush
      Mandragora Queen Plush
      Mysidian Rabbit Plush

    All approved entrants will receive an in-game item of their choice from among the options below:

    • • Ahriman Choker
    • • Mandragora Choker
    • • Bluebird Earring
    • • Scarf of Wondrous Wit
    • • Noble Barding

    How to Enter

    To register for the FINAL FANTASY XIV Fan Festival Costume Contest, please submit the following information via email to:

    • • Square Enix Account username

      Note: Physical prize will be delivered to the address registered to the entrant’s Square Enix account. Please make sure your registered address is correct and up to date.

    • • Full Name
    • • Nickname
    • • Character and World

      Note: In-game prize will be delivered to this character.

    • • Name of the costumed character
    • • Short description of the costume
    • • Costume progress along with a photo (0%-100%)
    • • Choice of in-game item

    After sending this email, entrants must check-in in person at the Fan Festival costume check-in area at the Fan Festival on Thursday, October 13, 2016 or before 12:00 p.m. on Friday, October 14, 2016 to be evaluated. Entrants must bring proof of costume creation (in the form of photos taken throughout the process) to the evaluation.


    Additional Rules & Guidelines

    • • Entrants must attend Fan Festival on October 14, 2016 to participate.
    • • Entrants must have created most of the costume themselves. Entrants may use minor items that they did not create themselves, such as accessories or props.

    • • Entrants must submit the required entry information within the contest entry period, check in for the evaluation by noon on October 14, 2016, and attend the scheduled evaluation appointment. Entrants must bring proof of costume creation (in the form of photos taken throughout the process).

    • • Square Enix will accept no more than fifty entrants for the contest. Square Enix will accept entrants on a first come, first served basis. After Square Enix accepts fifty entries, Square Enix will place the next ten entrants on a waiting list in the order in which the entrant applied.

      Once the contest entry period closes, Square Enix will notify the fifty entrants that they have been selected to participate in the contest. Additionally, Square Enix will notify the ten additional entrants that they have been placed on the waiting list.

    • • FINAL FANTASY XIV-related costumes only.

      Fan Festival attendees may wear non-FINAL FANTASY XIV costumes during the event, but these costumes cannot be entered in the contest

      Please avoid costumes unaffiliated with Square Enix products

    • • Limited to a one entry per person
    • • Costumes cannot be dangerous to the wearer or others. Square Enix may refuse to permit anyone possessing actually or potentially dangerous objects to enter Fan Festival at Square Enix’s sole discretion. Such dangerous objects include, but are not limited to, the following:

      Sharpened, pointed, or dangerous objects

      Large heavy blunt objects

      Corrosive, hazardous, flammable, or explosive materials, including liquids and gasses

      Loud objects such as emergency horns or alarms

      Any other objects that are, or that appear to be, dangerous to the wearer, to any other Fan Festival attendee, to Fan Festival staff, or to any other person or object.

    • • Fan Festival attendees must be able to maneuver on their own, unassisted.
    • • Entrants may not enter a costume that was used at one or more previous Fan Festival events.

    You can review the full contest rules here

OCTOBER 14-15, 2016
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