As most of you probably already know, last weekend we sent one of our own staff to Vana'Fest in Tokyo, Japan and he reported a lot of interesting information about both FFXIV and FFXI.
Since then, a few things have happened. A lot of people are reporting that they've received invitations to the FFXIV beta & alpha.
Also, the 'locked' FFXIV beta sites for North America, Europe and Japan are up, but with limited access until the beta & alpha begins, which is the 11th March. Even then, only those with an invitation will have access. You can view the three sites in question here: