Some new servers recently went live on the European data centre for Final Fantasy 14. Usually, this wouldn’t be hugely newsworthy, but with the reveal of the name of one of these servers - Raiden - a wave of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance memes have emerged as players of the popular MMORPG rushed to create new characters referencing the legendary Platinum Games action title.
Several examples of like minded players flocking to the new server have been captured and posted on the Final Fantasy 14 Reddit page, with characters such as Senator Armstrong, NanoMachinezson,and JetStreamz Samuel meeting up in major player hubs only a few minutes after the server went live.
For those not in the know, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is somewhat of a meme powerhouse in the minds of gamers, and holds lofty status in the wider internet meme-osphere too! First reported by gaming statistics tracker PlayTracker, the action title saw an increase of over 1000% in concurrent players since April of last year thanks in large part to memes of the game that went viral. As such, it has a permanent place in the minds of some of the more online community of Final Fantasy 14 players.