Alrighty it looks like the beta is finally up and ready to go! Previously, Square Enix posted a postponement notice on the official beta site delaying the start of the open beta thank to "critical bugs." Well it looks like those bugs have been dealt with and the open beta will start today at 1900 hours, PDT.

Along with the completion on investigation and correction of the critical issue, we have decided to begin FINAL FANTASY XIV Open Beta Test on Sep. 1, 2010 at 19:00 (PDT).