The creator of a popular but unauthorised Final Fantasy XIV mod has admitted to including malware that can shut down a user's PC. Gshade, a mod that allows users to tinker with the MMORPG's visuals, ...

Ask a Final Fantasy 14 diehard what mods they use and many of them will say GShade, a fork of Reshade that lets you customize the game's visuals. GShade has long been the tool to make the MMO (and ...

Gshade allows users great control over Final Fantasy 14’s visuals, with some colour blind players even using it to help them adjust lighting and user interface controls. However it’s now been reported ...

The developer of a Final Fantasy 14 mod has been criticised for purposefully adding potentially harmful malware to the code that forces a computer shutdown. All third ...

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A Final Fantasy 14 mod quietly added harmful code, and after fan uproar, has discontinued further updates. On February 6, Final Fantasy 14 users of the 'GShade' mod began to report some disturbing ...

Final Fantasy 14 has a major problem in its code. Back in January, it was discovered that Square Enix's efforts to improve their blacklist system just made it terrible in an entirely different way.

NotNite, a coder with a history of taking malicious modders to task, has sounded the alarm. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Add ...