SQUARE ENIX announces a refer-a-friend campaign for FINAL FANTASY XIV: A REALM REBORN, offering exclusive new items to subscribers for getting their friends to sign up. Also, the FINAL FANTASY XIV website now offers a 14-day free trial version of the Final Fantasy MMORPG remake (thanks Ant via Shacknews). Here's the pitch:

Start your 14-day free trial and join over 2 million adventurers worldwide who have already begun their journey throughout Eorzea.

Play for free up to level twenty and experience all the epic quests, battles, and classic FINAL FANTASY elements you know and love, like Moogles and Chocobos!