Square Enix has announced a temporary shut-down of the game servers for their Final Fantasy MMOs. The list includes Final Fantasy XIV, Final Fantasy XI, and PlayOnline. Reason given is due to the risk of power outages as Japan faces power shortage and overload due to a few of its nuclear power plant being affected by the earthquake disaster.

“Due to the continuous earthquakes occurring in the eastern regions of Japan since Mar. 11, 2011, the power companies in Japan have encouraged everyone to cooperate by conserving as much energy as possible as it is feared there will not be enough power supply,” reads a blog post published to lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com.

“Based on the current situation, we have decided to shut down the game servers temporarily and therefore to suspend services of FINAL FANTASY XIV, FINAL FANTASY XI, and PlayOnline temporarily.”

Services will be suspended for at least a week, with the shutdown beginning Sunday afternoon at 3pm Pacific Daylight Time.

“We will provide an update regarding the reinstatement of the service as additional information becomes available.”

The good news is that Square Enix assured players that they will not be billed for any PlayOnline service throughout the April billing cycle. Also, Square Enix mentioned that it’ll continue to operate the official websites, FINAL FANTASY XIV Lodestone, forums, and the SQUARE ENIX Support Center in order to provide customers with updates on the current situation.

For a full list of affected services, see below:

• FINAL FANTASY XIV
• FINAL FANTASY XI
• PlayOnline
• Friend List Plus
• FINAL FANTASY XI Linkshell Community Beta Version
• PlayOnline Friend List Application
• Community Site Link Registration: Owner Menu
• PlayOnline Password Recovery
• PlayOnline Account Cancellation
• All activities requiring the confirmation of personal information