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Wednesday7th Aug 2019
News Final Fantasy VII Remake Will Bring Midgar to Gamescom Later This Month
Square Enix reveals its plans
Square Enix has confirmed that Final Fantasy VII Remake will be a big part of its Gamescom 2019 plans. The publisher's bringing 72 playable demo stations to the European event later this month (which runs from the 20th August to the 24th August), giving attendees the opportunity to go hands on with what is easily one of...
Thursday11th Jul 2019
News Square Enix Responds to Xbox Final Fantasy VII Remake Mix Up, Has 'No Plans' Beyond PS4
That's that
Yesterday, Xbox Germany caused a bit of a stir when it posted some false information about Final Fantasy VII Remake on its Facebook page. The post, which has long since been removed, incorrectly declared the game would launch on Xbox One on the same day as the PlayStation 4 release -- the only version we currently know about. While the...
Wednesday10th Jul 2019
News Xbox Germany Mucks Up by 'Announcing' Final Fantasy VII Remake for Xbox One
Play it first on PS4
Will Final Fantasy VII Remake release on consoles other than PS4? Yes, of course it will - eventually. The folks over at Xbox Germany clearly didn't get that memo, though, because it has just tried to will an Xbox One release date into existence via a Facebook post. The post has since been deleted, but here's a screenshot for...
Wednesday26th Jun 2019
News Final Fantasy VII Remake's Tifa to Join Dissidia Final Fantasy NT
Tifa ultimate team
Fresh from inspiring a series of articles about sports bras, Final Fantasy VII Remake’s re-envisioning of Tifa Lockhart will join fighting game mash-up Dissidia Final Fantasy NT from 3rd July on the PlayStation 4. She’ll be added to the arcade version this week, so you can get an early look if you happen to have a couple of...
Thursday20th Jun 2019
News New Final Fantasy VII Remake Screenshots Take a Tour of Midgar
Boarding the train
We've said it time and time again, but Final Fantasy VII Remake is genuinely shaping up to be something very special. With its March 2020 release date slowly approaching, Square Enix has just dropped some new screenshots to whet our appetite. Check them out below, as Cloud and Barret take us on a tour of Midgar. In the tweet...
Wednesday19th Jun 2019
News Tifa's Chest Size Reduced in Final Fantasy VII Remake Per Square Enix Ethics Department Request
Simply the breast
Final Fantasy VII star Tifa’s proportions have been a hot topic of discussion ever since the remake was announced, and following the character’s long-awaited reveal at E3 2019, director Tetsuya Nomura has weighed in on one of the most notable alterations made. Speaking with Famitsu (as translated by
News The Famous Cross-Dressing Mission in Final Fantasy VII Is 'More Modern' in the Remake
Plus more new details
By all accounts, Final Fantasy VII Remake is looking hugely impressive. We might only be exploring Midgar in the first instalment, but if the whole game is being given the same treatment, we can't wait to see the new takes on our favourite moments from the original. One of those is an early point in the game: the cross-dressing...
Thursday13th Jun 2019
E3 2019 Final Fantasy VII Remake Is Being Developed as a PS4 and PS5 Title
Cross-gen is happening
Is Final Fantasy VII Remake going to end up on the PS5 as well as the PS4? We certainly wouldn't bet against it. In fact, we'd probably put money on it getting a PS5 version when the console launches, supposedly in late 2020. But Square Enix isn't quite ready to unveil its plans for next-gen just yet, as you'd expect. It is,...
Wednesday12th Jun 2019
E3 2019 Final Fantasy VII Remake Producer Says Future Entries Will Be Released on a Quicker Basis
Come back in 2022?
We don't know how many games the Final Fantasy VII Remake will be split across, but the title's producer has said that those future entries will have a quicker development time than the experience that kicks things off in March 2020. At E3 2019, producer
So says Square Enix
Despite looking absolutely superb, there are still a lot of questions surrounding Final Fantasy VII Remake, particularly when it comes to the game's structure and length. As we now know, Final Fantasy VII Remake is a "saga" broken up into multiple games. However, Square Enix doesn't actually know how many games it'll end up...
Tuesday11th Jun 2019
E3 2019 How Many Parts Will Final Fantasy VII Remake Be Split Into? Not Even Square Enix Knows
Please be excited
If Final Fantasy VII Remake is going to be divided up into multiple, large-scale releases, how many instalments are there going to be? It's a fair question, and one that'll probably have crossed the mind of every Final Fantasy fan since the game's showing at the Square Enix E3 presser. The first game will be purely based in Midgar,...
E3 2019 Final Fantasy VII Remake Is Spread Across Two Discs, and That's Just Midgar
PSone flashbacks
We thought this was some kind of weird Japanese to English translation during Square Enix's E3 2019 showcase, but no, Final Fantasy VII Remake is actually going to ship on two discs, as evidenced by the picture above. To be clear, we're talking about the "first game" here -- the one that launches in March 2020, and takes place only...
E3 2019 Incredible Final Fantasy VII Remake Gameplay Saves E3
Watch out for the tail laser
Good lord, Final Fantasy VII Remake looks superb. We expected a lot from this project, but this first real gameplay chunk has us seriously hyped. Shown during Square Enix's E3 2019 showcase, it features the Guard Scorpion boss battle from near the beginning of the game, in which Cloud and Barret find themselves facing...
E3 2019 Final Fantasy VII Remake Trailer Shows Tifa for the First Time, Sephiroth Speaks
Picture perfect
Final Fantasy VII Remake got a great new trailer at Square Enix's E3 2019 showcase, and yes, Tifa has finally been revealed. Oh, and we get to see Cloud on his bike. And Sephiroth is here. Man, what a trailer! We reckon Tifa is looking pretty much perfect, and Sephiroth is looking as mean as ever. Do you like what you see? Show us...
E3 2019 Final Fantasy VII Remake's 'First Game' Takes Place in Midgar Alone
But it's a full game
Square Enix has confirmed that Final Fantasy VII Remake is going to be broken into up parts. However, the publisher was quick to point out that each instalment will be the size of a full game. The first title, simply called Final Fantasy VII Remake, which launches on the 3rd March 2020, will take place in Midgar alone. That's...
Monday10th Jun 2019
E3 2019 Is Final Fantasy VII Remake Split Into Multiple Games? We'll Know for Sure Soon
Square Enix should reveal all
Final Fantasy VII Remake has a release date, believe it or not, and although it's not launching this year, it's actually not that far away. But what is Final Fantasy VII Remake? Square Enix has, on multiple occasions, made it sound like Remake will be split up into multiple episodes, with each episode supposedly being...
E3 2019 Final Fantasy VII Remake Release Date Is March 2020
Finally
Hot news coming through, folks: Final Fantasy VII Remake has a release date. Announced moments ago at the Final Fantasy VII Live concert in Los Angeles, the highly anticipated reimagining of Square's classic Japanese role-playing title will launch worldwide for PlayStation 4 on the 3rd March, 2020. The date appears at the end of a new...
Sunday9th Jun 2019
Rumour New Final Fantasy VII Remake Trailer Drops Tonight, Ahead of Square Enix E3 Showcase
Cloudy forecast
There's a Final Fantasy VII concert taking place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles tonight at 6pm Pacific (that's 2am UK time), and supposedly, it's going to host a brand new Final Fantasy VII Remake trailer. This rumour comes from the ever-reliable ZhugeEX, who says that a "full trailer" for the upcoming remake will be shown...
Thursday16th May 2019
News Square Enix Financial Forecasts Suggest Final Fantasy VII Remake Won't Launch Before March 2020
The Avengers, too
After having seen new gameplay from Final Fantasy VII Remake last week, many hopeful onlookers were wondering whether the game might actually release later this year. It is, after all, going to be chopped up into multiple instalments, and it's confirmed to be at E3 2019
Friday10th May 2019
News Final Fantasy VII Remake Screenshots Are Faithful But Fantastic
Cloud nine
It looks good, right? The reaction to Final Fantasy VII Remake’s reintroduction may have been muted by Square Enix’s awful messaging yet again, but the new footage that we’ve seen of the long-awaited release is exciting. In order to complement last night’s teaser trailer, publisher Square Enix has dropped a batch of new screens
News Final Fantasy VII Remake Will Still Be an Episodic Release
What does this mean for PS5?
How often do we get to link back to an article we wrote in December of 2015? Such is the development timeline of Final Fantasy VII Remake, that Square Enix has reiterated that the game will still be split up into multiple episodes, as seen in the tweet below. Upon the original announcement, it was sort of assumed that...
State of Play Final Fantasy VII Remake Returns with New Gameplay, More to Come at E3
Finally
Yes! The rumours were real! Final Fantasy VII Remake has indeed returned, this time via a short teaser that was broadcast as part of Sony's latest State of Play episode. Said teaser actually shows off a bit more of the project, and all told, it looks like it's coming along quite nicely. We get to see some combat as well as some cutscene...
Wednesday8th May 2019
Or he could just be trolling
The second State of Play broadcast from Sony is tomorrow, and despite the platform holder outlining what to expect, rumours have been swirling about what else might crop up during the 10-minute presentation. In addition to a look at the MediEvil remake, Sony has promised the reveal of a brand new game, but word on the...
Thursday18th Apr 2019
News There's Speculation that Final Fantasy VII Remake May Reappear in Time for E3
We're not holding our breath
How many years have we been waiting on Final Fantasy VII Remake now? Too many is the only correct answer to that question, but could we finally get some new information in the coming months? Maybe at E3 2019? Well, anything's possible, and there's some speculation doing the rounds right now that says it's happening. All...
Friday16th Nov 2018
News Final Fantasy VII Remake 'Misinformation' Addressed By Director
"Development is going favourably"
There's always going to be cynicism surrounding the development of Final Fantasy VII Remake, but director Tetsuya Nomura seems keen to keep people optimistic. Speaking to Famitsu at a recent Dissidia Final Fantasy event in Japan, he attempts to set the record straight. According to Nomura, the current speculation...
Wednesday7th Nov 2018
News Square Enix Thinking About Ideas Regarding Final Fantasy VII Remake's Release
Every Cloud and all that
Tetsuya Nomura, the legendary Square Enix producer, is about to start work on Final Fantasy VII Remake – despite the game being announced and even demoed three years ago. The infamous industry veteran admitted during a closed event as attended by Famitsu and translated by Gematsu that he’s been focused on
Monday25th Jun 2018
News Final Fantasy VII Remake and Kingdom Hearts III Were Announced Too Early, Admits Dev
Wow, really?
In a rather open interview with Italian site Multiplayer -- as translated by Kingdom Hearts Insider -- Square Enix game director and artist Tetsuya Nomura admits that both Final Fantasy VII Remake and Kingdom Hearts III wer
Wednesday20th Jun 2018
News Final Fantasy VII Remake 'Moving Along More Than Expected'
Every Cloud has a silver lining
Final Fantasy VII Remake was only announced three years ago, but there was good news for fans at E3 2018: the game is actually in development. And chatting with Weekly Famitsu – with translations via Gematsu
Thursday14th Jun 2018
E3 2018 Good News! Final Fantasy VII Remake Is in Development
"It's not just in the early concept stages"
Final Fantasy VII Remake was announced three years ago, but there’s good news for fans of the PSone Classic: the PlayStation 4 version is "actually in development". We’re being facetious, but Tetsuya Nomura’s update to The Verge deserves it – he had the brass neck to tell the tech site that the...
Monday28th May 2018
News Please Be Excited for a New Off-Screen Shot of Final Fantasy VII Remake
Cloud nine
Here’s the Air Buster from Final Fantasy VII’s opening hours, spotted in all its PlayStation 4 glory on development leader Naoki Hamaguchi’s computer screen. You may laugh, but this is probably the best Final Fantasy VII Remake update you’re getting this year. The image was spotted as part of Square Enix’s recruitment page,...
