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Monday15th Jan 2024
News Rapid Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Fast Travel Wows PS5 Fans
Cross the map in seconds
Anticipation levels for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth have reached a point where even a simple 32-second video showing off fast travel can get fans talking. After Marvel's Spider-Man 2 transported you across its New York map in seconds, the upcoming PS5 exclusive looks set to do similar with load times no longer than roughly...
Tuesday9th Jan 2024
News Apex Legends Fans Are Absolutely Irate with the Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Event's Pricing
Materia girl
Acquiring all of the previously announced Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth crossover content in Battle Royale smash hit Apex Legends could cost you upwards of $300. The event, which goes into effect today, includes a whole bunch of cosmetics and gear from the upcoming Square Enix sequel – but the prices are out of control. <related...
Tuesday2nd Jan 2024
News Expect More Sephiroth While Exploring Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
Watch your back
Final Fantasy VII Remake zoomed in on the 1997 classic JRPG, making a complete game from the opening hours alone. The upcoming Rebirth will continue the trend, further fleshing out the latter's expansive middle section and giving characters like Sephiroth an appropriately upsized role. Speaking to Game Informer, producer Yoshinori...
Monday1st Jan 2024
News Dragon's Dogma 2, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Kickstart 2024 with Awesome New Art
The New Year begins
Dragon's Dogma 2 and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth are easily two of the most anticipated titles of 2024 — and they'll be here before you know it. Expectations are sky high for both action RPGs given previous efforts, and so to get the hype machine well and truly rolling, Capcom and Square Enix have posted brand new artworks (in...
Thursday21st Dec 2023
News Nomura Promises Death Won't be Cheated in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
Fate demands a sacrifice
Famously, without getting bogged down in decades-old spoilers, in the 1997 classic Final Fantasy VII, a key party member dies halfway through the game in a violent, shocking turn. It's a stretch of the game that will be reborn in the ambitious Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, due out on PS5 in February. But if predecessor Remake...
Wednesday20th Dec 2023
News Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Is Huge, May Take 100 Hours to Do Everything
New details emerge from preview
Game Informer recently revealed that Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth would be gracing its cover, and that means a flood of new info is heading our way. In fact, a huge preview of the anticipated sequel is now live on the publication's website, and it's stuffed with new info. The main takeaway is that this game will be...
Monday20th Nov 2023
News Emotionally Prepare for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth with Red XIII-Narrated Story So Far Trailer
Is history truly doomed to repeat?
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth represents the second chapter in a trilogy, retelling the legendary story of Final Fantasy VII for a new generation. Square Enix has already proven very willing to play with players' expectations, with veterans and new fans alike in the dark on this one. We got a new trailer today,...
Friday17th Nov 2023
News Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Reveals New Dynamic Difficulty Setting Where Enemy Levels Scale
Offers a "constant challenge"
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth will ship with three difficulty options when it launches next year, on the 29th February. The first two, easy and normal, are exactly what you'd expect — but an all-new third setting, named 'Dynamic', sounds especially interesting. When selected, enemies will actually scale to your level. The...
Tuesday14th Nov 2023
News Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Is Pulling Inspiration from PS5, PS4 Greats
Final Fantasy 15 also massively beneficial to team
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has looked to two of PS5 and PS4’s greatest ever open world RPGs to help shape its sandbox: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and the Horizon franchise – comprising, of course, of Horizon Zero Dawn and its sequel Horizon Forbidden West. Co-director Naoki Hamaguchi confirmed the...
News Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth ESRB Rating Teases Swearing, Alcohol, Impalement
"The words sh*t, a*shole, and pr*ck appear in the game"
As we inch ever closer to Final Fantasy VII Rebirth's inevitable 29th February release on PS5, a clearer picture of what kind of game it will be begins to emerge. According to the title's newly published ESRB summary, a character will utter the line: "Just admit it. You're obviously captivated...
Tuesday7th Nov 2023
News Decades Later, Tetsuya Nomura Still Wonders Why You Lot Find Sephiroth So Attractive
"What I want, Cloud, is to sail the cosmos with this planet as my vessel"
Sephiroth is an iconic villain, first debuting in Final Fantasy VII as its antagonist, but found a cult following and enduring fame amongst fans. Could it be the impeccable hair, the impossibly long Masamune katana he wields, those gorgeous Mako-tinged eyes, or all of the...
Monday6th Nov 2023
News Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Writer Warns Against Weird Fan Requests to 'Kill' Certain Characters
"Every character is written with love"
Remaking a truly beloved Final Fantasy game can't be easy to begin with, so the last thing the Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth development team needs is borderline harassment from obsessive fans. Veteran series writer Kazushige Nojima, who's a scenario writer on Rebirth, has taken to Twitter in order to highlight the...
Monday23rd Oct 2023
News Smooth Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Development Down to So Many Remake Devs Sticking Around
Better together
Square Enix has long been saddled with a reputation for taking far too long to develop its games — especially when those games are called Final Fantasy — but it does feel like the company's turned a bit of a corner over the last console generation or so. And while the third game in the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy is probably...
News New Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Gameplay Clips Include Chocobo Racing, Motorbike Fights, and More
Golden oldies
New gameplay clips from Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth have emerged online (thanks to P4GTeam on YouTube), and although most of them deal with stuff we've already seen in various previews, we're also given a fresh glimpse of the all-important Gold Saucer minigames. This includes a better look at chocobo racing, which has received an...
Tuesday17th Oct 2023
News Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's Team Attacks Could Push Combat Above and Beyond
Better together
Not everyone will agree, but we really, really like the combat system in Final Fantasy 7 Remake. A punchy mix of action and menu-based commands, we reckon it's a highlight of the experience — and it's starting to sound like Square Enix has put a lot of effort into making it even better in the sequel. As demonstrated in the first...
Monday16th Oct 2023
News Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's Vincent Valentine Finds His Voice
Matt Mercer lined up to play favourite
Final Fantasy 7 favourite Vincent Valentine will be played by Matt Mercer in the PS5’s upcoming remake sequel, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. The tidbit was announced to rapturous applause during a New York Comic Con panel over the weekend, and the moment was captured on camera below. While we have heard a...
Wednesday4th Oct 2023
News Square Enix Answers Age-Old Question of How to Say Cait Sith in Final Fantasy 7
It's pronounced Cait Sith
Ever since RPGs began in 1997 with the launch of Final Fantasy VII, players have argued about the correct pronunciation of Cait Sith, the name of a potential party member in a game full of better options. As there was no audio dialogue, only text, players came up with creative fiction and dug their heels in, like our one...
Tuesday26th Sep 2023
News Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's World Is Starting to Sound Absolutely Massive
Midgar was just a glimpse
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is continuing Cloud and the gang's adventure outside the walls of Midgar, so it was always assumed that it would feature larger, more open environments than what you'll find in the typically cramped Final Fantasy 7 Remake. But we didn't realise just how big this sequel's world might actually be. In...
News Final Fantasy 7 Remake Trilogy Will 'Link Up' with Advent Children
Finally
Set two years after the climactic events of the original Final Fantasy VII, for gamers of a certain vintage, the 2006 CG film Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children was really all we had in the way of closure, if you can call it that. Visually stunning, if narratively nonsensical, it contained insane action sequences that are still incredible...
Saturday23rd Sep 2023
News Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Gets Over 30 Minutes of Open Area PS5 Gameplay
Plus a card minigame
Square Enix hosted a Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth stage presentation at Tokyo Game Show overnight, providing over 30 whole minutes of raw gameplay footage from the upcoming sequel. Most of said gameplay gives us a good look at a very open area called the Grasslands — the countryside beyond Midgar's borders. The footage starts...
Friday22nd Sep 2023
News Final Fantasy 7's Coolest Companions Won't Be Playable in PS5's Rebirth
Vincent and Cid will be "accompanying characters"
In sad news for fans of legendary characters, Square Enix has confirmed to IGN what was likely always going to be the case: that everyone's favourite edgy gunslinger will be an AI companion in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and not fully playable, just like Red XIII in Final Fantasy VII Remake. The same...
News Forget Venom: Get 19 Inches of Sephiroth in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s PS5 Collector’s Edition
"I'm waiting, Cloud"
If PlayStation UK's provocative advertisement for Marvel's Spider-Man 2's Collector's Edition wasn't enough to entice, maybe Square Enix has the goods to loosen those purse strings. Now available for preorder,
Friday15th Sep 2023
News Final Fantasy 7 Remake PS5, PS4 Save Data Gets You Bonus Rebirth Items
Two bonus Summon Materia on offer
Square Enix has announced that those who played PS5, PS4 game Final Fantasy VII Remake will be treated to "special bonuses" when they boot up Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. Tracked through your save data, this is being done because the publisher isn't carrying over levels or abilities. As such, the bonus items are just...
News Square Enix Reveals Where Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Will End
"There is also the looming question of what fate awaits"
Final Fantasy fans are feasting today with the reveal of a new trailer and release date for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth during Sony's State of Play livestream. The follow-up to 2020's
Thursday14th Sep 2023
News Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Is a PS5 Exclusive for 'At Least' Three Months
Reborn again
As we already know, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is a PS5 exclusive, and we had assumed that, like its predecessor, it would remain as such for a full 12 months — or thereabouts. But as it turns out, Rebirth could be finding its way to additional platforms much sooner. The game's latest trailer — which is pretty bloody good, by the way...
News Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's Incredible PS5 Gameplay Trailer Gives 29th February Release Date
Nostalgia overload
Some trailers just blow you away, and that's exactly what we got from this latest look at Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. Utterly packed with nostalgia, this trailer's got the lot: our first glimpse of additional party members Cait Sith and Vincent, remade minigames plucked straight from the original, and, yes, a playable Sephiroth. The...
Wednesday14th Jun 2023
News No, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Is Definitely Not Releasing on PS4
Rebirth, but current-gen only
This might not be a huge surprise to pundits paying attention, but the eagerly anticipated PS5 exclusive Final Fantasy VII Rebirth will not be coming to PS4, Square Enix has confirmed. Again. But let's back up for a moment. Last week, following the announcement that Rebirth would actually be coming out in early 2024,...
Friday9th Jun 2023
News Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's PS5 Trailer Compared to PS1 Original
Iconic scenes revisited
We glimpsed some iconic moments from Final Fantasy 7 during yesterday’s Rebirth trailer, including Cloud’s arrival at the Chocobo farm and the first footage of Elena. It’s interesting, then, to see some of these iconic scenes compared to the PS1 original – and an industrious TikToker, as spotted by GamesRadar
Thursday8th Jun 2023
News Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Will Ship on Two PS5 Discs, Square Enix Proudly Points Out
It's a big one
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth will be spread across two discs when it launches on PS5, Square Enix confirmed — seemingly with some amount of pride — at the end of the title's new trailer. This suggests that the anticipated sequel is simply too big to fit on one Blu-ray disc, despite the fact that these days, discs are essentially just...
News Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Gets PS5 Gameplay as Early 2024 Release Window Is Confirmed
The unknown journey continues
Despite the fact that Final Fantasy XVI is out in just a couple of weeks, Square Enix has been bombarding us with new Final Fantasy VII Rebirth news. The anticipated sequel ended up being the closer to Summer Game Fest Live, and we saw a lot more of the game than we thought we would at this point. The new trailer shows...
