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Hands On Final Fantasy VII Remake Will Live Up to RPG's Legendary Legacy
What's old is new again
Final Fantasy VII Remake is oh-so anime but oh-so good. If you’re like this particular author, you’ll cringe at physics-defying hairstyles and exaggerated American accents, but protagonist Cloud Strife’s oft-requested return is shaping up to be a sublime role-playing game – even if the jury’s still out on how its...
News Final Fantasy VII Remake's Re-Recorded Battle Music Is Godlike
Gameplay's not bad either
Square Enix first showcased this boss battle gameplay from Final Fantasy VII Remake at Tokyo Game Show 2019, but that footage had Japanese commentary over the top of it. Now, the publisher has uploaded a clean version of the fight, and while the gameplay still looks fantastic, it's the music that's really the star of the...
News Final Fantasy VII Remake Gets So Many New Screenshots
Final fantastic
Jeez, where do we even start? Square Enix has swamped us with Final Fantasy VII Remake screenshots, showing off characters, locations, battles, menus, and more. Naturally, being the nice guys that we are, we've included all of them here in this very article. You can enlarge the images by clicking on them. You know, the more we...
News Final Fantasy VII Remake PS4 Box Art Revealed
Also a remake
Square Enix has revealed the Western box art for Final Fantasy VII Remake, and it's rather good looking. Perhaps as you'd expect, it features Cloud, buster sword on back, staring up at Shinra's headquarters. Those of you with a sharp memory have probably already realised that it's a remake of the original Final Fantasy VII...
News Final Fantasy VII Remake Presentation Has Loads of New, Uncut Gameplay
Boss battles and squats
Square Enix's full Final Fantasy VII Remake presentation at Tokyo Game Show 2019 has been archived on YouTube -- and it features several chunks of brand new, uncut gameplay. If you've been dying to see the title in full flow, we'd highly recommend watching this one. The bombing run mission that takes place at the beginning...
News Final Fantasy VII Remake Has a Classic Turn-Based Option for Purists, Sort Of
A case of waiting around
If your excitement for Final Fantasy VII Remake was soured when it was announced that the combat would be real-time rather than turn-based, then you may be in luck. Square Enix announced at a TGS 2019 panel that alongside the standard battle system, a Classic Mode would be available for players who prefer the menu-based...
News Final Fantasy VII Remake Continues to Look Incredibly Promising in Hype New Trailer
Midgar's calling
Square Enix has dropped a brand new Final Fantasy VII Remake trailer, and boy is this game looking promising. The trailer features a number of new scenes, with Cloud and the gang continuing their adventure through Midgar. It also gives us our first look at the Turks, who are looking better than ever. Oh, and that part with Don...
News Final Fantasy VII Remake to Receive Brand New Trailer at TGS 2019
Head in the Clouds
Next year is loaded with hugely anticipated PlayStation 4 games, but few are as meaningful as Final Fantasy VII Remake. The unforgettable PSone megahit is famously being rebuilt from the ground-up for Sony’s current console, and while we haven’t seen a fat lot of Cloud Strife and crew since E3 2019, publisher Square Enix has...
News Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered Finally Gets a Release Date, But It's 2020
Your village will have to wait
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Remastered Edition was first announced at last year's Tokyo Game Show, alongside a vague 2019 release date. And aside from a brief appearance at E3 a couple of months back, we've seen very little of the remaster, to the point where we were wondering whether it would soon be shadow...
News Iconic Final Fantasy VII Artwork Remade in Celebration of US Anniversary
Cloud nine
In case you weren't aware, today is the 22nd anniversary of Final Fantasy VII's release in North America. The seminal JRPG broke the mould in 1997, and over two decades later is still held up as one of the greats. Of course, next year will see the release of Final Fantasy VII Remake on PlayStation 4, and it's looking superb so far. To...
News Our Next Look at Final Fantasy VII Remake Will Feature Shinra Characters
TGS 2019 details
Tokyo Game Show 2019 is fast approaching, and you better believe that Final Fantasy VII Remake will be there. Wow, it still feels weird even writing that. But what can we expect from the upcoming reimagining? Well, according to a Gematsu translation, evil, energy-sucking corporation Shinra could be the star of the show. Speaking to...
News Final Fantasy VIII Remastered Will Have More Cheats on PC Than on Consoles
For some reason
Final Fantasy VIII Remastered is bringing angsty teens to PlayStation 4 on the 3rd September, and it's coming equipped with several cheats. These cheats include: triple game speed, no random encounters, and the ability to max out your hit points and ATB gauge in battle. However, it's come to light that the PC version of the remaster...
News Final Fantasy VIII Remastered Hits PS4 on 3rd September
New features too
And just like that, Final Fantasy VIII Remastered has a confirmed PlayStation 4 release date. It's coming in just a couple of weeks time on 3rd September, bringing with it a whole host of new features that will make playing the game itself a much better experience in 2019. It's priced at $19.99, and can be pre-ordered from the...
News Final Fantasy VIII Remastered Gives Squall an Actual Face During That Infamous Scene
You're the best looking guy here
You know that scene in Final Fantasy VIII where Rinoa is at the Balamb Garden graduation ball thing, and she chats Squall up by telling him that he's "the best looking guy here"? Except due to the game's now primitive character models, Squall barely had a face? Well, in the upcoming remaster, our uncaring hero...
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...
News Final Fantasy VII Remake Remade in Dreams on PS4
A dream come true
We do love it when a Dreams creation goes viral. Media Molecule's tools have proven to be extremely versatile during this early access phase. From someone using the game to make a puppet show to another user aiming to recreate the gameplay of Super Mario 64, the community has managed to build some incredible things. The trend...
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...
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...
News PS4 Exclusive Wins E3 2019 Game of the Show, Despite Sony's Absence
A final fantasy
Sony may have taken a rain check at E3 2019, but PlayStation 4 is the only place you’ll be able to play the Game of the Show – at least initially, anyway. Final Fantasy VII Remake unsurprisingly swept the Games Critics Awards, waltzing away with Best of Show, Best Console Game, and Best RPG. It’s perhaps worth mentioning that...
News Sony Teams Up with Company Behind Witcher Netflix Series to Create Final Fantasy XIV TV Show
Yes, it's live action
Well here's a story we didn't quite see coming. Sony Pictures -- that's Sony's TV and movie arm -- is teaming up with production company Hivemind to make a live action TV series based on Final Fantasy XIV. Hivemind is the company behind Netflix's adaptation of The Witcher, by the way. The Final Fantasy XIV series will "tell an...
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...
News Final Fantasy IX PS4 Patch Fixes Music Looping Issue Almost Two Years After Release
Better late than never
In a shocking turn of events, a patch has come out of nowhere to fix an especially annoying bug in the PlayStation 4 version of Final Fantasy IX. Update 1.02 is available to download now, and it reportedly fixes the infamous music looping issue that's been annoying players since the game released almost two whole years ago...
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...
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...
News Keanu Reeves and Final Fantasy VII Remake Dominate Social Media at E3 2019
Nintendo won though
They were by far two of the biggest moments of a lacklustre E3 2019, and it looks like social media agrees with us. Exclusively revealed to Hollywood Reporter, Keanu Reeves' appearance at Microsoft's press conference and Final Fantasy VII Remake's gameplay presentation were two of the biggest conversation drivers across
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,...
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...
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 Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered Journeys to PS4 This Winter
Release window confirmed
It's been months since we heard about Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Remastered Edition, and while we still don't have a concrete release date, we do have a release window courtesy of Square Enix's E3 2019 showcase. The co-op enabled adventure will arrive on PlayStation 4 this Winter, the publisher has confirmed. It also...
E3 2019 Final Fantasy 8 Remastered Comes to PS4 This Year
The rumour was true
Square Enix is finally bringing Final Fantasy VIII to PlayStation 4. An enhanced version has been out on PC for years, but this is specifically Final Fantasy VIII Remastered, and it's coming to Sony's console later this year. The press release says that we can look forward to "overhauled visuals". It remains to be seen just how...
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...
Rumour Final Fantasy 8 Remaster to Be Revealed During Square Enix's E3 2019 Show
Get your gunblades ready
We've had a Final Fantasy VII remaster. We've had a Final Fantasy IX remaster. But what about a Final Fantasy VIII remaster? Well, a reworked version of Final Fantasy VIII's been available on PC for an eternity, but it's a bit weird that it's never arrived on PlayStation 4. Square Enix has a history of taking its sweet time...
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...
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...
News Every Final Fantasy Soundtrack Is Now on Spotify
Finally
Whoa, hey, hold on. Since when did Square Enix add every Final Fantasy soundtrack to Spotify? Did we miss something? Search 'Final Fantasy Original Soundtrack' on Spotify, click albums, and you'll find 'em. From the beeping tunes of Final Fantasy VI to the glorious orchestral swells of Final Fantasy XIV and everything in between, some of the...
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
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...
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...
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...
News Final Fantasy XV's Final DLC Is Finally Out Now
The end has come
It's over! It's finally over! Today's an important day, folks, for today, Final Fantasy XV comes to an end. To be fair to Square Enix, the developer's done a good job of supporting the title for over two years, even if we haven't been huge fans of the DLC episodes or many of the free content updates. Anyway, the game's final DLC,...
News Square Enix Documentary Goes In-Depth on the Best Final Fantasy Game (That's IX, FYI)
Do, do do do dooooo
Ah, Final Fantasy IX. Objectively the best Final Fantasy game ever made, it's a PSone classic. At the time of its original release, it went against the trends that Square Soft itself had set. Instead of following in the footsteps of Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy IX ditched the series' most recent sci-fi...
News Dissidia Final Fantasy NT Free Edition Is Out Now on PS4
As the crystal foretold
The free edition of Dissidia Final Fantasy NT is available to download now on PlayStation 4. If you're interested in taking it for a spin, just head over to the PlayStation Store and give it a quick search -- it should pop up alongside the full game. The free version features a set roster of characters that rotates on a...
