This is everything we know so far about the upcoming remake of Final Fantasy 7.
First released in 1997, Final Fantasy 7 immediately cemented its place as one of the best JRPG titles around and introduced millions of gamers around the world to the genre. Now, due to the success of Final Fantasy 7 over 20 years ago (and the pleads from die hard fans), Square Enix is releasing a remake.
Unfortunately, those high expectations have been both a blessing and a curse for the game as the path to release hasn’t been smooth: four years after it was announced at E3 2015, we’re still not entirely sure when we’ll see the Final Fantasy 7 Remake released. But we’re expecting to hear more at E3 2019.
With news and rumors still churning around the great wide web but official information pretty thin on the ground, we’ve gathered up everything we know has been confirmed and everything fans suspect right here for your perusal.
The first trailer for the game was released upon the remake’s announcement at E3 2015. The trailer is largely cinematic and you can watch it for yourself below:
A further trailer (this time featuring gameplay) was revealed at PSX in 2015:
The latest Final Fantasy 7 Remake trailer was revealed during Sony’s May 9 State of Play event. In it, we got a great look at what the action-heavy combat would look like (think Kingdom Hearts and you’ll be on the right track) and one of the series most well-remembered protagonists, Aerith.
Check it out below:
The Final Fantasy 7 remake has had something of a troubled development, so unsurprisingly we still don’t have a solid release date.
It’s also very possible that the game will end up having several release dates, as Square Enix has confirmed the game’s story would be told episodically.
The game has been in the works since 2014 but there have been few significant official updates since the E3 2015 reveal.
In this time, development of the game has moved from external developer CyberConnect2 to Square Enix’s in-house team. Overhauls like this can cause big delays to a game’s progress but according to Square Enix’s Naoki Hamaguchi the decision was made out of a desire to maintain “control quality as well as keeping the schedule stable.”
Things may be further along than we think, however. In an interview with Famitsu, the game’s director (Tetsuya Nomura) said that some parts of Final Fantasy 7 such as cutscenes are further along in development than the now-released Kingdom Hearts 3. This gives us hope that we may see the first portion of the Final Fantasy 7 remake at some point in 2019 still.
In addition, according to Kotaku’s News Editor Jason Schreier, early 2020 will see the release of Ghost of Tsushima, The Last of Us: Part 2, George R. Martin’s rumored FromSoftware game, an unannounced Ubisoft title, Final Fantasy 7 Remake episode one, and “possibly” Cyberpunk 2077.
