Square Enix plans to 'share more updates than ever' on its Final Fantasy 7 Remake project this year, according to game director Naoki Hamaguchi.
This follows a tweet posted by Hamaguchi after today's Nintendo Switch Partner Direct, during which Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth received a June release date for Switch 2 and Xbox consoles. In the post, which Hamaguchi wrote in both Japanese and English, he stated:
'We announced that FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH will be released on June 3.
With the addition of Switch 2 and Xbox, the game will be released as a full multiplatform version.
This year, we plan to share more updates on the FINAL FANTASY VII Remake project than ever before.
We look forward to celebrating this with even more players around the world.'
This is exciting news for Remake fans who have been on the edge of their seats for the past few years waiting for news about the third game in the trilogy, which we haven't seen yet. While Hamaguchi didn't explicitly say it, this seems like a hint at an announcement this year. Rebirth left the story on a massive cliffhanger, making players question whether the game's most famous plot twist actually happened. The third game has a lot of work to do to land the narrative plane launched by Remake and Rebirth, and it will be interesting to see how Square Enix handles it. Fans are already speculating about what the third part might be called, following the naming conventions of 'Remake' and 'Rebirth,' as well as 'Reunion' in the recent Crisis Core remake. Popular guesses include Reincarnation, Revival, Reawakening, Redemption, and Return.
Final Fantasy 7 Remake first released in 2020. At the time, we gave it an 8/10, saying it 'breathes exciting new life into a classic while standing as a great RPG in its own right.' The game was initially a PS4 exclusive but came to PS5 in its enhanced version with DLC called Final Fantasy 7 Remake: Intergrade, later to PC and Nintendo Switch, and to Nintendo Switch 2 just last month.
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth was also excellent—we gave it a 9/10 and said it 'impressively builds on what Remake started, being both a best-in-class action-RPG full of thrilling challenges and an awe-inspiring recreation of a world that has meant so much to so many for so long.'
