Out of seemingly nowhere, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth producer Yoshinori Kitase has provided an update on the upcoming game. In the short Twitter statement, he says “development is progressing smoothly and according to plan”. He adds: “We are currently working on nailing down a release date for the game.” And that’s it – no screenshots or additional information at this stage.
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is, of course, the next part of the Final Fantasy 7 Remake saga. It’s probably not a spoiler at this stage to point out that Remake is slowly evolving into its own game loosely inspired by the events of the PS1 original, and it’s likely Rebirth will progress in a completely different direction to the 1998 JRPG epic.
Presumably we’ll get a proper look at the title later in the year, when Final Fantasy 16 has released and Square Enix’s marketing efforts have transitioned. Are you excited to learn more about Rebirth, and what are you expecting from the game? Launch a Limit Break in the comments section below and let us know.
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Out of nowhere!
2024 confirmed
@Uncharted2007 Probably early '24, yeah. I believe that's what most people assumed from the original announcement anyway.
Hopefully «according to plan» means it's still slated for Winter 2023. Good to hear either way.
Since technically 2024 still falls into the window they mentioned when they announced this, that is when I expected this to come out all along as well. I'm fine with that, as it gives it some space away from the releases from later this year.
Despite some people's problems with Final Fantasy VII Remake,
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