Final Fantasy Tactics remaster reportedly “real and happening”, giving hope for one of the series’ finest to finally come to PC
A remaster of Final Fantasy Tactics, the grid-based strategy spin-off from the RPG series that easily ranks as one of the best Final Fantasy games ever made, is reportedly in the works - giving hope of its first official PC release.
Rumours have abounded about a remaster or re-release of Final Fantasy Tactics since at least 2021, when a list of games datamined from Nvidia’s GeForce Now streaming service leaked out, including PlayStation exclusives like God of War - which has since come to PC - alongside apparent ports of Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Final Fantasy 9 and FF Tactics. Nvidia later confirmed the list was real, but described the titles as “speculative” releases rather than confirmation of their existence.
Talk of a Tactics remaster has been kicking around for a while, and recently came back into discussion in the wake of the recent drama around prolific Persona and JRPG leaker Midori, who revealed themselves to be a previously blacklisted male American leaker who resurfaced under the guise of a Japanese woman (complete with tweets apparently composed deliberately in broken English, ew). Prior to their admittance of being a fraud, Midori had been sharing apparent details about a Final Fantasy Tactics remaster. (Thanks, Eurogamer.)
Though the truth of the Tactics remaster was called into question following Midori’s fall from grace - the account was also found to have made inaccurate claims about upcoming RPG Visions of Mana - Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier jumped in to add some weight to the claims.
“The Final Fantasy Tactics remaster is real and happening,” Schreier responded to a thread discussing the credibility of the details on Reddit.
Schreier’s report - brief as it is - contrasts comments made by Tactics director Yasumi Matsuno in December, when he told a fan on TwiXer that “currently, there are no plans for remastering [Tactics]”.
If a Tactics remake does find its way onto PC, it’ll mark the first time that the 1997 spin-off has been officially available to
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