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Final Fantasy VII remake gets a release date: March 3, 2020

Final Fantasy VII remake gets a release date: March 3, 2020
PUBLISHED ONJune 10, 2019 7:58 AMByIlyas Sholihyn

In typical grandiose fashion, Square Enix has confirmed the release date for the long-anticipated Final Fantasy VII remake: March 3, 2020. 

The hype is heating up for the game right now — the announcement was much welcomed by fans after a lengthy period of silence since the project was announced at E3 2015. The FF7 remake resurfaced in Sony’s State of Play broadcast last month, with Square Enix dropping more footage and promising further details at its keynote at E3 (which is tomorrow, by the way). 

But that didn’t stop Square Enix from ramping up the fanfare. During a concert dedicated to the iconic role-playing game earlier today, the publisher released a new trailer with even more sneak previews of the gameplay, and most importantly, the release date for PS4. 

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTCmN8TtkgQ[/embed]

The release date does bring some good news to fans, as development on the project was derailed by Square’s unhappiness with the work by CyberConnect 2, the studio that was initially hired to assist with some action gameplay. According to now-deleted comments on Reddit by Japanese game designer Dan Tsukasa, Square deemed CyberConnect 2’s work “unusable” and abandoned it entirely. 

Doesn’t feel that long, but it’s hard to grasp that it’s been 22 years since the original FF7 came out, and what a leap in graphics it has been during that course of time. 
 

Catch up on what went down at the keynotes by Microsoft, Bethesda, and Devolver Digital. Square Enix's E3 2019 presentation will go live at 9am tomorrow. 

 

ilyas@asiaone.com

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