This recap will take you through the events which unfolded in FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE, the first game in the FFVII remake project, in just over 3 minutes.

Square Enix and Fathom Events, in collaboration with Sony Pictures, announced on Tuesday that they will screen the Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete film in over 650 U.S. theaters for a limited time on February 21-22. The English dub will screen on February 21, and the Japanese version with English subtitles will screen on February 22.

Right before the screening, there will be exclusive videos, including a history of Final Fantasy VII, gameplay from the upcoming Final Fantasy VII Rebirth game, and new interviews with game and film director Tetsuya Nomura, Rebirth director Naoki Hamaguchi, and producer Yoshinori Kitase.

Square Enix is screening the film again in theaters in Japan from January 19-February 1.

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete is a director's cut of Square Enix's computer-animated feature that recounts the story following the original Final Fantasy VII role-playing game. The complete version features 26 minutes of additional footage.

Join Cloud and his friends on a journey across the planet in search of Sephiroth, experiencing the captivating story and thrilling combat, in FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH.

Final Fantasy XIV wrapped up the final leg of its Fan Festival tour in Tokyo over the weekend. As with the other Fan Festival events, players were treated to a wealth of new information on Dawntrail, the next expansion in the critically acclaimed MMORPG series — in addition to graphical updates, a new playable race, and information on the expansion’s new area (and you can check out the full keynote address here). We also got a first look at the second job class being added to the game: Pictomancer.

New information about Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has just surfaced, teasing a subplot for the returning Team Avalanche member Biggs. The second installment of Square Enix’s Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy is set to launch on February 29, and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth will pick up where the first entry left off with Cloud and company leaving Midgar in search of answers about the Ancients and their connection to the former SOLIDER Sephiroth who now threatens the planet.

Just like Final Fantasy 7 Remake before it, Rebirth will cover a fraction of the original Final Fantasy 7’s beloved storyline, reportedly going all the way up to the party’s fateful journey to the Forgotten Capital at the end of the original game’s second disk. While a recent ESRB rating for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth suggests that it will faithfully follow one of the old Final Fantasy 7’s most iconic and shocking plotlines, Creative Director Tetsuya Nomura has stated that Rebirth could see certain story beats play out in a different order - and that the destinies of particular characters could be changed outright.

Such is the case for Biggs, a supporting character in the Final Fantasy 7 universe and a loyal member of Barret Wallace’s Avalanche resistance team. According to a new post on the official Final Fantasy 7 Twitter account, Biggs will return in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth to seek revenge against the corrupt Shinra Corporation for the deaths of his teammates. In Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Biggs participated in a mission to defend the plate above the Sector 7 slums from Shinra - a battle that originally claimed his life in the old Final Fantasy 7.

However, due to Final Fantasy 7 Remake’s altered timeline, Biggs is shown to be alive and well following the ill-fated attack on the Sector 7 plate and is last seen recuperating at the Leaf House orphanage in Midgar’s Sector 5 slums during Remake’s final moments. His Team Avalanche squadmates Wedge and Jesse were also among the casualties of the Sector 7 battle in the original Final Fantasy 7, but their fates in the Remake continuity are left much more ambiguous and Avalanche itself is now a global organization.

This might change in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, as Biggs is described as the last remaining member of his unit. This means that his friends could have met a tragic end at the hands of Shinra between games, assuming they didn’t die in the Sector 7 attack after all. Only time will tell how Biggs’s newfound quest for vengeance will play out in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, as well as how it will connect with the continuing journey of Cloud and his friends.

Listen to the official theme song of FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH, “No Promises to Keep”, for the first time in this brand new trailer. The song is composed by the incomparable Nobuo Uematsu and performed by Loren Allred, the renowned, platinum-selling artist who captivated the world with her single “Never Enough” from The Greatest Showman.

FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH launches February 29, 2024.

Theme Song “No Promises to Keep”

"Music: Nobuo Uematsu Vocals: Loren Allred Lyrics: Kazushige Nojima Lyrics Translation: Ben Sabin, Matt Furda Arrangement & Synthesizer Programming: Tsutomu Narita"

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth will bring a new twist to its difficulty options when the second chapter of the Final Fantasy 7 remake project arrives next year. Square Enix revealed Friday that in addition to easy and normal difficulty settings, Rebirth will offer a new “dynamic” difficulty that adapts to match players’ skill.

"We wanted the player to feel more empathy with Sephiroth, and that's why we believed that making him playable was the best way to create a bond with the user. After the flashback, in fact, the players begin to witness the corruption of the Soldier. Sephiroth goes from being the legendary soldier to becoming an evil creature."

> > > Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's February 29 release date is getting closer and fans are finally learning more and more about the game. Square Enix confirmed it will feature new story content centred around Zack, and perhaps even incorporate backstory for Sephiroth included in mobile game Final Fantasy 7 Ever Crisis. > >

As Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth moves towards a grander adventure for the follow-up to Remake, players will have more ways to build their party of heroes as they take on greater challenges. But with the sequel, the creative team behind the game has also revealed that players will have more ways to customize the look of their squad as well.

Reported by French website Final Fantasy Dream, Rebirth game director Naoki Hamaguchi and producer Yoshinori Kitase stated during a recent appearance at Paris Game Week 2023 that Rebirth will have more costumes for your favorite FFVII characters to try out as they explore the world beyond Midgar.

"There will be more [costume] choices than in the previous game, so if you like to spend time changing the character look, you're going to have a good time," said Hamaguchi while talking about planned content for Rebirth. Game producer Yoshinori Kitase followed up by teasing, "[...]there may be some that are very well hidden in FFVII Rebirth."

So far, we've seen just a small sampling of the different costumes in recent trailers for the game. One short sequence saw Cloud wearing beachwear while exploring the seaside resort town Costa del Sol on a segway-like vehicle. It's an odd scene, but given that Rebirth and Remake have been all about expanding the world of Final Fantasy 7 and allowing the cast of characters to really explore and mingle within it, there's sound logic for letting characters try out different outfits.

One of the 2020 remake's most memorable moments involved a costume change in reimagining the infamous Honeybee Inn sequence. During that chapter, protagonist Cloud Strife had to infiltrate an enemy base hidden within an entertainment hall by dressing in drag. While the original 1997 game presented this sequence as something of an extended gag, the 2020 remake made it into a surprisingly heartfelt and endearing event that celebrates modern drag culture and self-acceptance, and it quickly became one of the favorite crowd-pleasing moments in the game.

In our recent Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth preview, GamesRadar's Iain Harris stated: "The project's massive narrative swing brings everyone together to theorize over the mystique of what's next – a community clamoring that might not have happened if the Remake project had remained entirely faithful. Despite all the changes that are likely to come, then, previewing Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth reassures me that the game won't be morphed into something unrecognizable. And now, I'm keener for the unfamiliar; what it brings."

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has won the Most Wanted Game category at the Golden Joystick Awards 2023 powered by Intel.

Due in February of next year, Square Enix's much-anticipated follow-up marks the second part of a planned three-part modern-day reimagining of its 1997 source material.

Hot on the heels of 2020's Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth extends the legendary story beyond Midgar – with a recent trailer teasing familiar spots such as Cid's Rocket Town, Red XIII's Cosmo Canyon, and the indelible Gold Saucer theme park.

Add flashes of an introspective Sephiroth, Jenova, Junon Harbor and that thoroughfare-dominating parade, and it's easy to see why people are looking forward to this one, and, indeed, why it's come out on top of this year's Golden Joysticks' Most Wanted category.

Throw in the teasiest of Emerald Weapon teasers, and… yeah, February 29, 2024 really can't come soon enough. Full credit to Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth rising to the top of its 20-game-strong category.

Here's the full list of Most Wanted Game Golden Joystick 2023 nominees, and as you can see Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth beat 19 other games to come out on top:

• Death Stranding 2

• Star Wars Outlaws

• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Winner)

• Tekken 8

• Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2

• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl

• Hades 2

• Fable

• Hollow Knight: Silksong

• EVERYWHERE

• Frostpunk 2

• Ark 2

• Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater

• Persona 3 Reload

• Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles

• Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League

• Pacific Drive

• Black Myth: Wukong

• Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin

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There's been a lot of debate over Final Fantasy 16 and its sales numbers. Whether it's because of tiresome fanboy wars on social media (Final Fantasy 16 is currently a PS5 exclusive, remember), Square Enix's long history of being disappointed in its products, expectations that have been set by previous Final Fantasy titles, or, more than likely a bit of everything, Clive and the gang's commercial success has been a heated talking point over the last couple of months.

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