Fantasy Mosaics 40: Alien Abduction

Final Fantasy VII Revelation finally has a release date: April 8, 2027. Sony confirmed the new today as part of its State of Play. This story is developing...

Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director Naoki Hamaguchi gave us plenty of new information about the remake trilogy's grand finale.

I can be a werewolf or a vampire, sure, but nothing as far-fetched as a trillionaire.

I think my favourite thing about the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy so far is the specific ways in which the developers at Square Enix inject nostalgia. The games launched to date - Remake and Rebirth - manage to nod warmly towards aspects of the original RPG without it ever feeling trite. You can see it in so many aspects of the way the games are curated: the way certain musical sequences are teased as motifs, and then brought in, full-throated, for certain boss fights; the redesigns of (in)famous monsters, and how certain major enemies are deployed in slightly remixed ways for maximum effect

Following its official reveal at Summer Games Fest, Final Fantasy 7 Revelation made another appearance at Gamescom Opening Night Live, following a brief introduction from director Naoki Hamaguchi. This trailer was centered almost entirely on the Weapons, massive beasts that appear to have a larger role to play in this final part of the trilogy. The cinematic trailer showed Rufus Shinra giving an address following recent world events, and the world has become overrun with Weapons. Those kaiju-like beasts were a part of the original Final Fantasy 7, including as optional bosses, but they seem to