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So Square Enix has announced plans to sorta "reboot" the company over the next three years, here's an article:

https://gameranx.com/updates/id/538134/article/square-enix-outlines-plans-for-a-three-year-reboot-and-it-includes-cancelling-games/

There are several key takeaways:

• The plan is to focus on "Quality, not quantity".


• Because of this, some games in the works have been cancelled. I haven't heard of any Final Fantasy-related titles being cancelled, but the Kingdom Hearts Missing Link mobile game has been abandoned.


• It sounds like they are going to explore multiplatform releases.

I'm cautiously optimistic about these plans. I'd much rather have an excellent game than have a release for a release's sake. I also think multiplatform might be a good direction to go in. I mean, I'm very happy with my PS5 because it has more games I'm interested in than an Xbox X|S does, but (a) I did largely buy the PS5 so I could play FFXVI at launch with all my friends, (b) more fans of Final Fantasy could only be a GOOD thing IMO, so bring on the multi-platform!

Because boy howdy did Squenix drop a pile of details, screencaps, interview and a shiny new trailer today ahaha ~

Articles:

FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH launch date and preorders revealed!

A closer look at FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth: developer interview reveals fresh gameplay details as new trailer debuts at State of Play


And the fresh new 3 minute trailer, packed with Some Shit[tm] if I do say so myself:

A bit of Final Fantasy XVI news leaked out during Friday night's "Letter from the Producer LIVE" for Final Fantasy XIV: Michael-Christopher Koji Fox, who has been translating Final Fantasy XIV for quite some time now, is also now working on the translation for Final Fantasy XVI.

Along with being one of the translators at last year's Final Fantasy XIV Fan Fest, Koji Fox has also written the lyrics to the some of the most beloved songs from XIV, including To the Edge.

I'm pretty excited about this, to be honest! The English translation of FFXIV is FANTASTIC, and I know it's not all Koji Fox's work but I think he has a big hand with it. And I have mad respect for the man for not losing his cool when he was translating for Soken-san and Yoshi-P at FFXIV's digital Fan Fest last year (Soken-san was revealing he had been fighting cancer, and both Soken-san and Yoshi-P were very emotional but Koji Fox translated with grace and didn't break down himself.)

It's called Endwalker, and will release this fall. Some highlights that I can remember from the (very long) showcase announcement:

( some mild spoilers under cut )

If I think of anything else I'll edit this. It was *long*.

Square Enix trademarks Ever Crisis, The First Soldier, and Shinra logo in Japan

Ever Crisis, is it?

AC BC CC DC -- and we never did get the "EC" that was bandied about way back when.


Let the speculation begin --

Final Fantasy VII Remake Will Remove Materia, Add New Options

Final Fantasy VII Remake details story, Cloud, Aerith, event scenes, battle system, and locations

"■ Story

Mako, the life energy pumped out of the planet. And Midgar, an eight-Sector city with Mako Reactors in each Sector. AVALANCHE, an organization against the mega conglomerate Shinra, which has taken control of the world through the monopolization of Mako, take the fight to Shinra in order to protect the planet.

Cloud, a former member of Shinra’s military organization SOLDIER, participates in AVALANCHE’s “Mako Reactor No. 1 Destruction Plan” as a mercenary.

The destruction of the Mako Reactor leaves a lingering reverberation in Sector 8. In a city surrounded by fire, the phantom of an old enemy that should have died sways.

Guided by the phantom of a past he wants to forget, he meets a girl.

The flower girl holds out a yellow flower. In the language of flowers it means, “Reunion.” At that moment, a black mist surrounds them—the “Watchmen of Fate.”

Now hope will travel the planet once more."


Yeeeeep ~

Final Fantasy VII Remake director Tetsuya Nomura confirms Honey Bee Inn cross-dressing event, new events, dialogue options, and enemies