Final Fantasy VII: Remake was announced at E3 2015 as one of the highlights of that expo. At the time, the remake was developed under the direction of Tetsuya Nomura, the original's character designer, battle visual director and screenwriter, by CyberConnect2, the studio behind the
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja series. Almost 3 years have passed since this reveal and we're still pretty much in the same spot.
Last year, Square Enix announced that they said thank you to CyberConnect 2 and confirmed that the publisher will be making the game in-house. You can read more about the whole situation
HERE, and now let's focus on positive news.
Final Fantasy VII Remake producer Yoshinori Kitase was asked about the music for Square Enix's game during the event celebrating the release of 2018's
BRA★BRA Final Fantasy Brass de Bravo album.
In this interview, Kitase confirmed that former Square Enix composer Nobuo Uematsu will return to help develop on the
Final Fantasy VII remake. "
I’ve worked on numerous titles with Uematsu-san," Kitase said, "
and while I’m currently working on the production of Final Fantasy VII Remake, it’s actually been since Final Fantasy X that I directly worked with Uematsu-san. So when I first went to ask Uematsu-san to come work on the music for the remake, I thought he would give me the cold shoulder since he had already left Square Enix and found success.”
You've heard Uematsu's beautiful music in
Final Fantasy I-XII, XIV, Chrono Trigger, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and many, many more. Uematsu left Square in 2004, but has lent some tracks to every
Final Fantasy game except
Final Fantasy XIII. The latest rumor has it that the remake will be released in 2023 to celebrate the 35th anniversary of
Final Fantasy. Apparently, it's just a joke. Or is it?
In Midgar, a city controlled by the mega-conglomerate Shinra Inc., the No. 1 Mako Reactor has been blown up by a rebel group, AVALANCHE. AVALANCHE was secretly formed to wage a rebellion against Shinra Inc., an organisation which is absorbing Mako energy, destroying the natural resources of the planet. Cloud, a former member of Shinra's elite combat force, SOLDIER, was involved with the bombing of the Mako Reactor. Can Cloud and AVALANCHE protect the planet from the huge, formidable enemy, Shinra Inc.?
Final Fantasy 7 Remake is currently in development for PlayStation 4 and Square Enix hasn't announced anything officially regarding a release date yet.