Today during The Game Awards, Square Enix made a surprise appearance with a new trailer for Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth showing off a brand new theme song, and even more anticipated moments from the next chapter in the story.
Frankly, this feels like an abundance of riches given that we’ve already seen quite a lot of Rebirth. A Red XIII-narrated trailer in November gave us tons of new details, and we got a hands-on preview of the game back in the fall. In fact, at this point, we’re just ready for the game to be out already. Still, the new trailer did a good job of juxtaposing the concern at the heart of Rebirth: will the future actually change? Square Enix has been toying with us on this point for a while, by reintroducing Crisis Core protagonist (and presumably, at the time of FF7, deceased) Zack Fair.
Everything’s leading up to the big question at the heart of Rebirth: will Aerith re-die the most notorious video game death of all time? Or, if she can survive, can the world survive with her? Big questions for Final Fantasy 7 to grapple with in a multi-part remake that might change everything.
Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth is planned for release soon – on February 29, 2024, and will be exclusive to PlayStation at launch. We’re pretty stoked for it, given that our reviewer said its precessor, Final Fantasy 7: Remake, “delivered on letting me relive (part of) a classic in stupendous fashion, while also standing as a great RPG all its own.”
To catch up on everything else going on at The Game Awards tonight, you can read our roundup of everything announced here, and keep track of all the award winners right here.
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