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Final Fantasy VII Remake is unsurprisingly the best-selling game of April 2020
The public has been anxiously awaiting the launch of Final Fantasy VII Remake ever since it was first announced all the way back in 2015. Well, it finally arrived on store shelves last month, and fans eagerly emptied their wallets to return to the world of Midgar.
According to The NPD Group’s Mat Piscatella (via Twitter), Final Fantasy VII Remake was far and away the best-selling game in April 2020. The game’s exceptional sales also pushed it to become the biggest launch in Final Fantasy franchise history.
Strong sales across the board for software ($662 million), hardware ($420 million), and accessories ($384 million) were recorded by The NPD Group. Added together, the video game industry racked up revenues of $1.467 billion last month, a whopping 73% increase over April 2019. The total also surpassed April 2008’s previous record of $1.2 billion.
An expanded list of April 2020’s best-selling games (featuring Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Resident Evil 3, and many others) can be found after the break. (more…)
Square Enix will summon two Final Fantasy VII artbooks to bookstores this Fall
After more than a half-decade in development, Final Fantasy VII Remake‘s launch date of April 10th is finally in sight. But Square Enix also wants to give fans the chance to delve deeper into the highly-anticipated RPG, so they’ve partnered with their Manga & Books imprint to produce a pair of artbooks that go further behind the scenes.
Priced at $24.99 apiece, Final Fantasy VII Remake: World Preview and Final Fantasy VII Poster Collection were designed to “celebrate the iconic characters, massive world, and beautiful visuals” of Final Fantasy VII Remake:
Final Fantasy VII Remake: World Preview, releasing on September 8th, is a lavishly illustrated, full-color introduction to the world of the beloved game. The hardcover volume offers both new players and long-time fans essential information on characters, gameplay, and more, in addition to exclusive commentary from Director Tetsuya Nomura and Producer Yoshinori Kitase.
Final Fantasy VII Poster Collection, shipping on November 17th, is a collection of 22 full-color, premium-quality removable posters celebrating the game’s rich legacy, with images depicted from the world of Final Fantasy VII, including Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Dirge of Cerberus, Crisis Core, Final Fantasy VII, and Final Fantasy VII Remake.
Final Fantasy VII Remake will launch “first” on the PS4, and a demo of the game is currently available to download through the PlayStation Store.
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Final Fantasy VII Remake’s launch date has been delayed to April 10
Final Fantasy VII Remake was announced nearly five years ago, but with the game’s release date rapidly approaching, publisher Square Enix has decided that fans are going to have to wait just a wee bit longer for it.
Earlier today, Producer Yoshinori Kitase confirmed that Final Fantasy VII Remake would miss its planned release date of March 3 by more than a month. Now set to launch on April 10, the developer released a statement that said his team needs additional time to “apply final polish” to the game to ensure that fans receive “the best possible experience”:
We know that so many of you are looking forward to the release of Final Fantasy VII Remake and have been waiting patiently to experience what we have been working on. In order to ensure we deliver a game that is in-line with our vision, and the quality that our fans who have been waiting for deserve, we have decided to move the release date to April 10, 2020.
We are making this tough decision in order to give ourselves a few extra weeks to apply final polish to the game and to deliver you with the best possible experience. I, on behalf of the whole team, want to apologize to everyone, as I know this means waiting for the game just a little bit longer.
The Final Fantasy VII Remake is currently in development exclusively for the PS4, though Square Enix has hinted that it may appear on other platforms in the future.
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Square Enix evokes classic PSone design for Final Fantasy VII Remake’s box and unveils a new gameplay trailer
Square Enix gave fans a glimpse at the box art for Final Fantasy VII Remake earlier today, and it should bring back fond memories for those of us who were around when the original game was released back in 1997:
The package art, reminiscent of the North American cover of the original Final Fantasy VII, features protagonist Cloud Strife with his iconic buster sword, staring down the headquarters of the shadowy enemy he has agreed to help take down.
In addition to the artwork announcement, Square Enix also unveiled a brand new gameplay trailer for Final Fantasy VII Remake that pits Cloud, Tifa, and Aerith against Abzu. You can find the video after the break:
Furthermore, a new gameplay video is now available, in which Cloud, Tifa, and Aerith go head to head with a ferocious beast, Abzu. The exhilarating fight [highlights] each characters’ unique battle style.
Final Fantasy VII Remake will be released for the PS4 on March 3, 2020. (more…)
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Obsidian’s The Outer Worlds receives four nominations in Game Critics Awards’s Best of E3 2019 Awards
The Game Critics Awards‘s judging panel, which has expanded to 64 publications this year, has announced the nominees for the Best of E3 2019 Awards.
This year, Obsidian’s The Outer Worlds lead all games with a total of four nominations, including one for “Best of Show.” The RPG will be competing against Gearbox’s Borderlands 3, id Software’s Doom Eternal, Square Enix’s Final Fantasy VII Remake, Respawn’s Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, and Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs Legion for the big prize.
A quartet of other games also seemed to strike a chord with panelists, and also receiving three nominations apiece were Remedy’s Control (“Best Original Game,” “Best PC Game,” “Best Action/Adventure Game”), Bithell Games’s John Wick Hex (“Best Original Game,” “Best Strategy Game,” “Best Independent Game”), Nintendo’s Luigi’s Mansion 3 (“Best Console Game,” “Best Action/Adventure Game,” “Best Family/Social Game”), and MachineGames’s Wolfenstein: Youngblood (“Best PC Game,” “Best Action Game,” “Best Online Multiplayer”).
The complete list of nominees for the Best of E3 2019 Awards can be found after the break, and you can learn all about the winners beginning tomorrow, June 27. (more…)
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Tagged Borderlands 3, Doom Eternal, E3 2019, Final Fantasy VII, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, The Outer Worlds, Watch Dogs Legion
Square Enix will release Final Fantasy VII Remake for PS4 on March 3, 2020
Square Enix just confirmed that Final Fantasy VII Remake will be released for the PS4 on March 3, 2020 in a new trailer. The short clip features another look at the game’s action RPG makeover and shows Cloud and Barret battling a platoon of enemy forces:
Rebuilding and expanding upon the legendary RPG for today, Final Fantasy VII Remake tells the story of a world fallen under the control of the Shinra Electric Power Company, a shadowy corporation controlling the planet’s very life force as mako energy. In the sprawling city of Midgar, an anti-Shinra organization calling themselves Avalanche have stepped up their resistance. Cloud Strife, a former member of Shinra’s elite SOLDIER unit now turned mercenary, lends his aid to the group, unaware of the epic adventures that await him.
Square Enix also said once again that Final Fantasy VII Remake would premiere on the PS4 “first,” so fans shouldn’t rule out a PC or Xbox One launch later down the line, but the publisher will surely have more to say about the game during their E3 Live event tonight
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Here’s a new look at Final Fantasy VII Remake ahead of a larger reveal in June 2019
Final Fantasy fans have been salivating for any scrap of information about Final Fantasy VII Remake ever since Square Enix announced it all the way back at E3 2015. But the publisher has been fairly quiet about its progress after confirming later that same year that “dramatic changes” would be be coming to the game’s combat and that it was being designed as a “multi-part series.”
That all changed today during the latest State of Play broadcast from the PlayStation Blog. A short teaser trailer for Final Fantasy VII Remake was the highlight of the show, and Square Enix’s Yoshinori Kitase even promised that we would see more of the game in June:
We hope you enjoyed the footage shown during State of Play. It was quite short, but hopefully you enjoyed seeing Cloud and Aerith brought back to life with such realistic graphics.
And oh my god! Did you notice [Sephiroth] was there too…?
This year’s E3 Expo will be held from June 11th through the 13th, so that seems like the most logical place for the publisher to unveil their next Final Fantasy VII Remake tease. Square Enix has said that the game will arrive on the PS4 “first,” and will presumably land on other platforms sometime later.
Of course, when Final Fantasy VII Remake will be released for the PS4 is still anybody’s guess.
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Full PlayStation Classic lineup includes a lot of the platform’s earliest hits
When Sony first unveiled the PlayStation Classic, they said their microconsole would feature a total of 20 games, including Final Fantasy VII, Jumping Flash, R4: Ridge Racer Type 4, Tekken 3, and Wild Arms. Today, the consolemaker confirmed the identities of the remaining 15 titles.
Culled mostly from the early days of the console (likely due to the lack of analog sticks on the included controller), the PlayStation Classic will include another early 3D fighter (Battle Arena Toshinden), a pair of car combat games (Destruction Derby and Twisted Metal), and a few 3D action games (Syphon Filter, Metal Gear Solid, and Resident Evil: Director’s Cut), all of which helped define the PlayStation’s style in its fight against the Nintendo 64. But Sony will also reach way back and resurrect Take-Two’s Grand Theft Auto and Atlus’s Revelations: Persona for the PlayStation Classic as well.
The microconsole’s lineup is so heavily skewed towards the PlayStation’s 1995-1997 era, that I wouldn’t be surprised if Sony is planning to release an updated edition of the PlayStation Classic for fans in the future. But that’s just speculation on my part, so for now, here’s a look at all 20 titles set to be included on the microconsole:
PlayStation Classic’s Full Lineup of Games
- Battle Arena Toshinden
- Cool Boarders 2
- Destruction Derby
- Final Fantasy VII
- Grand Theft Auto
- Intelligent Qube
- Jumping Flash
- Metal Gear Solid
- Mr. Driller
- Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee
- Rayman
- Resident Evil: Director’s Cut
- Revelations: Persona
- Ridge Racer Type 4
- Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
- Syphon Filter
- Tekken 3
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six
- Twisted Metal
- Wild Arms
The PlayStation Classic will be priced at $99.99 when it launches on December 3, and will comes packed with two controllers. A new trailer for the microconsole, showcasing all 20 games, has been embedded above.
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