Square Enix has finally broken its long silence regarding the state of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. For the most part, it's excellent news.
The second chapter of the planned remake trilogy was announced last year and given a Winter 2023 release date. But, one of our later reports detailed that internal turmoil has forced Square Enix to push the game's release date back to a later, still-undetermined date. The franchise's long-time developers have yet to address this, which is why Yoshinori Kitase's latest update comes at an excellent time.
Just weeks before Final Fantasy 16 comes out and shortly after FF7 Rebirth missed the May 24 PlayStation Showcase, Kitase confirmed that the development of the game is progressing smoothly.
According to the trilogy's official Twitter page, the development team is busy "working on nailing down a release date" for FF7 Rebirth.
Rebirth picks up exactly where Final Fantasy VII Remake and its post-launch expansion, Intermission, left off. It sees Cloud and his companions continue their journey beyond Midgar but with a lot of changes from the original story. It's difficult to anticipate what to expect in terms of the game's narrative based on the cinematic reveal trailer alone but it's expected that the game's events will differ from the source material.