{"id":48393,"date":"2026-04-29T18:50:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T10:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=48393"},"modified":"2026-04-29T18:50:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T10:50:38","slug":"final-fantasy-7-remake-part-3-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=48393","title":{"rendered":"Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Hang in there, Final Fantasy fans \u2014 <u>Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3<\/u> director Naoki Hamaguchi has popped up to assure us that the eagerly-anticipated third instalment is &#8220;proceeding on time and on schedule.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">This would possibly be more comforting if we knew what, exactly, the schedule was \u2014 Hamaguchi is playing his cards very close to his chest, and we haven&#8217;t yet received a release window, let alone a firm date \u2014 but talking to <u>Comicbook<\/u>, the director insisted everything was &#8220;steadily underway&#8221; and asked us to wait for &#8220;just a little longer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;What I can say is that development itself is proceeding on time and on schedule,&#8221; Hamaguchi said. &#8220;We believe it\u2019ll become a title we can deliver with confidence as the culmination of the trilogy. We know many fans are eagerly waiting, and preparations toward the announcement are steadily underway. Please look forward to it just a little longer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-slideshow\"><button type=\"button\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"jsx-2228525885\"\/><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">The Weirdest Things That Happened in the Original Final Fantasy 7<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3381835873 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\" style=\"mask:url(https:\/\/kraken.ignimgs.com\/_next\/static\/media\/RightChevron.272be43c.svg?cors=1) no-repeat center center \/ contain;background:currentColor\"\/><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/output><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Knowing Square Enix is making &#8220;preparations&#8221; for the release date announcement sure is good news, too, given how long we&#8217;ve waited. Final Fantasy 7 Remake was chopped up into three different instalments, <u>with one releasing in 2020<\/u> and <u>the second part in 2024<\/u>. That means that even if Part 3 is released by the end of this year, there&#8217;ll have been six years between the release of Part 1 and Part 3.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The director also reflected on what has been the biggest challenge of bringing Final Fantasy 7 to modern audiences. &#8220;The greatest challenge was thoughtfully evaluating, title by title, how far to push &#8216;nostalgia&#8217; and &#8216;innovation,&#8217; respectively, so they could work in balance,&#8221; Hamaguchi explained. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;For players familiar with the original game, I think what matters goes beyond the story arc itself \u2014 it\u2019s the relationships between the characters and the emotions they felt upon discovering this world. Those are elements we can\u2019t afford to treat lightly.&#8221; He also stressed that the team&#8217;s &#8220;guiding philosophy&#8221; was to ensure the gameplay experience feels expanded rather than just recycled. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Interestingly, Hamaguchi also offered additional details of <u>Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth<\/u>&#8216;s <u>Queen&#8217;s Blood card game<\/u>, which we knew was <u>making a \u201cpowered-up\u201d comeback<\/u> for the final chapter in Square Enix\u2019s remake trilogy.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;From the very beginning, Queen\u2019s Blood wasn\u2019t designed to be just a mini\u2011game, but rather a strong, standalone gameplay experience within the world of Rebirth,&#8221; he said. &#8220;As players progress through their open-world RPG journey, an early focus for us was finding ways to integrate immersive moments, even during shorter stretches of play. A trading card game was one answer to that, and we paid special attention to ensure that everything \u2014 including its strategic depth and interplay \u2014 didn\u2019t feel half-baked.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Last month, Hamaguchi opened up about what to expect when Part 3 eventually comes out, hinting that we&#8217;ll get <u>new gameplay mechanics and locations, some of which we have yet to visit in the remake series<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The director also recently teased that the <u>&#8220;core game experience is almost complete,&#8221;<\/u> and while he &#8220;really want[s] everyone to play it as soon as possible,&#8221; the team has now moved on to &#8220;refining and polishing.&#8221; He also <u>recently discussed the impact of expanding the platforms on which the Final Fantasy 7 Remake series is available<\/u>, insisting that going multiplatform &#8220;will not in any way lower the quality of the third instalment.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world&#8217;s biggest gaming sites and publications. She&#8217;s also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at <\/em><em>BlueSky<\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/final-fantasy-7-remake-part-3-proceeding-on-time-and-on-schedule-director-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hang in there, Final Fantasy fans \u2014 Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 director Naoki Hamaguchi has popped up to assure us that the eagerly-anticipated&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[2829,667,1397,2505,2622],"class_list":["post-48393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-fantasy","tag-final","tag-part","tag-remake","tag-update","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/48394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}