After stumbling out of the gate with poor sales as a PS5 exclusive, Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth director says it's 'doing very well on both PS5 and PC,' while 'a lot of the content is already playable' in the upcoming third game
November 4, 2026
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After stumbling out of the gate with poor sales as a PS5 exclusive, Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth director says it’s ‘doing very well on both PS5 and PC,’ while ‘a lot of the content is already playable’ in the upcoming third game

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Speaking to Automaton, Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth director Naoki Hamaguchi assured fans that sales of the game have improved since a 2024 Square Enix financial report showed it underperforming, while work on a third game in the Remake trilogy continues apace. “The second entry, FFVII Rebirth, has been doing very well on both PS5 and…

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Rue Valley review

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Have you ever been bored? Have you ever been like, really bored, bored in the way where it feels like you’ve been removed from participating in the rest of the world, like time is moving differently for you than it’s moving for other people? How about depressed? Have you ever felt like everything you do…

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Xbox biz guy deletes his X account less than 24 hours after saying game devs who don’t embrace AI ‘should not be in the business of being a business’

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Xbox senior business strategy manager Brandon Stirrup is tired of pussyfooting around about AI: In a thread on X his week, he said that he wants the world to know that Xbox uses it, that he thinks everyone should be using it, and that he believes so strongly in the cause that he’s willing to…

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Streets Of Rage Composer Yuzo Koshiro Recreates Famous PC-88 Advert For The Computer’s Upcoming ‘Mini’ Variant

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Releases in Japan this July. Last year, it was confirmed that another classic retro platform was getting the ‘micro console’ treatment: the Japan-only NEC PC-8801 mkII SR personal computer, originally released in 1985. It has now been revealed that legendary composer and game designer Yuzo Koshiro is collaborating with manufacturer Dempa Shimbun to promote the…

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Talking Point: Are You Excited At All For Switch 2 GameChat?

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Student lounge around. It’s been nearly six weeks since the Switch 2 Direct, and we’re now only three-and-a-half more away from the system’s launch. Overall, we were pretty impressed with the hour-long presentation Nintendo assembled to officially pull back the curtain at the start of April. Yes, some mixed messaging and unanswered questions could —…

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