Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth gets a flashy trailer at The Game Awards 2023

Part 2 of the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy

Marco Wutz | Dec 7, 2023

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth gets a flashy trailer at The Game Awards 2023 /

Upcoming JRPG Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth got a brand-new trailer at The Game Awards 2023, bringing fans of the franchise another look at the title. Rebirth is the second installment of the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy transporting the classic from 1997 to the PS5.

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You can watch the Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth trailer below:

It sure looks like the Final Fantasy 7 you know and love from the first part of the Remake trilogy, and that’s because literally everything about Rebirth is the same – same tech, same goals, and same development team. Rebirth will capitalize on the systems introduced with Remake like the Synergized mechanic. That, again, seems logical: The title has been in production since before its predecessor was released.

In addition to the trailer, the game’s vocal theme was revealed at The Game Awards with a live performance by singer Loren Allred. Allred competed in The Voice in 2012 with Adam Levine as her coach and was the singing voice for Jenny Lind in The Greatest Showman, which earned her a Billboard Hot 100 appearance for both the soundtrack and one of her singles in January 2018.

Naturally, Rebirth sets right in where Remake ended (a breathtaking escape from Midgar) and will continue the story of Cloud Strife and his band of eco-terrorists, who want to stop an evil megacorporation from exploiting the world’s life force – which includes confronting the iconic Sephiroth.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Sephiroth — Sephiroth, the game's big bad / Square Enix

FF7 has a special place in the hearts of many fans and is often called the entry into the series with the greatest cultural impact. It’s credited with bringing RPGs on consoles closer to the mainstream, expanding the genre’s audience. As of January 2023, over 14 million copies have been sold.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is set for a February 29, 2024, release date on PS5. It’s a timed exclusive for three months on the console, so it’s possible that we’ll hear news about a PC port from developer Square Enix afterwards.

Published Dec 7, 2023

MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg