Closing Fantasy 7 Rebirth director Naoki Hamaguchi has been working with the identical group over the course of the primary two video games, in addition to the upcoming Half 3, and he doesn’t need this to vary after the trilogy oncludes. In an interview with GamesRadar, Hamaguchi spoke about the way forward for the event group after it wraps up the trilogy.
“I believe as soon as we’ve received out the third recreation within the collection, and hopefully it’s an enormous success,” mentioned Hamaguchi, “We’ll undoubtedly transfer on to one thing else, and it’d be nice to see what that group that we’ve managed to construct up collectively produces. I don’t know if it’s the precise approach of speaking about it, however the bonds, the connection between the group has undoubtedly improved lots and strengthened that group.”
As for what this subsequent mission can be, he doesn’t actually know. He has mentioned that it could possibly be yet one more mission within the bigger Closing Fantasy franchise, or it might even be a totally new IP. No matter what this mission finally ends up being, nonetheless, Hamaguchi is assured that followers of the Remake trilogy will wish to stay up for the following factor produced by the group.
“I can’t say at this level what that’s going to be, whether or not it’s going to be a totally new recreation, fully new IP, whether or not it’s gonna be one thing new inside the Closing Fantasy collection, however I’m actually wanting ahead to it,” he mentioned. “I believe followers who’ve seen what our work has been on the Remake collection, the three video games, will actually stay up for this thrilling, new gameplay expertise. What we work on after that, I’m very a lot wanting ahead to engaged on that myself as properly.”
The group is at the moment exhausting at work on the third a part of the Closing Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy, and can also be engaged on bringing the primary entry – Closing Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade – to Xbox Collection X/S and Nintendo Change 2 on January 22, 2026. Whereas the upcoming launch will characteristic loads of new options that may permit for extra accessibility choices for gamers, Hamaguchi has additionally been speaking about what the third recreation would possibly entail.
Earlier this month, he had spoken about how Closing Fantasy 7 Remake Half 3 will provide a brand new gameplay expertise. Noting that the primary half centered on telling a narrative by means of linear development and the second recreation gave gamers a big open world to discover, the third half can even have one thing new.
“The primary instalment featured story-driven development, the second half expanded upon that with an open-world design that provided higher participant freedom,” mentioned Hamaguchi at Brasil Recreation Present 2025 earlier this month. “Constructing upon the second half, the third half can also be being created to ship gamers a brand new gaming expertise, so please stay up for it.”
