Final Fantasy 7 Revelation’s Director Is Leaving It All On The Field: ‘I’m Approaching The Development As If There’s Never Going To Be Another Final Fantasy 7 Game’

Kotaku | 10.09.2026 19:00
Sitting opposite the director of Final Fantasy VII’s remake trilogy, Naoki Hamaguchi, in a makeshift cardboard meeting room erected at Gamescom 2026, I notice that the deceptively youthful-looking developer appears visibly at ease. With Final Fantasy VII Revelation now just months away, his decade-long Remake project will soon come to an end. As the bespectacled creator thoughtfully smiles and slouches comfortably in his chair, his sense of relief feels almost palpable.