The Latest Breaking News from Naoki Hamaguchi

Final Fantasy 7 Remake director promises Part 3 news "in the not too far future" and tells fans he's "running straight to my hotel room and back to checking some of the levels"

"Rest assured it's going well and we're working very hard on it"

GamesRadar · Oct 25, 2025

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director says "however much AI might try and intrude and take part in the creative side of things," his team would want to be "good enough creators" that "we could do better than AI"

Naoki Hamaguchi says that using AI for the creative side of development is "not something that I could really go ahead with"

GamesRadar · Oct 24, 2025

The 'Final Fantasy 7 Remake' May Be Far From Over

Naoki Hamaguchi, the director of the 'Final Fantasy 7 Remake' trilogy, is already considering expanding the trilogy past the release of Part 3.

Inverse · Oct 21, 2025

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director defends the JRPG's overlong filler, but says he’s "striking a balance" with Part 3: "Players just have too much to do and too much to play"

Naoki Hamaguchi doesn't think certain sections were longer than needed.

GamesRadar · Oct 19, 2025

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director says all that timewasting filler was good actually

Naoki Hamaguchi thinks we "just have too much to do and too much to play".

PC Gamer · Oct 19, 2025

A New Assassin's Creed Rumor Could Have Nintendo Fans Facing A Tough Choice

Rumors of 'Assassin's Creed Shadows' Switch 2 launch date put it directly in the path of Nintendo's biggest game this year.

Inverse · Oct 14, 2025

"This is sacrilegious!": Final Fantasy 7 Remake's new cheat mode is controversial even at Square Enix, but the JRPG's co-director Naoki Hamaguchi believes "the player should have the choice"

"That's why I pushed for it"

GamesRadar · Oct 7, 2025

Final Fantasy 7 Remake series devs knew JRPG fans wanted to know "what's gonna happen to Aerith," so they tried to make sure players "won't be able to tell… until the very end"

Square Enix is "trying to push boundaries" with the trilogy's story

GamesRadar · Oct 3, 2025

Xbox has a problematic "lack of memory," but Final Fantasy 7 Remake director says Square Enix's "multiplatform approach" doesn't hurt Part 3 development "whatsoever"

Xbox catching strays right after taking a bazooka blast to the chest

GamesRadar · Oct 2, 2025

Final Fantasy 7 Remake series lead doubts that "the exact same battle system" from the revamped JRPG trilogy will make it into his future games: "We want to keep it surprising"

It might still serve as "a basis," though

GamesRadar · Oct 2, 2025