Final Fantasy VII Revelation to connect spin‑offs and stay on Unreal Engine 4

Naoki Hamaguchi explained that the upcoming game Final Fantasy VII Revelation will reinvent the entire FF7 universe. The title will include narrative and gameplay links to earlier spin‑offs such as Crisis Core, Dirge of Cerberus and the film Advent Children, and the character Zack will have a larger role in both story and player experience.

The development team decided to keep using Unreal Engine 4 rather than upgrade to UE5, citing faster delivery and familiarity with a customized rendering system that provides quality comparable to UE5’s Nanite. Hamaguchi said this choice avoids rebuilding the engine from scratch and allows the game to launch sooner.