
Several key staff members returned, including character designer Tetsuya Nomura as director, director Yoshinori Kitase as producer, scenario writer Kazushige Nojima as story and scenario writer, event planner Motomu Toriyama as a co-director, and composer Nobuo Uematsu who returned to write the main theme. Remake was announced in 2015 following years of speculation. Remake was released for the PlayStation 4 in April 2020. The gameplay combines real-time action with role-playing elements. He joins AVALANCHE, an eco-terrorist group trying to stop the powerful megacorporation Shinra from using the planet's life essence as an energy source. Set in the dystopian cyberpunk metropolis of Midgar, players control the mercenary Cloud Strife.

It is the first in a planned trilogy of games remaking the 1997 PlayStation game Final Fantasy VII. Final Fantasy VII Remake is a 2020 action role-playing game by Square Enix.
