With the PS one defining role-playing game Final Fantasy VII now celebrating its tenth anniversary, it seems like a perfect opportunity for the kings of cashing in, Square-Enix, to release a remake. It's been two years since the company showed its Final Fantasy VII Tech Demo for the PLAYSTATION 3, so it has to be pretty far along... right?

Not so, says FF VII character designer Tetsuya Nomura. According to a recent Dorimaga interview, by way of IGN, rumors of a remake are just that—rumors. He says:

It appears that there are often overseas rumors like 'Are you currently developing a [Final Fantasy] VII remake?' My apologies, but were absolutely not making [such a game].

Nomura does then mention that, while they're not officially working on it, "As long as there are people who want to make it and people who are waiting for it, we don't want to proclaim 'the end." Argh! So which is it? I just want them to announce the damned thing already, just so the hopeless fans will shut up about it already. Michael McWhertor

FFVII Not Being Remade — Nomura [IGN]

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