'Final Fantasy 7' release date: Game launch early 2017?

A screenshot from "Final Fantasy 7" Square Enix

The wait continues for the highly anticipated "Final Fantasy 7 Remake," and reports say that the waiting game will last until March next year.

As revealed in the past, the title will be a "multi-part" series, which reportedly means that it will be released episode by episode (the size of a full game) with the first one allegedly dropping early next year.

There's no word to confirm that yet, but developer Square Enix has promised to talk more about the "Final Fantasy 7 Remake" in the coming months.

Game director Tetsuya Nomura revealed in a Famitsu interview that he knows fans await news about the remake, and that they have reasons they are yet to fully talk about the game.

"I know I haven't given any information in a while, but please rest assured that work is moving forward steadily," Nomura said, via Express.

"We are currently getting specifics ready for the next information release... We plan to bring a whole lot out in one go instead of dribs and drabs, so please look forward to it," he went on to say.

Sadly, it won't be during the Tokyo Game Show 2016 next week. While Square Enix will be there, it won't be presenting "Final Fantasy 7 Remake," much to the disappointment of fans who have been waiting news.

Gamers hope that the studio announces new information of the game, even just the release window, which, as per varying reports, will land by March next year or holiday 2017.

With regards to the game itself, producer Yoshinori Kitase teased that "Final Fantasy 7 Remake," which is hailed one of the most wanted games, will come in multiple installments.

"When the project was first announced, people were confused by its multi-part nature, but the goal is to structure it more like Final Fantasy 8 than an episodic series," he told Game Informer.

"It will essentially be a full scale game for each part of the multi-part series," Kitase went on to say, adding that the difference between "Final Fantasy 7" and "Final Fantasy 8" is that the former already has a "pre-existing story."

The "Final Fantasy 7 Remake" is expected to be featured at the PlayStation Meeting in New York today, Sept. 7.

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