A brand new leak has seemingly confirmed the existence of varied video games, specifically a brand new Turok and the long-rumoured Final Fantasy 9 remake.
While it’s been rumoured for years, there’s been no official phrase on whether or not a Final Fantasy 9 remake is definitely in growth.
The first whispers stem again to the Nvidia leak from 2021, which has since proven to be extremely accurate. While it hasn’t materalised yet, rumours emerged again last year ahead of Summer Game Fest.
A new leak via the Epic Games Store though offers the most concrete evidence yet that something related to Final Fantasy 9 is in the works, even if it’s unclear whether it is a remake or something else entirely.
The leak is courtesy of the recently launched EpicDB, a website which tracks the behind-the-scenes activity of the Epic Games Store in the same vein as SteamDB for Steam. Following the site’s launch this week, codenames for various projects have seemingly been outed from major publishers like Sega, Sony, Square Enix, and many others.
After the codenames circulated on ResetEra, Epic Games blocked the web site and different third-party instruments from accessing the shop – suggesting there’s at the very least some legitimacy to the leak, whether or not as a result of they’re unannounced video games or deserted tasks.
While nearly all of the codenames are tough to decipher as a result of they’re so summary, there’s proof for some type of Final Fantasy 9 challenge below the identify ‘Momo’. Along with being registered by Square Enix, the codename comes with a bunch of extra listings, together with the ‘Thief’s Knives’ pre-order bonus and the ‘Tetra Master Starter Pack’.
The latter is the important thing giveaway as Tetra Master is a minigame from the unique Final Fantasy 9, which was launched on the unique PlayStation in 2000.
The itemizing hasn’t been up to date since 2023 however it’s nonetheless a really sturdy indicator that one thing associated to Final Fantasy 9 is within the works, so it would merely be a matter of time earlier than Square Enix makes some kind of announcement.
If it’s a remake, the largest query is whether or not it’ll have the identical big-budget scope because the Final Fantasy 7 remakes. The latter has been break up right into a trilogy, with the second sport, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, being launched in February this yr.
Elsewhere within the leak, a list below Saber Interactive is solely titled ‘Turok’ – with it unclear whether or not it pertains to a brand new sport within the collection or a remaster. Turok, a first-person shooter the place you hunt dinosaurs, initially debuted on the Nintendo 64 in 1997, however the final entry was a reboot for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in 2008.
There’s already a bunch of hypothesis round what the opposite codenames is perhaps, together with an entry which some imagine is the rumoured PC port of the unique Red Dead Redemption. As ever although, we’ll have to attend and see which tasks truly come to fruition.
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