Is Final Fantasy VII Rebirth A Clue That The Series Is No Longer A Remake? - The Home of Play Podcast ep.119

Happy Monday!

So last week had plenty of showcases to review for us. Most notably was the 25th anniversary of Final Fantasy VII stream, that left with more questions than answers. Capcom also showed up last week with new content for RE8, including DLC that picks up 16 years after the base game. PlayStation looks poised to reveal a new Pro Controller for the PS5 according to industry leaker. Plenty more to talk about in this weeks episode, so lets just get into it!

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This week on Episode 119 of The Home of Play podcast we discuss the following:

00:01:37 - Weekly Update with Steve and Chris. Playstation Premium Talk.

00:22:57 - Sony’s classic PlayStation games on PS Plus are 60hz in North America - VGC

00:23:59 - Persona 3 Portable, Persona 4 Golden Confirmed for PS5 - Push Square + Persona 5 Royal PS5 Remaster Seemingly Confirmed, Releases 21st October - Push Square

00:28:21 - Sonic Frontiers Dev Confident People Will 'Understand' the Game, No Plans for a Delay - Push Square

00:32:35 - Sony’s Firesprite is moving to an office more than 20 times larger than its current one - VGC

00:33:15 - PS5 Will Notify You When Games in Your Wishlist Are Added to PS Plus Extra, Premium - Push Square

00:34:27 - The Quarry and High on Life ‘were originally Google Stadia games’ - VGC

00:36:05 - Dragon's Dogma 2 Officially In Development and Its Being Built on the RE Engine - IGN

00:37:43 - Resident Evil Blowout - US

00:45:41 - Xbox Appeared to Embargo PS5, PS4 Versions of Some Showcase Games - Push Square

00:48:51 - Sony to Announce a Premium Pro Controller for PS5 - Push Square

00:55:24 - Square Enix's Tetsuya Nomura Touches on the Future of Final Fantasy in Kingdom Hearts - Push Square

01:01:03 - A remaster of Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 is coming to consoles and PC - VGC

01:04:19 - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Is Remake 2, PS5 Exclusive, Out Winter 2023 - Push Square

01:10:49 - Final Fantasy VII Remake Series Is Three Games, Part 3 Already in Pre-Production - Push Square

01:13:48 - Review Round Up

01:14:22 - Your Homework for the Week:

Team Ninja’s Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty is also coming to PlayStation consoles - VGC

Ubisoft says it will ‘unveil the future of Assassin’s Creed’ in September - VGC

Take-Two Boss Believes New PS Plus Is the Right Approach to Subscriptions - Push Square

Housemarque wants to put canned Returnal ideas into its next game - VGC

The Last of Us: Part I Compares Tess on PS5 vs. PS3 Model, and the Results Are Impressive - Push Square

Overwatch 2 Ditches Loot Boxes, But Adds Battle Passes and a Store - IGN

May 2022 Was the Slowest Month for Video Game Sales in Two Years - IGN

Diablo 4 Will Be a Full Price Release with Premium Cosmetic Items and Expansions - Push square

A Plague Tale: Requiem Still Set for 2022 in New Trailer - Push Square