Sword Art Online video games are pretty hit-or-miss. You have the not-so-bad ones like Alicization Lycoris and then surprisingly good ones like Fatal Bullet. Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream doesn’t appear to be the greatest game in the series so far but it does offer the most variety out of any game yet from my recent preview at Anime Expo 2024.

I had a short 10-minute preview of the upcoming game where I was able to explore a vast desert region and complete a mission. Right off the bat, Fractured Daydream makes it clear how vast the roster of characters is. I started out as Llenn, the star of Gun Gale Online. But then I soon gained access to three other characters, including Kirito.

These characters don’t normally interact with each other across their respective series. As such, this game feels like a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate-style collection with everyone being here. Perhaps the most fascinating part is how each character feels wildly different from one another.

Llenn plays like a light version of the gameplay from Fatal Bullet, where the player fires away with their guns from afar. The targeting system is messier than the previous shooter-style game in the series, which was annoying, but it got the job done. Then there is Kirito who plays much faster than Llenn with his impressive and powerful sword skills.

The unique gameplay styles didn’t stop there, either, as Leafa was also part of our squad. She played much more like her floaty and flight-based Alfheim Online variant. All three of them felt like they came from different games. This variety does mean some characters will probably be more valuable than others in combat, but I still appreciate the diversity.

Everyone has their basic attacks, plus a ton of skills to use. Some of these might involve dashing forward to attack foes or leaping into the air for a jump attack. Each one is quite flashy and fun to pull off. The main problem I had with the combat in this Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream preview was targeting.

There is a lock-on feature but it doesn’t work too well, especially with lots of enemies onscreen. I felt like the camera didn’t quite keep up with my character. I would be trying to launch a skill on the enemy I’m locked onto and the character would miss completely. This happened even when I started out the skill right in front of the enemy.

The preview culminated in a massive boss fight. It felt pretty easy in terms of difficulty, as I just mashed away with Kirito’s dual swords. Some characters, oddly enough, fared better than others. The scorpion boss resisted Llenn’s gun attacks, for instance. As such, I had to switch to others like Leafa, who had its weakness. While the fight itself was easy, again, the biggest challenge came from the awkward camera and targeting controls.

For the most part, this Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream preview focused on singleplayer. That said, the main purpose of this game is to bring together 21 playable characters for online multiplayer. Up to 20 players will be able to take on actual MMO-like raid battles for the first time.

Unfortunately, this preview didn’t offer any glimpse of that. Considering how singleplayer-focused this demo section was, I’m curious to see if there is a dedicated story mode for solo players. For now, though, we will have to wait and see. While I’m not sold on this being the best SAO video game yet, I at least appreciate its diversity in its roster and gameplay.

Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream will release for Nintendo Switch, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC on October 4, 2024.

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Infinity Nikki is, in only the most positive sense, a dream for every teenage girl. It’s a fashion-oriented open world RPG with plenty of exploration and a rich story set in a breathtaking world. While there are some rough edges to its current build, it’s hard to say how much of it lies in its demanding graphics.

The story of Infinity Nikki follows a girl named Nikki, who is pulled through a wardrobe into alternate world by a mysterious red dress. She meets a goddess wearing a fashionable eyepatch, who grants Nikki the Heart of Infinity. This gives Nikki the power of a Stylist, but before the goddess can explain anything, enemies attack them. The goddess saves Nikki and transports her to Miraland, which is a fantasy world of fashion and wishes.

Nikki and Momo (a bizarre cat pet thing) adjust very quickly to life in Miraland. However, while Miraland looks like a fantasy utopia at first glance, they soon learn about a mysterious coma-inducing illness plaguing the nation. Thanks to her Heart of Infinity, she's able to establish herself in Miraland and figure out what’s putting everyone into comas. It’s a lot to take in at once, to be honest, especially since it doesn't take long for Nikki to start acting like she's always been a part of Miraland. I wonder if you’re supposed to be familiar with the overall lore beforehand from Shining Nikki and Love Nikki.

Let me get this out of the way: any time I mention the visuals or performance, I have to add in the caveat that my gaming laptop is give or take five years old. It also has a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 graphics card inside of it. Infinity Nikki runs on Unreal Engine 5 and its default setting when it comes to FPS is “limitless,” which baffles me a little because that seems kind of insane. My computer cannot handle this game. It’s constantly stuttering and I doubt I’m seeing how beautiful the models and backgrounds really are.

Normally, I’d leave it at that. But this game feels like its target audience is around thirteen or fourteen years old. This isn’t a bad thing, but its rather demanding specs make me a little confused. Growing up, my father could be stingy when it came to entertainment. The laptop I used all throughout my childhood and teenage years literally had less storage space on it than my friend’s iPod and could barely handle The Sims 2.

If I was a kid today, playing this on a computer my dad got me, I’m pretty sure my device would just blow up. I was terrified to play Infinity Nikki during the daytime. My apartment heats up like crazy during the day and I legitimately worried that my laptop would combust. But the game seems to want a legitimate gaming PC to run properly, and I’m not sure if that makes it friendly for a general audience or not.

There’s a lot to do in Infinity Nikki. Aside from playing through the story, you can fight against enemies, dress Nikki up, and explore all the nooks and crannies of Miraland. You can also collect various currencies like Whimstars and Blings. Whimstars in particular usually make you complete a miniature challenge before you can get them. Examples of challenges include looking for a star in a given area or parkouring across platforms to get to the Whimstar. You can use Whimstars to unlock nodes in your Heart of Infinity, which can improve Nikki’s stats and unlock special outfits after completing a requisite quest. These special outfits are ones that grant Nikki access to certain actions on the overworld. For example, one outfit lets her shoot out her purification orb and another lets her catch insects (which are necessary to craft certain clothing items).

The game becomes infinitely more fun once you unlock the ability to fulfill NPC requests and challenges to dress Nikki up based on a set of given criteria. Most of the time, you just need to dress Nikki up in clothes that are a certain style. But there’s still a level of freedom that you have when it comes to expressing your own personal taste. Outside of these guidelines, you can always alter how Nikki looks in the overworld. Since you unlock the items via gacha, using in-game currency that you can collect, you can rack up a large amount of clothes and accessories in no time.

However, this is still a beta build, and it's easy to see. There are some technical difficulties, such as the audio desyncing during a cutscene. Nikki herself can be clunky to control, especially when it comes to combat. The encounters in this game tend to feature multiple enemies who surround Nikki, but she can only really attack in a single direction. She also needs to be manually directed to face that direction first, and that additional input can start to grate at times. There aren’t that many enemies that you have to deal with in Infinity Nikki, thankfully, but when you have to face them, the battles are easily some of the worst parts of the game.

Infinity Nikki is a promising RPG full of fashion and fun, though it can be very demanding on your system. The voiced tutorials and menu make it seem like it’s for children, but there’s a lot of general appeal in it through its open world exploration and character creation. Hopefully by the time the game comes out, I’ll have a much better computer so as to fully appreciate the beauty of this game.

Infinity Nikki is in development for the PS5, Windows PC, and mobile devices. Windows PC version previewed.

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Spiritale opened pre-orders for a new figure of Bridget from Guilty Gear Strive based on her purple alternate color scheme. The new 1/7 scale figure costs 24,970 yen (or about $158.15) and it is scheduled to release on January 2025. [Thanks, Hobby Watch!]

Pre-orders for the new GGSV Bridget purple version figure close on September 2, 2024. The figure depicts Bridget in her default pose from her Guilty Gear Strive key art, but the colors are drastically changed. For example, her hair is a paler shade of platinum blonde and her eyes are red. In addition, her top is black sporting a white collar, inverted from her original base color scheme.

You can take a better look at the new Guilty Gear Strive figure of Bridget here:

Back in April 2023 Spiritale opened pre-orders for a similar figure of Bridget based on her original color scheme, and it released  on March 2024 in Japan.

The new Guilty Gear Strive Bridget Purple version 1/7 scale figure is now available for pre-order from the Spiritale online store, and they will close on September 2, 2024. The figure costs 24,970 yen (~$158.15) and will release in Japan on January 2025.

Guilty Gear Strive is readily available for the PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, and PC.

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Bandai Namco announced Dragon Ball Daima, Dragon Ball Sparking Zero, and the Dragon Ball Super Card Game Fusion World will all appear at its SDCC 2024 booth. This will be free to enter if you go to the Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Terrace at West Harbor Drive in San Diego, California from 9:30am to 7pm PT between July 25-28, 2024. However, a preview night will also be open there between 6pm-9pm PT on July 24, 2024.

Both the Dragon Ball Sparking Zero and the Dragon Ball Super Card Game Fusion World elements of the SDCC booth will involve a demo. The new fighting game will be playable. Those who try it will get a lanyard with the game’s logo that proclaims the person who wears it played the title. In the case of the card game, people who take part in the tutorial event will also get the 2024 trial decks with demo cards. A Vol. 1 Promotion Pack will also be a part of the booth giveaways.

Here’s how those bonuses look:

The Dragon Ball Daima elements involve free items tied to the new anime. Two of the booth giveaway bonuses are a bag and fan featuring that version of Goku and the show’s logo. However, people who visit the booth also get a lanyard that can have ribbons attached if you visit different zones tied to things Bandai Namco is promoting. If you collect all the ribbons, you can trade them for an acrylic stand of Goku inspired by the show. 

Here’s how those items will look:

A number of figures and models will also be there. The Figure-rise Standard part will include a Son Goku Model Kit Trial Version for people to build. 

Dragon Ball Sparking Zero will be on the PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC on October 11, 2024. The Dragon Ball Daima anime will begin airing in Fall 2024.

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Capcom announced that Kunitsu-gami players have completed the Okami collaboration campaign tasks, meaning that players will be able to get crossover costumes and weapons from day one. In related news, Capcom also revealed that the theme song (which you can hear in the newest trailer) will be “Kunitsu-Gami” by singer and songwriter ermhoi. [Thanks, Famitsu!]

You can watch the new trailer (which includes the theme song) here:

When Capcom first released the Kunitsu-gami demo on July 1, 2024, it included tasks that players all needed to complete in order to unlock the Okami bonuses. The tasks were to gather a billion crystals and to find 15 hidden Lucky Mallets. Since everyone finished these tasks, everyone will be able to receive the Okami items at launch. These items are Amaterasu’s weapon and outfit for protagonist Sou, as well as a Waka outfit for priestess Yoshiro. You’ll also be able to listen to Okami music while playing the game.

Kunitsu-gami: Path of the Goddess will be a combination between RTS, tower defense, and action. It’ll take place in a Japanese-inspired world where you set up your village and train your villagers in preparation for attacks from the Seethe. The goal is to defeat the Seethe and purify the village.

Kunitsu-gami: Path of the Goddess will come out on July 19, 2024 for the PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, and Windows PC.

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At the end of May 2024, Capcom added Akuma to Street Fighter 6, and he went on to dominate the most played character charts for June 2024. In Ranked Matches, he was the most used character in almost every category. The only exceptions were the Rookie and Iron divisions, as Juri took first place there.

As usual, the official Character Usage Stats page on the Street Fighter 6 site going over Ranked Match data broke most played stats down by control type and rank, with Akuma placing at or near the top for each. When control type is set to all, Akuma is showing as placing in first for overall, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, and Master. If you set the control type to only Classic, Akuma is in first for all categories except for Rookie. (Juri takes first place there for Classic.) Should the Modern control type be highlighted, Akuma slips out of first in multiple categories. Juri is then in first in Rookie, Iron, and Bronze, Ken ends up in first for Silver, and Luke takes first for Master.

Here are the top 10 most used characters in Street Fighter 6 Ranked in June 2024 when all tiers and control types are considered:

1. Akuma
2. Ken
3. Ryu
4. Zangief
5. Juri
6. Cammy
7. Ed
8. Jamie
9. Marisa
10. Luke

M Bison debuted in June 2024 and, while he didn’t top the charts, he did appear. In the “all” section with the control type “all” selected,” he was in eleventh place.

Street Fighter 6 is available on the PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC.

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Koei Tecmo confirmed the full release date for Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8 Remake. The company will release the remake simultaneously worldwide on October 24, 2024.

This game will be a remake of Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII, which originally appeared for PCs in Japan in 2001. VIII was the second entry in the series after VII to feature individual playthroughs as opposed to only faction rulers.

Koei Tecmo will bring the graphical and art quality up to modern standards as seen in more recent iterations like XIII and XIV while retaining most of the features from the original VIII entry. The company will also add new features, such as a relationship chart that will show characters with both the most intimate and the most hostile connections with the player's character.

Following its initial reveal in September 2023, Koei Tecmo originally planned to release the remake in early 2024. However, the company delayed the game's release by removing the "early" part.

The newly confirmed release date of October 24, 2024, maintained Koei Tecmo's commitment to release the remake within the year. However, it will also mark the first time ever for an entry in the series to have a simultaneous worldwide release in all regions and platforms. Prior series entries, including XIII and XIV, used to be released first in Japan with the Western English releases following suit months later.

Koei Tecmo has also uploaded the first formal trailer for Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8 Remake on YouTube:

Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8 Remake will be available for PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch simultaneously worldwide on October 24, 2024.

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After issues starting on May 2024, Square Enix announced that FFXIV Visa Debit cards will be fixed and again a payment method option. People will once again be able to use that kind of credit card to pay for related items and services starting on July 23, 2024.

Square Enix first reported the issue on May 1, 2024. This came after a new payment processor was added. Typically, credit cards that can be accepted as a payment method for FFXIV include American Express, Discover, JCB, Mastercard, and Visa. However, after the update Visa Debit cards weren’t working. Once the company realized the issue at the end of May 2024, it announced a July 2024 window for the fix. 

While waiting for the final fix, Square Enix again offered the same alternatives to people who have a Visa Debit card and can’t make purchases. It suggested buying game time codes from its official storefront, which does accept that payment method, or using Amazon Pay and PayPal whenever possible to buy the Crysta currency. 

This issue came up in FFXIV ahead of Dawntrail. However, a number of other problems came up alongside the expansion and update to 7.0. Free game time is being distributed as a result, with Xbox Series X players getting more due to an issue that pops up when moving between areas.

Final Fantasy XIV and the Dawntrail expansion are available now for the PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC, and the Visa Debit card payment method will be available again on July 23, 2024. 

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Bushiroad confirmed Feitan Portor will be a part of the Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Impact playable character roster. Players will be able to include him in their team in the upcoming 3v3 fighting game.

The company also shared a new trailer showcasing the character, who will primarily fight with the sword he usually hides inside his umbrella. Kappei Yamaguchi, who voiced Feitan in the 2011 anime adaptation, will reprise his role in this game.

Here is the official trailer confirming the addition of Feitan Portor in Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Impact:

A total of twelve playable characters have been known as of Feitan's reveal. Bushiroad has so far revealed Gon, Killua, Leorio, Kurapika, Hisoka, Netero, Bisky, Machi, Uvogin, and Chrollo. The official site has sixteen character slots, with five of them still unfilled. However, an early stream by Justin Wong has indirectly confirmed that Genthru will fill one of them.

Even though Bushiroad has been increasing its pace in revealing characters for its anime-based fighting game, it has still yet to confirm the release date within a broad window in the year 2024. However, publishers of fighting games often make major reveals like release date announcements during the annual Evolution Championship Series tournament, and Evo 2024 will take place on July 19-21, 2024.

Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Impact will be available worldwide on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam in 2024.

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HoYoVerse has revealed the key visual and voice actresses for Jane Doe, an upcoming Agent in Zenless Zone Zero. There’s no information on Jane’s kit or even her faction.

According to her Agent Record, Jane is a cat Thiren, just like Nekomata. However, she lacks a lot of the physical features that Nekomata has, including the large cat ears or the cat tail. In fact, she looks a lot closer to a rodent than a cat. Some of her lines seem to suggest that she’s a bit of an untrustworthy character. In her voice actor reveal, she states that she has a lot of experience working odd jobs and she enjoys talking to the Proxy, noting that there’s something special about them.

In English, Kelsey Jaffer voices Jane Doe in Zenless Zone Zero. Jaffer’s previous roles include Ayako in The First Slam Dunk, Yaoyao in Genshin Impact, and Ayla in Punishing: Gray Raven. In Japanese, Yu Shimamura voices Jane Doe. Some of Shimamura’s past roles include Annie in Attack on Titan, Yosano in Bungo Stray Dogs, and Penthesilea/Berserker of El Dorado in Fate/Grand Order.

Jane Doe will appear as a playable character in Version 1.1 of Zenless Zone Zero. Other upcoming characters include Qingyi and Seth. Zenless Zone Zero is readily available on the PS5, Windows PC, and mobile devices.

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Persona 5 Royal keyboard accessories are now available for pre-order on Infinikey. Pre-orders are open until August 12, 2024 and the items are on a discount right now.

Here are the prices for everything:

• Bundle: $145
• Deskmat: $40
• Keycap set: $110
• Keychain: $7.50

The bundle contains everything. Meanwhile, the keycaps use font that resembles the one in-game. A picture of Joker is on the spacebar and one of the larger keys. Since it’s MX-compatible and Cherry-profile, they should fit in any mechanical keyboard. The keychain also contains a MX-compatible, Cherry-profile keyboard for people to click and fidget with. Finally, the deskmat contains art of the Phantom Thieves’ all-out attacks.

As mentioned earlier, all of the Persona 5 Royal keyboard accessories are available for pre-order until August 12, 2024. They’ll ship out in November 2024. Infinikey does offer international shipping, so you don’t necessarily have to be in the US to purchase these products. As a note, the image for the bundle includes a keyboard. It won't come with that. You'll need to buy or own your own hotswappable keyboard and switches to use those keycaps.

Though not Infinikey, Persona 5 Royal isn’t the only Persona game you can get computer accessories for. Hyte and Atlus revealed a Persona 3 Reload collection in late November 2023. The collection consists of a Y60 PC case, a keycap set, and a deskmat. As of the time of writing, the Y60 bundle is not available for purchase on Hyte’s website.

Persona 5 Royal is readily available on the PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.

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Bandai Namco has confirmed the release date for the second character DLC set that will add Lidia Sobieska to Tekken 8. The set will be formally available simultaneously worldwide in the US PDT time zone on July 25, 2024, and in Asia Pacific on July 26, 2024. The company will also allow a three-day early access for players who have purchased the first-year character pass.

It will thus take roughly three months in total from the initial reveal until the final release. Bandai Namco announced first at Evo Japan 2024 in late April that it would add Lidia to the Tekken 8 roster. The company published a gameplay trailer dedicated to the Karate-practicing Polish prime minister in the Tekken universe in late May 2024, although it did not specify the release date until this announcement.

Bandai Namco has also uploaded a new trailer to announce the release date for Lidia Sobieska's DLC set on YouTube:

Lidia will be the second DLC character in the 2024 season pass. The first one was Eddy Gordo, who has been available since April 2024. Bandai Namco is planning to release two more characters separately in the next Fall and Winter seasons in 2024, respectively.

The DLC set that adds Lidia Sobieska to the PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC game Tekken 8 will formally appear on July 25 or 26, 2024, depending on the time zone. Players who have purchased the Playable Character Year 1 Pass can get her three days earlier.

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HoYoVerse shared a new trailer with Natlan Characters for Genshin Impact. The trailer, which is almost four minutes long, not only teases new characters, but also showcases the roles they will play in the Archon Quest to come.

You can watch the Ignition teaser trailer for Genshin Impact, “A Name Forged in Flames,” here:

You can also watch it in Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, and Korean.

It shows the new Genshin Impact Natlan characters tossing a ball around, showing not only who we’ll see but also some of the locales we’ll explore. At the end, we see what appears to be the Pyro Archon, who’s wearing something that looks like a biker outfit. She also asks Capitano of the Harbingers if he’s ready to compete in the upcoming tournament, hinting at the Fatui’s role in the story.

Here is the English cast for Genshin Impact Natlan:

• Chasca: Lauren Amante (Melly Plinius/Entomologist in Identity V)
• Citlali: Skyler Davenport (March 7th in Honkai: Star Rail)
• Iansan: Katrina Salisbury (Nico Niyama in Kiznaiver)
• Il Capitano: Chris Tergliafera (Gundham Tanaka in Danganronpa series)
• Kachina: Kristen McGuire (Akane in Oshi no Ko)
• Kinich: John Patneaude (Quatre Salision in The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak)
• K’uhul Ajaw: Abby Espiritu (Romin Kassidy in Yu-Gi-Oh Sevens)
• Mavuika: Katiana Sarkissian (Pernilla in Epic Seven)
• Mualani: Cassandra Lee Morris (Morgana in Persona 5)
• Ororon: Nathan Nokes (Bardon in Dislyte)
• Xilonen: Beth Curry (Appears to be her first major voice-over role)

Here’s the Japanese cast:

• Chasca: Yuko Kaida (Saori in Lost Judgment)
• Citlali: Asami Tano (Saki in Zombie Land saga)
• Iansan: Ayaka Ohashi (Uzuki in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls)
• Il Capitano: Ken Narita (Sesshoumaru in Inuyasha)
• Kachina: Yurika Kubo (Loki in Danmachi)
• Kinich Noriaki Sugiyama (Sasuke in Naruto)
• K’uhul Ajaw: Junko Takeuchi (Naruto in Naruto)
• Mavuika: Mikako Komatsu (Maki in Jujutsu Kaisen)
• Mualani: Nao Toyama (Mikhail in Drakengard 3)
• Ororon: Takashi Kondo (Ludger in Tales of Xillia 2)
• Xilonen: Fairouz Ai (Jolyne in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure)

Genshin Impact is readily available on the PS4, PS5, Windows PC, and mobile devices. Ahead of Natlan, we’ll get Version 4.8, which will introduce Emilie as a playable character and a new limited area for the summer.

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Square Enix has announced the release of a new book titled Square Enix AI featuring the FFVII Remake, with Cloud Strife on the cover. The book aims to provide an easy-to-understand guide on game AI and will be published on July 30, 2024. Pre-orders are now available.[Thanks, BD Publishing!]

View the announcement post below: 

The book was created by Square Enix staff involved in AI development, aiming to make game AI accessible to a broader audience. It covers various aspects of game AI, including character definition, navigation mesh, pathfinding, steering, avoidance, 3D navigation, decision-making systems, and character animation.

Additionally, the book explores character interaction, emotional AI, natural language processing, and the concept of "meta-AI." It also discusses deep learning applications in games, such as style transfer, automatic lip-sync animation, and character animation generation. The final section addresses the use of AI in automating quality assurance, including bug classification and data analysis.

The book is published by Bourne Digital and will be available in Tankobon Softcover format, consisting of 336 pages. It is written in Japanese and currently ranks #879 in Japanese Books on Amazon.

FFVII Rebirth is readily available for the PlayStation 5, and the exclusivity arrangement ended on May 29, 2024.

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Sony Interactive Entertainment announced that the Japanese FFVII Rebirth discs with printing errors will be replaced. Players affected by the printing error will be able to receive the correct discs after filling a form and sending back the original discs with the printing mistakes.

The application deadline to fill the form for the exchange the FFVII Rebirth Japanese discs with the printing error is August 16, 2024. Afterwards, the acceptance period for the discs will be open from July 12, 2024 to September 30, 2024. Those applying for the disc replacement will have to wrap the disc in a paper bag or other simple wrapping and send it to the corresponding SIE PlayStation Customer Support Disc Replacement Head address that appears in the Japanese information website. After receiving the package, the correct discs will be sent after August 26, 2024.

As a reminder, FFVII Rebirth comes with a Play Disc and a Data Disc. The original Japanese printings of the game, alongside the discs in various East and South East Asian countries came with a printing error in which the contents of each disc didn’t correspond with the label assigned to them. After the replacement takes place, the disc labels will correctly match.

FFVII Rebirth is readily available for the PlayStation 5, and the exclusivity arrangement ended on May 29, 2024.

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