E3 2015: Today's Crazy Rumours Include Final Fantasy VII and Shenmue

But of course

by Sammy Barker Mon 15th Jun 2015

It wouldn't be E3 without some utter nonsense doing the rounds – and the global gaming media is bringing out the big guns today. First up is French website JeuxActu.com, which is reporting that Shenmue III will be announced as a PlayStation 4 exclusive during Sony's media briefing this evening. It doesn't cite a source, but its report gets crazier, claiming that Quantic Dream is making the game.

While there are certainly similarities between David Cage's titles and the legendary Dreamcast release, this sounds like pure and utter fan fiction to us. Why would the Parisian developer sacrifice full creative control in order to complete Yu Suzuki's story? It just doesn't sound like something the studio would do. Rule this one out right away, before you get your hopes up.

The other bonkers story of the day stems from Siliconera, which states that a full remake of Final Fantasy VII is in development for the PS4. The site claims that it's being made to celebrate the series' 20th anniversary, and will feature a more modern looking Cloud similar to the one in movie Advent Children. Apparently it has nothing to do with the other version of the game that was already announced for Sony's new-gen machine, though.

Yeah, the web's gone utterly gaga – don't count on either of these coming to fruition...

[source jeuxactu.com, via siliconera.com]

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.

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3Above
Mon 15th Jun 2015

I think we will get Shenmue 3 on PS4 oneday, after all they gave us Grim Fandango when thought it would ever be released again. But David Cage? Certainly not.

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get2sammyb
Mon 15th Jun 2015

@3Above I could just about imagine some kind of port of the originals to the PS4. A full sequel, though? No chance.

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ShogunRok
Mon 15th Jun 2015

FFVII would come out of nowhere, sounds like foolishness to me.

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Victor_Meldrew
Mon 15th Jun 2015

Telltales will make shenmue III and ruin it.

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Frank90
Mon 15th Jun 2015

Shenmue III and FFVII every single year!

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get2sammyb
Mon 15th Jun 2015

Quantic Dream just ruled out Shenmue III: https://twitter.com/pushsquare/status/610438664569647104

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Punished_Boss_84
Mon 15th Jun 2015

@get2sammyb
A timely demise.

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BladeRider
Mon 15th Jun 2015

pinocchio will never be a real boy.........😭

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Matroska
Mon 15th Jun 2015

I don't believe it, but the FFVII one isn't that ridiculous. Or rather, the existence of the PC port doesn't rule it out. If it hypothetically was announced for next year, the release of the port wouldn't really clash. Even if they were quite close it'd only be like how DS2:SotFS came out the month after Bloodborne. I could actually imagine it boosting sales, people getting all hyped for the remake and buying the port to tide themselves over.

But yeah, that's all theoretical. I don't think it's gonna happen, though it would be amazing if it did. The Shenmue one just reads like a bad April Fools article.

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slampog
Mon 15th Jun 2015

We can only dream...

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themcnoisy
Mon 15th Jun 2015

The guy who invented Shenmue posted a picture of a forklift truck on his twitter account.

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sinalefa
Mon 15th Jun 2015

I care more about Shenmue than FF. Not only for the game itself, but a new game will always be preferable to a remake to me.

For the kind of graphics and details Shenmue pushed in the DC era, Quantic Dream would be a great graphics consultant.

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rjejr
Mon 15th Jun 2015

I see. I see a Morpheus game where we get to drive a forklift in FP view.

Does anybody use the PS3 "Live Event Viewer" for the stream? How's the picture quality and sound? I "purchased" the "event" last night but I couldn't test it out. If it's not good I'll watch it on my Wii U and comment on the Gmaepad.

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Matroska
Mon 15th Jun 2015

@sinalefa Yeah, the talking heads they had on that extras disc still look good by modern standards, though the animation is a bit basic and obviously not mo-capped.

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Baircade
Mon 15th Jun 2015

Lol its that time of the year again...

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Riririn
Mon 15th Jun 2015

Stop! We've all been hurt enough already!

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Ralizah
Mon 15th Jun 2015

Siliconera is almost always a very reliable source for gaming news, so to publish something like this, I can only imagine they're very certain about their source. If not, they're going to lose a HUGE amount of credibility.

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Victor_Meldrew
Mon 15th Jun 2015

@rjejr I would love that game

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Matroska
Mon 15th Jun 2015

There's also a poster on NeoGAF who's been verified by mods as an industry insider. He's saying that Last Guardian appearing at E3 and FFVII remake are both real, LG will be out by the end of 2015 to make up for the delay of Uncharted 4. Of course, just because he or she definitely work in the industry, doesn't mean they can't still make stuff up.

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FlipNiggle
Mon 15th Jun 2015

Hmm, I heard Shenmue would be Xbox One exclusive.

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James1993
Mon 15th Jun 2015

Shemue III and Final Fantasy VII, I shall think not! not all.
"Rule this one out right away, before you get your hopes up."
Yes, NOW folks, everyone do not raise hopes very high.

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James1993
Mon 15th Jun 2015

@get2sammyb I just noticed the hyperlink. Many years have passed since I saw Shemue II.....
Although I am not a fan of the series, because I don`t play modern action games, I too would love to see Shemue III. I am a fan of the Final Fantasy series who has never played any of the games, ironically.