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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth won't have DLC so team can get Part 3 out 'as soon as possible'

EXCLUSIVE: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Director Naoki Hamaguchi says don't expect an additional DLC chapter like the additional section in the original Remake - but the team has a very good reason

[FF7 Rebirth screenshot showing Cloud clashing with Sephiroth]

Combat remains action-focused in Rebirth(Image: Square Enix / Creative Business Unit I)

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth stands as one of the biggest titles of 2024, and is nominated for multiple awards this year - including Game of the Year at The Game Awards.

As the second chapter of the ambitious Remake trilogy, fans have been curious as to whether they can expect any DLC in the same way the team at Square Enix added a new chapter dedicated to Yuffie when it brought the first part to PS5.

As part of a wide-ranging conversation with the game's director Naoki Hamaguchi, we asked if fans can expect anything similar with Rebirth and were told not to expect any expansions - but for a very good reason.

For more on our interview with Hamaguchi-san, be sure to check out the things he'd change from Rebirth to Part 3 of the Remake trilogy, as well as the growth of the Final Fantasy series.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Director says don't expect DLC

[Sephiroth as a playable character in FF7 Rebirth]

Sephiroth is briefly playable in FF7 Rebirth(Image: Square Enix / Creative Business Unit I)

"We definitely do hear the desire from fans, the voices out there that want that kind of thing," Hamaguchi said of requests for a DLC or expansion.

"I understand it completely, but I think, from my perspective, what the fans really want to see the most is not necessarily DLC. They want to see the third part of the series as quickly as possible.

"So that's why we've decided not to focus the development resources on creating additional extra episodes for DLC at the moment. We really are putting all our efforts into getting the third game out as quickly as we can. So for the moment, that's where we're focusing our time."

The first part of the trilogy launched on PS4 in 2020, before a new Intermission episode launched a year later. It introduced Yuffie as a playable character, and was later rolled into the PS5 version of Final Fantasy 7 Remake, dubbed Intergrade.

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