Final Fantasy VII Remake, the modern retelling of the 1997 PlayStation Classic, is free for PlayStation Plus subscribers starting March 2nd. It’s important to note the PS4 version of Final Fantasy VII Remake available to users with an active PS Plus subscription shall not be able to receive a PS5 digital version of the game, which was announced at Sony’s State of Play event yesterday.
Final Fantasy VII Remake launched exclusively on PlayStation 4 last April and serves as the first of an unknown number of entries in an episodic narrative of the original game. The game is also backwards compatible on PlayStation 5, but the State of Play yesterday confirmed that a next generation version of the game will be released on June 10 and that Sony’s next generation console will take full advantage, with faster loading times, different graphic modes. options, and a new episode focusing on the character Yuffie.
Other games eligible for download next month include the PS4 versions of Farpoint and Remains: From the ashes. PS Plus is also a digital copy of Model, which is a new game starting on March 2nd on PS5. Destruction of AllStars, one of the new PS5 titles released this year, is also free until April 5th.