09/15/2004: "News on the Vincent game!"

The third FF7 spinoff-- about which little was known, save that it was going to feature Vincent Valentine-- has been revealed to be a PS2 game called Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerberus. Our sources note that Dirge of Cerberus seems to be a Devil May Cry-esque action game; early screenshots feature a crimson-cloaked Vincent under fire from what look like Shinra troops. The story takes place a year after the events of FF7, and the plot centers around Vincent fighting a group known as "DG" (or "DC"?). As of this writing, the only other FF7 character expected to make an appearance is Reeve, who is apparently mentioned by Vincent in a screenshot; hopefully we'll see him and many other characters in the future.

I suspect that we'll learn more about this game after next week's Square-Enix press conference at the Tokyo Game Show, so stay tuned. And as usual, if you have any information (or screenshots!), please contact the Webmaster.

Sources: Crunk Games, IGN

Posted by Reeve at 02:57 PM EST