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Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis Game Ends Service on October 6
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Key Points:
- Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis will end its service on October 6 at 11:00 p.m. PDT, with in-game currency sales having already ceased on October 3.
- Producer Shoichi Ichikawa cited challenges in balancing visual quality, development costs, and gameplay as reasons for the game's closure.
- The game, launched for iOS and Android in September 2023 and later for PC via Steam in December 2023, covered the entire Final Fantasy VII timeline across multiple titles and media.
- Square Enix describes Ever Crisis as a single-player, chapter-structured game that includes stories from the original game, Advent Children film, and three spinoff games.
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, the next installment, debuted on PlayStation 5 in February 2024, with subsequent releases on PC and Nintendo Switch 2, and the final trilogy game, Final Fantasy VII Revelation, scheduled for spring 2025.
