Final Fantasy 9 remake might actually be happening (Square Enix)
A new leak has seemingly confirmed the existence of various games, namely a new Turok and the long-rumoured Final Fantasy 9 remake.
While it’s been rumoured for years, there’s been no official word on whether a Final Fantasy 9 remake is actually in development.
The first whispers stem back to the Nvidia leak from 2021, which has since proven to be extremely accurate. While it hasn’t materalised yet, rumours emerged again last year ahead of Summer Game Fest.
A new leak via the Epic Games Store though offers the most concrete evidence yet that something related to Final Fantasy 9 is in the works, even if it’s unclear whether it is a remake or something else entirely.
The leak is courtesy of the recently launched EpicDB, a website which tracks the behind-the-scenes activity of the Epic Games Store in the same vein as SteamDB for Steam. Following the site’s launch this week, codenames for various projects have seemingly been outed from major publishers like Sega, Sony, Square Enix, and many others.
After the codenames circulated on ResetEra, Epic Games blocked the website and other third-party tools from accessing the store – suggesting there’s at least some legitimacy to the leak, whether because they’re unannounced games or abandoned projects.
While the majority of the codenames are difficult to decipher because they’re so abstract, there’s evidence for some kind of Final Fantasy 9 project under the name ‘Momo’. Along with being registered by Square Enix, the codename comes with a bunch of additional listings, including the ‘Thief’s Knives’ pre-order bonus and the ‘Tetra Master Starter Pack’.
The latter is the key giveaway as Tetra Master is a minigame from the original Final Fantasy 9, which was released on the original PlayStation in 2000.
The listing hasn’t been updated since 2023 but it’s still a very strong indicator that something related to Final Fantasy 9 is in the works, so it might simply be a matter of time before Square Enix makes some sort of announcement.
If it is a remake, the biggest question is whether it’ll have the same big-budget scope as the Final Fantasy 7 remakes. The latter has been split into a trilogy, with the second game, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, being released in February this year.
Elsewhere in the leak, a listing under Saber Interactive is simply titled ‘Turok’ – with it unclear whether it relates to a new game in the series or a remaster. Turok, a first-person shooter where you hunt dinosaurs, originally debuted on the Nintendo 64 in 1997, but the last entry was a reboot for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in 2008.
There’s already a bunch of speculation around what the other codenames might be, including an entry which some believe is the rumoured PC port of the original Red Dead Redemption. As ever though, we’ll have to wait and see which projects actually come to fruition.
Final Fantasy 9 hasn’t aged all that well (Square Enix)
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