Final Fantasy VII Remake demo finally gets official, free release [Updated]

Enlarge / Shortly after a database leak, this official image from the upcoming Final Fantasy VII Remake demo was taken down. And, gosh, did this leaked demo contain a lot of stuff. (credit: Square Enix)

We've taken care to hide spoilers after a certain point in the article, in case you'd like to read about how the December 2019 leak happened while otherwise remaining ignorant to its most tantalizing contents.

Update, March 2: Roughly two months after a Final Fantasy VII Remake demo leaked, its official, free download is now live across all territories on PlayStation 4's online store. Thanks to dataminers tearing through the late 2019 leak, we already know a ton, which you can read about below. Our original January report also summarizes our impressions of the demo, which we already played at E3 2019-and quite enjoyed.

But if you're spoiler-averse and simply want to go hands-on with Square-Enix's refreshed version of Midgar-and, more importantly, its action-RPG combat stylings-you can click here (in the US) to automatically queue the demo's download on your PS4, should you be away from your living room and have your console set to "rest" mode.

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