Why Final Fantasy VII Revelation is called Revelation and not Resolve

Final Fantasy VII Revelation – the third and final entry in the Final Fantasy VII Remake trilogy – had its name revealed at Summer Game Fest 2026. Director Naoki Hamaguchi sat down with Game Informer to explain why the team landed on Revelation and not any of the other fan-theorised subtitles.

Hamaguchi says the central theme of the game is resolve – the emotional state of the party characters heading into their final battles. But he's clear that the word resolve and the title Revelation sharing the RE prefix is pure coincidence. Resolve was never a candidate. The team chose Revelation because it best captured what the third instalment is meant to deliver: answers. After the unanswered questions left by Remake and Rebirth, Revelation is the studio's message that this is where everything gets explained and the trilogy concludes. Hamaguchi also notes the title was kept under wraps with extreme secrecy – on a large development team, only five or six people knew the name before it was announced on the SGF stage. Most of the dev team found out at the same time as the public.

When asked whether The Book of Revelation from the Bible inspired the title, Hamaguchi acknowledged some players will make that connection but said it wasn't the team's intent. The focus was purely on the idea of revealing everything – all the mysteries the trilogy has built up across two games. Back in 2023, when Game Informer asked Hamaguchi about the third entry's name, he deflected by saying the title lived inside creative director Tetsuya Nomura's head, which in hindsight tracks with just how tightly the secret was held.

Final Fantasy VII Revelation launches in the first half of 2027 on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2, and PC – the first time the Remake trilogy ships day one across all platforms simultaneously.