Final Fantasy followers are satisfied a Dirge of Cerberus remake may very well be on the horizon after one Japan’s most well-known rockstars, Gackt, posted a photograph of himself cosplaying as Disaster Core’s Genesis.
Gackt famously voiced Genesis Rhapsodos in the Japanese dubs of each Disaster Core and the not-so-secret secret ending in Dirge of Cerberus. It’s pretty well-known that he helped encourage and even design the character, who’s been a fan-favorite since his first look almost twenty years in the past.
Whereas Gackt reprised his position for the Disaster Core remake in 2022, not a lot has been seen of Genesis since then — till now.
On August 6, 2026, Gackt posted an Instagram reel exhibiting himself decked out in a Genesis cosplay (although, can it really be referred to as a cosplay if Gackt is actually him?) along with his tune Redemption enjoying in the background. Eagle-eyed followers can have clocked that Redemption was written and carried out by Gackt as the official theme tune for Dirge of Cerberus, and it’s inflicting a frenzy as followers speculate about information of a doable remake of the Vincent Valentine-focused sport.
It’s one of the few remaining Final Fantasy VII spinoff titles left that hasn’t acquired an official remake, and it’s one that would actually do with a refresh. Whereas it is standing as a beloved entry in the FF7 universe is unquestionable, its management scheme and total gameplay seems a bit tough in the rear-view, making the thought of a remake fairly interesting.
One fan seen a comparable sample in Gackt’s Instagram posts that lined up along with his earlier social media exercise main as much as the Disaster Core remake. As advised by ‘nibelbound’ on X, Gackt posted about returning to a studio he hadn’t visited in “over ten years” to carry out some voice recordings simply 4 days earlier than the Disaster Core remake was introduced at Summer season Sport Fest 2022.
In fact, a Dirge of Cerberus remake isn’t the solely thought sparking a furor amongst Final Fantasy Fans; others speculate that this implies Genesis may make an look in Final Fantasy VII Revelation, which is about to be proven off at Gamescom 2026.
It wouldn’t be a full attain to suppose so, both; Revelation director Naoki Hamaguchi just lately doubled down on connecting all the Final Fantasy VII spinoffs into the sport’s ending, making particular point out of Disaster Core and Dirge of Cerberus.
“There are a lot of different titles inside the VII universe. So, we’re speaking about Creation Kids, we’re speaking about Dirge of Cerberus, Disaster Core. And we need to deliver all of these in and ensure we’re not leaving these out,” he stated in an interview with YouTuber Ashif’s Launch Notes at Final Fantasy XIV Fan Pageant Berlin 2026.
“After which on high of that, as soon as we now have all of these in place, we’re trying in direction of the ending. After which the query is, what form of ending are we going to move for in Revelation that also has these ties? And I feel that is one thing that I actually hope gamers will anticipate finding out.”
With Dirge of Cerberus’s storyline getting a while to shine in Ever Disaster, together with refined nods to the sport in Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade, it is trying extra seemingly than ever that DoC, in addition to Genesis, may very well be getting a long-awaited ‘Reunion’ with their followers, if you’ll. (I am right here all week, of us.)
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