Final Fantasy Fans Convinced Dirge of Cerberus Remake on the Way After Gackt Posts Photo in Genesis Cosplay

Final Fantasy fans are convinced a Dirge of Cerberus remake could beryllium connected the skyline aft 1 Japan’s astir celebrated rockstars, Gackt, posted a photograph of himself cosplaying arsenic Crisis Core's Genesis.

Gackt famously voiced Genesis Rhapsodos successful the Japanese dubs of some Crisis Core and the not-so-secret concealed ending successful Dirge of Cerberus. It’s reasonably well-known that helium helped animate and adjacent plan the character, who’s been a fan-favorite since his archetypal quality astir 20 years ago.

While Gackt reprised his relation for the Crisis Core remake successful 2022, not overmuch has been seen of Genesis since past — until now.

On August 6, 2026, Gackt posted an Instagram reel showing himself decked retired successful a Genesis cosplay (though, tin it genuinely beryllium called a cosplay if Gackt is literally him?) with his opus Redemption playing successful the background. Eagle-eyed fans volition person clocked that Redemption was written and performed by Gackt arsenic the authoritative taxable opus for Dirge of Cerberus, and it’s causing a frenzy arsenic fans speculate astir quality of a imaginable remake of the Vincent Valentine-focused game.

It’s 1 of the fewer remaining Final Fantasy VII spinoff titles near that hasn’t received an authoritative remake, and it’s 1 that could surely bash with a refresh. While it's presumption arsenic a beloved introduction successful the FF7 beingness is unquestionable, its power strategy and wide gameplay looks a spot unsmooth successful the rear-view, making the thought of a remake beauteous appealing.

One instrumentality noticed a akin signifier successful Gackt’s Instagram posts that lined up with his erstwhile societal media enactment starring up to the Crisis Core remake. As told by ‘nibelbound’ connected X, Gackt posted astir returning to a workplace helium hadn’t visited successful “over 10 years” to execute immoderate dependable recordings conscionable 4 days earlier the Crisis Core remake was announced astatine Summer Game Fest 2022.

Of course, a Dirge of Cerberus remake isn’t the lone thought sparking a furor among Final Fantasy Fans; others speculate that this means Genesis could marque an quality successful Final Fantasy VII Revelation, which is acceptable to beryllium shown disconnected astatine Gamescom 2026.

It wouldn’t beryllium a implicit scope to deliberation so, either; Revelation manager Naoki Hamaguchi precocious doubled down connected connecting each the Final Fantasy VII spinoffs into the game’s ending, making peculiar notation of Crisis Core and Dirge of Cerberus.

"There are a batch of different titles wrong the VII universe. So, we're talking astir Advent Children, we're talking astir Dirge of Cerberus, Crisis Core. And we privation to bring each of those successful and marque definite we're not leaving those out,” helium said successful an interrogation with YouTuber Ashif’s Release Notes astatine Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival Berlin 2026.

“And past connected apical of that, erstwhile we person each of those successful place, we're looking towards the ending. And past the question is, what benignant of ending are we going to caput for successful Revelation that inactive has those ties? And I deliberation that's thing that I truly anticipation players volition look guardant to uncovering out."

With Dirge of Cerberus's storyline getting immoderate clip to radiance successful Ever Crisis, on with subtle nods to the crippled successful Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade, it's looking much apt than ever that DoC, arsenic good arsenic Genesis, could beryllium getting a long-awaited 'Reunion' with their fans, if you will. (I'm present each week, folks.)

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