Square Enix to Discontinue Final Fantasy 7: The First Soldier in January 2023

Square Enix has confirmed that Final Fantasy 7: The First Soldier will cease operations on January 11, 2023. The game initially launched on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store on November 17, 2021. According to Square Enix, despite their best efforts to provide regular updates with new content, the game has not met expectations, leading to the difficult decision to end its service. The publisher will continue to release updates until the game goes offline. Launched in November 2021, the game had reached 2 million downloads by December of the same year. This marks the second live-service game that Square Enix has announced it will be discontinuing, following the upcoming shutdown of Babylon's Fall in February 2023.