SquareNet has published a report saying that AC may be released in Europe at the end of 2005:

Square Enix: Complete Jump Scans/European Release of FF7AC
News of 14.05.2005 around 12:48

The day before yesterday we reported on the articles in Jump about Final Fantasy XII, Final Fantasy VII Advent Children and Dirge of Cerberus. Complete scans of those articles have emerged:

Complete Advent Children Scan at SquareNet
Complete Dirge of Cerberes Scan at SquareNet
Complete FFXII Scan at SquareNet

Besides that, EuroGamer has stated that both the DVD and UMD versions of FFVII Advent Children will be published at the end of 2005 in Europe. However, this has not been confirmed yet.

Source: SquareNet

Note: The article at Eurogamer says that an SE representative did confirm a release in Europe by the end of the year. The article from Eurogamer can be seen below.

Well it's good to know that they aren't being ignored! And by the end of this year is a lot better than in another year or something. :blink:

Ah, not as long a wait as I thought, then. Thanks for the info, Aly! Seems like it'll be two-three months after it's released in Japan and the US. I'll still probably import, though. :lol:

More about the European release from Eurogamer:

Advent Children Update
by Ellie Gibson, 13/05/2005, 14:00

Square-Enix has confirmed to Eurogamer that Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, the feature film sequel to the hit 1997 game, is slated for a European release by the end of the year.

A Squenix representative told us that the movie will go on sale - both on DVD and UMD - "by the end of 2005". That's providing everything goes to plan, apparently, but the representative promised: "We're doing our best to get it out this year."

The news follows reports on US websites saying that the film will get a simultaneous DVD release in Japan and North America on September 14. There's still no word of an official UMD launch date, however.

Inside sources tell us that this is because Sony Pictures and Sony Computer Entertainment are still discussing how to handle release dates for the two formats. In fact, we hear they're squabbling over opting for simultaneous launches, versus giving one format priority over the other. Well now.

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children is set two years after the game ended, and sees our old friend Cloud with the weight of the world on his shoulders once again. A mysterious illness is spreading throughout the land, laying waste to the population and decimating stocks of Lemsip, and only he can defeat the evil force behind it all. With the help of a couple of mates, obviously.

You can see some stills from the movie - and very pretty they are too, in a sort of David Bowie in Labyrinth / L'oreal Studio Line way - [Gallery of Screenshots].

Source: Eurogamer

Vagueness. urgh. :lol: Still, at least they've givan a sort-of date. :lol:

You'd better make sure that your dvd player has all regions. Some regions won't play on others. :(