Oops, looks like someone at Square Enix forgot to pay the licensing fee for the image. Either that, or Getty Images has officially become part of the Final Fantasy 7 legend, and as Kotaku (opens in new tab) points out, the just-released Crisis Core remaster has left some nasty stock images in a few places.

The Shinra mansion in Chapter 8 is dotted with numerous antique paintings, including the Getty Feed piece in question. Although not very noticeable from a distance, when one gets closer, one can clearly see the watermark affixed to the center of the painting. It is an 1881 work by John Crowther depicting London's Ludgate Circus (open in new tab). The painting was enlarged and stretched to fit into a horizontal frame, but apparently could not be stretched enough to remove the huge watermark.

An open question is whether this is a lump from the original PSP version; finding the watermark on a 4-inch screen must have been much more difficult than on a screen six or seven times that size. It is also unclear whether Square Enix got a little cocky in trying to avoid paying the licensing fee (about US$450 for this image alone), or whether it was a placeholder that they forgot to remove before release.

In her Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion review (opens in new tab), Kerry Brunskill gives the remastering high marks. She gives it an 86 and writes: Crisis Core Reunion is a game that has lightly escaped the long shadow of Final Fantasy 7, and with Pixel Remastered, Tactics Ooga, and now Crisis Core Reunion, Square Enix's back Pixel Remastered, Tactics Ooga, and now Crisis Core Reunion have made it clear that Square Enix's back catalog is in safe hands.