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Square Enix trailer has released the second trailer for the tri-Ace developed Star Ocean 4. You might remember this game when it was released on the Xbox 360 in February 2009. More »
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It's become a pattern: Game is released on the Xbox 360. Time passes and said game is then released on the PS3 with extra content and extra characters. Star Ocean 4 is no exception. More »
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The tri-Ace developed, Square Enix published Star Ocean: The Last Hope was released on the Xbox 360 earlier this year. The title is not an Xbox 360 exclusive, it's coming to the PlayStation 3. More »
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Star Ocean: The Last Hope was a good get for Microsoft, moving more than 420,000 copies on the Xbox 360, managing to become bestselling Xbox 360 game in Japan. That game may also be coming to the PlayStation 3. More »
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This month, Square Enix is releasing a pair of Star Ocean 4 posable toys from famed figure maker Kotobukiya. Check out hero Edge Maverick and heroine Reimi Saionji. More »
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Hong Kong doesn't only get an Xbox 360 truck, but a cosplay lady to go with it. More »
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Yoshinori Yamagishi, Square Enix's Star Ocean series producer, really wanted to make erotic games. We brought word of this back in January. When asked about this, Yamagishi can explain: More »
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Star Ocean 4 producer and frustrated erotic game developer Yoshinori Yamagishi really has faith in the power of video games to tell a story. More »
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Square Enix role-playing-game Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope has given Japanese companies another glimmer of hope for the Xbox 360. More »
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Star Ocean producer Yoshinori Yamagishi really wants to make erotic games. Square Enix has already nixed that idea, but that doesn't seem to have stopped Yamagishi from spicing up Star Ocean. More »
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Star Ocean: The Last Hope will be released on February 19th. The following week, a slightly different version will be released in North America. More »
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Xbox 360 title Star Ocean 4 is only a few days away from release. Perfect timing for some new Star Ocean 4 and a new character — the bird lady! And she wears glasses. More »
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This past Sunday from noon to 5pm, eight Xbox 360 demo kiosks playing Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope were rolled out at the Akihabara Yodobashi Camera. More »
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Microsoft today announced two new Xbox 360 bundles for Japan: Star Ocean 4 and Resident Evil 5. More »
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Since 2005, Square-Enix has had a YouTube channel. Since last month, they've actually been putting videos on it. Just today, they put up a new trailer of Star Ocean 4. More »
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About two weeks ago, Japanese gaming weekly bible Famitsu revealed white-hot details on the upcoming Star Ocean: The Last Hope, including the name of the battle system, which, as the headline says, is ridiculous. More »
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Most games at TGS had one booth. Maybe two. Some more high-profile titles had 3-4 booths, some AAA titles like LittleBigPlanet had 10-12. Star Ocean 4, on the other hand, had around 25-30 machines running at the Microsoft stand, giving you a fair indication of how important this game is to the company, who are hoping it can be their next big, console-selling exclusive after Tales of Vesperia. So how's it shaping up? It's shaping up as a safe, safe game. Like most Japanese games on the showroom floor, if you stripped back the graphical improvements a new generation of hardware has brought, you'd be forgiven for thinking you were playing a PS2 game. You still wander a linear overworld, you still encounter enemies, you still engage in closed-off battles with your party, the action is still punctuated by text-based conversation. Basically, if you like Star Ocean – or JRPGs in general – you know what you're getting yourself into before you even drop the disc into your 360. What you won't be ready for will be this game's graphics. The in-game action looks crisp and clean, with a vibrant colour palette and bold character designs helping the game stand out on the 360 amongst the its Square Enix & Mistwalker competition. Cutscenes using the in-game engine look even better, with so few ragged edges around the player models that they trump many other game's rendered sequences. As for Star Ocean 4's rendered sequences…they're simply amazing. I didn't catch many on the showroom floor, but in an interview with the game's producer Yoshinori Yamagishi, they had a 50" LCD running the game's intro sequence. And I know, this was so rude, but I couldn't help but be continually distracted by it. If you're the type to grind through a JRPG for the fluff sequences, you won't find many better than those in this game. As for the mechanics of the game, new nuts & bolts, etc, sadly the demo ran for only 10 minutes or so, enough time to only get a few quick battles in and go for a run outside before the game shut down. Still, from what I saw, I didn't notice much new stuff. Combat did seem a little easier than previous games, with switching between characters being a lot faster, and there were a range of new charged attacks available for each character, and…that was about it. As with most JRPG titles this generation, it seemed a case of same old gameplay, shiny new graphics. Which may seem lazy to most (including myself), but hey, to Star Ocean fans, it's probably exactly what you're after. More »
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Back on Monday, Square Enix announced its big Tokyo Game Show plans. The company hadn't then decided in what form The Last Remnant and Star Ocean 4 would take at the show — whether they'd just be new trailers or actually playable. Well, Square Enix has made of its mind and yes, both games will be playable on the TGS show floor. Not only that, there will be trailers, too. So when you're not playing, you can be watching. And when you're not doing that, you can be doing other things. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5048282&view=rss&microfeed=true Tonight's Microsoft Japan RPG press event wasn't all about announcements. There were videos, too! Here's two of them. Above, a trailer for Squeenix & Tri-Ace's Star Ocean 4, helpfully (and relatively tastefully) dubbed in English for all us English-speaking sorts. After the jump, an Infinite Undiscovery clip that takes the old trailer, keeps the cheese and throws in a few new scenes to try and hold your attention. More »
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Square Enix still isn't revealing which platform tri-Ace's upcoming RPG will appear on. (Hey, maybe they don't know yet!) In the new issue of Famitsu the game's platform is listed as TBA. Other new info? Star Ocean 4 is actually a prequel, and the developer originally wanted to call the game Star Ocean 0. Apparently, players will also have a party, and the game's battle system will be similar to past titles. tri-Ace is considering networked functionality, but nothing's set in stone so far. No release date, either. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=375404&view=rss&microfeed=true Direct from Square Enix's 2008 Jump Festa and GEMAGA.com, this is the trailer for Square Enix's Star Ocean 4, displaying some pretty impressive CG, and really nothing else. There are stars, and I am pretty sure I spied an ocean down there. Who knew Square Enix could create such stunning CG? What, everybody? Oh. It's true that Squenix CG trailers are a dime a dozen these days while gameplay clips of their big RPGs are few and far between. All they really tell us is that the company believes in the game enough to invest the time and money on creating a short teaser. Still, I do love me some Star Ocean! More »
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