Last Remnant, ironically dubbed Square Enix's first multiplatform title has still yet to hit the PS3, and indeed may never according to a Chris Kohler's recent experience at the GDC. When Square Enix's Hiroshi Takai was asked whether the PS3 version of the game was still happening, he was greeted with total silence. Though after its poor reception and average sales they wouldn't be blamed for dropping the game.

Quite a release week, for PC gamers especially. First we get (finally) Dark Sector, initially planned for simultaneous release, then The Last Remnant, Battleforge..life's pretty good. Although we can't recommend you pick up Dark Sector as it contains that horrid Starforce DRM.

There isn't really much exclusive stuff (not a bad thing, really), with PS3, Xbox 360 and PC owners alike receiving Stormrise, Wanted, and Wheelman, with the latter two seeing Legends of Wrestlemania.

DS owners ca...

A benchmark tool for the PC version of The Last Remnant is now available on the game's Japanese website, so you can see how well the game will or will not run on your rig. Grab it here (it's a 274 MB file).

Requirements are pretty steep:

Minimum
Windows XP SP 2 / Windows Vista SP 1
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo (2GHz) / AMD Athlon X2 (2GHz)
RAM: 1.5 GB Ram
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 VRAM 256 Mb
Sound Card: Direct X 9.0c compatible
15 GB Hard Disk space

Recommended
Windows Vist...

"Yusuke Naora, one of the developers who worked on the Japanese company's latest RPG, The Last Remnant, goes on to defend especially the teenage main characters...

“The format of the RPG lends itself well to having a teenage protagonist. Usually you’re playing for many hours, taking a character on a journey from a relatively weak state to one of power and maturity, a gameplay journey that mirrors that of a teenager moving into adulthood. That’s certainly one of the reasons it works well hav..."

"6:00 AM - Romp through the garden with your pets.
Slightly obvious imo: Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise, Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise, of course there is the sad chance it could be one of those many many (many) Ubisoft Petz games

8:00 AM - A PS3 game that dreams are made of.
A couple of choices here that all kind of make sense: LittleBigPlanet, Eternal Sonata, SingStar

11:00 AM - This should hold you over on Xbox 360 until Final Fantasy XIII releases.
These two Square games come to ..."

"Square Enix developer Hiroshi Takai has given a big endorsement to Microsoft's console, stating that it's "a lot easier" to work with than the PS3.

"It's been the team's first time working with Xbox 360 and the Unreal Engine," he said. "In both cases the experience has been a positive one. In fact, as we've only just finished work on Last Remnant I don't even know what my next project is going to be at Square Enix. However, I'm very much hoping it'll be for Xbox 360 as it's been a lot easi..."

"Square Enix Ltd., the publisher of Square Enix interactive entertainment products in Europe and other PAL territories, today announces that the forthcoming Games for Windows version of The Last Remnant will be released across all PAL territories in Spring 2009..."

Electronic Theatre reports on the confirmation of the availability of Official Japanese Import Soundtrack CDs from SquareEnix. The collection includes soundtracks from The Last Remnant, Infinite Undiscovery, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy X and more...

"The Last Remnant is a completely original adventure title, benefiting from the finest creative talent to build a lush, real-time fantasy world. The game's battle system has been carefully crafted to deliver a brand-new experience for gamers, as they control forces in massive cinematic battles.

Players who pre-order The Last Remnant now will receive..."

The XBOX360 timed-exclusive The Last Remnant which is set for release on November 20th 2008, may be on many peoples wish list, but if it isn't already, the Pre-Order bonus may help swing it for you.

Be sure to keep checking back on more details about the gameplay about the game...

With, you guessed it, another Closed Mega Theatre !

... Don't you just love Square Enix ?

Besides the infamous theatre Square Enix will also have demo booths for Dissidia Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days amongst others. Looking good !

"Square Enix has released new details about its upcoming multi-platform RPG The Last Remnant. First off are details about some of the main cast: Rush and Irina Sykes, David Nassau, and the four generals of Athlum.

Rush is the main character, a youth raised far from the struggle for Remnants, who is dragged into the conflict when his sister Irina is kidnapped. She is captured by a mysterious group that seeks to learn about the mysterious power hidden within her that even she knows nothing a..."

When Square Enix announced their Tokyo Game Show line up with no designated form for The Last Remnant or Star Ocean 4, it was a given that they would appear as trailer only titles. But Square Enix seem to have done something spontaneous for once and have today announced that both games will be playable at the Tokyo Game Show, coming up in a few weeks time.

Square Enix has created their website for the upcoming Tokyo Game Show, and has uploaded their show lineup:

[NDS] Snoopy DS: Let's Go Meet Snoopy and His Friends [Playable, Video]
[NDS] Cid and Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon: Toki Wasure no Meikyuu DS+ [Playable, Video]
[NDS] Valkyrie Profile: Toga wo Seou Mono [Playable, Video]
[NDS] Pingu's WakuWaku Carnival [Playable, Video]
[360] The Last Remnant
[NDS] Chrono Trigger [Video]
[PSP] Dissidia Final Fantasy [Playable, Video]
[NDS] Cho...

"Square Enix president Yoichi Wada has told GamesIndustry.biz that the RPG specialist is neutral when it comes to dealing with publishing and platform partners.

"We always consider the territory and hardware for titles, and I just want to make sure that we're neutral about dealing with companies," said Wada speaking in an exclusive interview published today.

"In Japan we know that the Xbox 360 isn't really that strong yet, but for me I feel very calm about dealing with any company, and w..."

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• Cocktail Cuties Anime Theme: 150 MS Points and available everywhere.

* Wanted Theme: Free and only available in the UK.
* Wanted GamerPics: Free and only available in the UK.
* Kung-Fu Panda Launch Trailer: Free and available everywhere.
* Last Remnant Trailer 2: Free and available everywhere.
* Star Ocean: The Last Hope: Cornelia Trailer: Free and available
everywhere.
* Prince Of Persia Trailer: Free and available everywhere.
* Rock Band - MTV2 Pac..."

Infinite Undiscovery, the first in a series, will be out Septemeber 2 for North America, Septemeber 5 for Europe, and Japan on Septemeber 11. Certainly strange they're getting a game last, especially an RPG, but president John Yamamoto says they plan on making upcoming releases global events.

The Last Remnant, powered by the Unreal Engine 3 (as was Lost Odyssey), will be on the Xbox 360 this winter; its PS3 window is unknown.

Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope is set for the 360, to which it w...

With more news out of the Microsoft RPG Premiere 2008 in Japan, the Unreal Engine-powered The Last Remnant, published and developed by Square Enix, was announced to be a timed exclusive for the Xbox 360, with the PlayStation 3 version following at a later date. The game was originally touted to be the first multiplatform worldwide release for Square Enix.

The game features two main characters, one of whom, Rush Sykes, is geared to the Japanese, while the other, The Conqueror, is geared to...

"According to a reliable source at SCEJ, Square-Enix has something big planned for The Last Remnant's release. Or rather, they have two "something bigs" planned. First up: they will be including a 22-minute playable demo of Final Fantasy XIII with the PS3 version of The Last Remnant. This demo lets us play through a section of FFXIII that doesn't occur until a good 20 hours into the game, which leads us to believe the developers are progressing nicely. Heck, they might even be ahead of schedul..."

In the recent Famitsu issue here are the top 20 games most wanted from Japan's biggest games magazine. It's a really interesting list as what dominates the list in being No.1 is Dragon Quest IX for the Nintendo DS and then followed by Final Fantasy XIII which was at No.1. Third place comes the highly anticipated Resident Evil 5. A list containing top notch games. Too bad only one game from 360 makes it.

Speculation is currently looming over what Microsoft will be offering at the Tokyo Games Show tomorrow for there Xbox 360. Rumours build up from a great line up of products with the likes off Konami's Winning Eleven, Microsoft Game Studio's Halo 3, Koei's Blade Storm and Square Enix's The Last Remnant including many more. But I guess we will find out tomorrow for sure.