Square Enix is planning several new multi-platformed titles, including "The Last Remnant" for X360 and PS3, "Star Ocean: The First Departure" and "Star Ocean: The Second Evolution" for PSP, and Final Fantasy XII: International Zodiac Job System, a remix of North America's version of FFXII, for PS2. Also, Enix also announced new games in the Final Fantasy Chrystal Chronicles series, as well as games featuring "chocobos" for the DS and Gamecube.

By Paul Sinclair | Posted on May 11, 2007

As a precursor to its upcoming Square Enix Party in Japan, Square Enix unveiled a number of both previously announced and new forthcoming titles in development for multiple platforms, at a press conference at its headquarters.

According to our friends at GameSpot via GamaSutra, a key announcement made during the Square Enix press conference came in the form of The Last Remnant, a new original action RPG being developed for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Designed to appeal to a global audience rather than just those players in Japan, The Last Remnant's lead developeris Nobuyuki Ueda, and is being built using Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3 middleware technology.

The company originally licensed the technology from Epic earlier this year, stating at that time that the publisher is “now building a combined technology platform to use throughout the company, utilizing proprietary technologies as well as third-party solutions such as Unreal Engine 3”.

Among the titles announced are the following. For PSP, two new titles, Star Ocean: The First Departure and Star Ocean: The Second Evolution are PSP remakes of the first two games in the franchise. With updated 3D graphics, voice overs and new in-game content. Enix also revealed that curently in collaboration with developers tri-Ace on the next game in the series, Star Ocean 4.....

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