Star Ocean 4 a PS3 exclusive, PSP Star Ocean character designers revealed

To those who are praying for Star Ocean 4 to go multiplatform, here’s a bit of bad news. Gaming magazine Famitsu just announced that Star Ocean 4 will be a PS3-exclusive title. Will this announcement be turned around on its head by Square Enix in the upcoming Tokyo Game Show?

While the details concerning Star Ocean 4 is a tad fuzzy at best, the screenshots in Famitsu revealed a few days ago should give gamers a clue as to what they can expect from this latest Square Enix title: spaceships, swords, and what seems to be moving statues, among others.

As for the PSP Star Ocean remakes, we just sniffed out a small but interesting detail regarding the remake of Tri-Ace‘s epic series: Production I.G., the anime studio behind beautifully-rendered hits such as Ghost in the Shell SAC, will be in charge of the new character designs as well as animated cutscenes, ensuring lots of eye candy in the handheld remake of earlier Star Ocean titles. It’s going to help a lot in carrying out Tri-Ace’s goal of making sure that the remakes feel like brand-new games.

Will Star Ocean 4 really be announced as a PS3-exclusive in the TGS? Or will Square Enix change its mind? What will be the end product of Production I.G.’s efforts on the PSP remakes? Do stay tuned as we sniff out more updates!

To those who are praying for Star Ocean 4 to go multiplatform, here’s a bit of bad news. Gaming magazine Famitsu just announced that Star Ocean 4 will be a PS3-exclusive title. Will this announcement be turned around on its head by Square Enix in the upcoming Tokyo Game Show?

While the details concerning Star Ocean 4 is a tad fuzzy at best, the screenshots in Famitsu revealed a few days ago should give gamers a clue as to what they can expect from this latest Square Enix title: spaceships, swords, and what seems to be moving statues, among others.

As for the PSP Star Ocean remakes, we just sniffed out a small but interesting detail regarding the remake of Tri-Ace‘s epic series: Production I.G., the anime studio behind beautifully-rendered hits such as Ghost in the Shell SAC, will be in charge of the new character designs as well as animated cutscenes, ensuring lots of eye candy in the handheld remake of earlier Star Ocean titles. It’s going to help a lot in carrying out Tri-Ace’s goal of making sure that the remakes feel like brand-new games.

Will Star Ocean 4 really be announced as a PS3-exclusive in the TGS? Or will Square Enix change its mind? What will be the end product of Production I.G.’s efforts on the PSP remakes? Do stay tuned as we sniff out more updates!