Star Ocean: The Last Hope North American release moved up; dev team says no to PS3 version

Star Ocean: The Last Hope‘s release date has been moved! Don’t worry though, the move is not necessarily a delay. In fact, it’s been moved up eight days earlier. Yep, Square Enix apparently wanted to give you an earlier treat and so has bounced up the date to February 24, 2009 for the North American Xbox 360 fans.

Star Ocean‘s release date has been moved! Don’t worry though, the move is not necessarily a delay. In fact, it’s been moved up eight days earlier. Yep, Square Enix apparently wanted to give you an earlier treat and so has bounced up the date to February 24, 2009 for the North American Xbox 360 fans.

But what of the PS3 version you ask? Unfortunately (and this is probably the catch to that good news), there will be no PS3 iteration for Star Ocean: The Last Hope. In an interview with IGN, the development team was asked pointblank if there is “any chance of seeing Star Ocean 4 made for the PlayStation 3″. The quick, no-frills, no hope answer: “there are currently no plans for a PlayStation 3 version.”

Oh well, maybe next time.

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