Star Ocean: The Last Hope goes International on the PS3 @ Gaming Target

Written by John Scalzo on September 17, 2009

News: Formerly Xbox 360-exclusive RPG gets a PS3 port.

Square-Enix has announced they will be bringing the previously Xbox 360-exclusive fourth chapter of the Star Ocean saga to the PlayStation 3 in 2010. Dubbed Star Ocean: The Last Hope International, the game will be developed by Tri-Ace and it will be available in stores on February 9.

The PS3 port will be unchanged from the Xbox 360 version that was released a year ago, but it will live up to it's International moniker by including voiceover options in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish and Japanese. This is no doubt made possible by the expanded storage space of Blu-Ray.

In case the game didn't make an impression on you during its Xbox 360 days, here's a quick summary of the story...

The year is A.D. 2087. In the aftermath of World War III, Earth has been ravaged and the population decimated by a deteriorating environment. The countries that survived have joined together to form the Greater Unified Nations and turned their eyes skyward...to space.

Edge Maverick and his childhood friend Reimi Saionji are chosen as pioneer members of the Space Reconnaissance Force, which was created to seek out new worlds beyond the stars. Their ship, the Calnus, takes its place on the lunar launch pad along with four other starships of the first reconnaissance fleet. These ships Ц humanity's last hope Ц blast off one-by-one and sail into the awaiting wormhole that leads to the vast star ocean.

And so, Edge and his crew begin their voyage in search of a new haven for humanity... and a second chance.

We'll have more soon.