The very first Star Ocean game saw a redistribution on the Playstation Portable in 2008, at the time, the only legit means players in the US would have had a chance to enjoy it. Well, now in the age of Remake-a-Mania, the tri-Ace developed RPG will receive a newer facelift on the Playstation 4 and the Nintendo Switch. The development of Star Ocean lead to a split within the development team, causing some of the staff to depart and form studio tri-Ace. In 2015, tri-Ace was acquired by Nepro Japan, a primarily mobile game based industry. This hasn't affected tri-Ace's plans to continue developing games for consoles, as 2016's Star Ocean Integrity and Faithlessness was their latest release.  

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STAR OCEAN First Departure R, the very first entry in the #StarOcean series - setting course for PS4 and Nintendo Switch.

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Star Ocean is noted for utilizing tech called Flexible Voice Driver, which allowed for audio voice clips to be used in battle, something that was a rarity for Super Famicom games at the time. First Departure R will also follow previous tri-Ace rereleases, 4K and Full HD remasters of Star Ocean The Last Hope from 2017 and Resonance of Fate in 2018.

Square Enix hasn’t announced a release date as of yet, or if First Departure will be a digital only or physical, so more details will be revealed in time.