September 2008

Here you can find news items that were posted on Hell and Heaven Net in the past.

Square Enix has announced that Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories will be released in North America at 2 December, 2008 for the PlayStation 2. Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories is the 3D remake of Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories for the Game Boy Advance and fills the gap between Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II. The game was released in Japan in March 2007 together with Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix+.

Square Enix has also released the box art of the North American version on their members blog and a little teaser website has been opened.

» Official website

Square Enix has announced their line-up for this years Tokyo Game Show.

Playable

- Dissidia: Final Fantasy (PlayStation Portable)
- Final Fantasy IV: The After (Mobile)
- Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales 2 (Nintendo DS)
- Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon DS+ (Nintendo DS)
- Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days (Nintendo DS)
- Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (PlayStation Portable)
- The Last Remnant (Xbox 360)
- Pingu's Wonderful Carnival (Nintendo DS)
- Snoopy DS: Let's Go Meet Snoopy and His Friends (Nintendo DS)
- Song Summonor: The Unsung Heroes (iPod)
- Star Ocean: The Last Hope (Xbox 360)
- Valkyrie Profile: The Accused One (Nintendo DS)

Trailer only
- Chrono Trigger (Nintendo DS)
- Dragon Quest IX (Nintendo DS)
- Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete (Blu-ray)
- Final Fantasy XI (PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox 360)
- Final Fantasy XIII (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
- Final Fantasy Versus XIII (PlayStation 3)
- Final Fantasy Agito XIII (PlayStation Portable)
- Kingdom Hearts coded (Mobile)
- The 3rd Birthday (PlayStation Portable)

The Tokyo Game Show will be held from 9th till 12th October. Let's hope some interesting new titles will be announced.

11/09 Update: Good news! The Last Remnant and Star Ocean: The Last Hope will also be playable on the Tokyo Game Show. I have updated the list.

Star Ocean 4

According to the manual that comes with the American version of Infinite Undiscovery Star Ocean: The Last Hope will only be released on Xbox 360.

Star Ocean: The Last Hope only on Xbox 360

Let's hope that the game will also be released on the PlayStation 3, like what happened with other Xbox 360 exclusive titles (Bioshock, Enchanted Arms, Lost Planet).

Source: NeoGAF

Previous week Square Enix has offered to buy Tecmo, the creators of the Dead or Alive series and Ninja Gaiden. It would be a friendly takeover to strengthen themselves against larger overseas companies. However today Tecmo has declined the offer. Reason they gave is that they want to merge with Koei instead to boost the coporate value.