May 2019

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

Square Enix

Square Enix has announced on Twitter that Star Ocean: First Departure R, the first entry in the Star Ocean series, will be released on PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch.

Star Ocean is an action RPG developed by tri-Ace and released in 1996 for the Super Nintendo only in Japan. In 2007 and 2008 Star Ocean: First Departure, an enhanced remake of the original version with additional features, was released on PlayStation Portable.

A release date and price has not been announced.

Star Ocean: First Departure R announcement

Final Fantasy VII

On Friday Square Enix has announced on Twitter that they have released patch 1.01 for the Nintendo Switch and Xbox One version of Final Fantasy VII which fixes a very old audio bug.

The audio bug caused the background music to restart after each battle. This bug was introduced in the iOS version that was developed by D4 Enterprise and released on 19 August 2015. The PlayStation 4 version, that was developed by DotEmu and released on 5 December 2015, also contained this bug. Both versions have never been patched, which makes this decision strange. Square Enix should patch these versions too to reduce the differences between versions.

All ports of Final Fantasy IX also containes the same bug.

Another bug that was patched is the black screen before and after a FMV cutscene.

Final Fantasy VII can be played on PlayStation, PC, iOS devices, Android devices, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and Xbox One.

Final Fantasy VII logo

Final Fantasy VII Remake

During last night's State of Play presentation from Sony a new trailer of Final Fantasy VII Remake has been revealed. It is the first trailer in over three years.

In this one minute during trailer new gameplay footage was shown of the early stages in the game in Midgar where we are introduced to AVALANCHE. We also see the scene were Aerith gives Cloud a flower. At the end a glimpse of Sephiroth is shown.

At the end of the trailer the text "More to come in June" is shown. Most likely Square Enix will reveal more footage of the game during the E3 2019, which starts on 11 June.