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During the latest Nintendo Direct Square Enix has announced the release date of Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion that will be 13 December 2022. The remaster features HD graphics, enhanced 3D-models, a fully voice-acted dialogue and a new arrangement for the soundtrack.

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII is an action RPG that was released in 2007 on the PlayStation Portable and is the prequel to Final Fantasy VII. The game is part of the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII and follows the original story of SOLDIER 1st Class Zack Fair on his mission to find missing SOLDIER Genesis Rhapsodos, unraveling the stories of Cloud, Sephiroth, Aerith, Tifa and more.

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion will be released on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Steam. Square Enix has published an article on their website about the game, the characters and battle system. Below you can watch the release date trailer.

After being leaked last year from NVIDIA GeForce NOW and recently from the PlayStation Store, Square Enix has officially announced Tactics Ogre: Reborn, the remaster from the PlayStation Portable game Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together. It will be released on 11 November 2022 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam.

Tactics Ogre: Reborn is set in The Valerian Isles, jewels of the Obero Sea. Following many years of conflict, there finally rose a man to put an end to this: Dorgalua Oberyth. Known as the "Dynast-King,” he brought peace and prosperity to Valeria for half a century. After his death, a civil war erupts and throws the isles of Valeria into a bloody struggle for power between three warring factions. In Tactics Ogre: Reborn, players follow the story of a young man, Denam Pavel, caught in the center of the bloodshed. Although he seeks a path of freedom and justice, players will soon discover that even the noblest of goals requires impossibly difficult decisions to be made.

Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together was released in 1995 on the Super Famicom in Japan only. Later it was ported to the Sega Saturn and PlayStation. In 2010 it got a remake on the PlayStation Portable.

New updates and features include:

• Beautifully remastered graphics that enhance yet maintain the original distinctive visual style
• Fully voiced cutscenes in English & Japanese
• Full orchestral re-recording of the game’s soundtrack
• Assorted quality of life updates, such as:
  • Redesigned battle system
  • Adjusted level management system
  • Reworked AI
  • Simplified and improved UI

You can watch the announcement trailer below.

The remaster of Chrono Cross, Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition, is now available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam.

Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition includes the following features:

• 3D models converted to HD*
• Brand new artwork and character redesign by Nobuteru Yuuki*
• Refined background music by Yasunori Mitsuda
• Switch enemy encounters on or off
• Background filter feature*
• Battle enhancement features
• Auto-battle function
• French, Italian, German and Spanish localization now added
• Switch between imitation pixel font and HD font*
• The inclusion of Radical Dreamers, never before released in the West. 
• Players can choose between playing with original or updated graphics*

Chrono Cross was released back in 1999 on the original PlayStation and tells the story of Serge, who one day wanders into an alternate world. The game is set in the same world as Chrono Trigger and is linked.

Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition is released digital only in most regions. However in Asia a physical version will be released. If you want a physical version (like me), you can order it at Playasia.

You can watch the launch trailer here.

During the latest Sony's State of Play Square Enix has announced that they've released a new demo of the upcoming game Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin. This third demo of the game is now available to play on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S.

The demo allows players to explore Pravoka Seagrot and the Western Keep, experience new playstyles in battle with the addition of multiple new jobs that were not available in the previous two demos and fight against an array of new enemies. Players can also try out the game’s multiplayer function*, allowing up to three people to play together and battle monsters as an online party. Save data from the demo will be carried over to the full game so you can continue the journey.

Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin is an action RPG developed by Team Ninja (Ninja Gaiden and Nioh) where you play as Jack together with his allies as they throw open the gates to the Chaos Shrine and step into a world of dark fantasy and exhilarating battles to discover if they are truly the Warriors of Light the prophecy foretold. The game will be released on 18 March 2022 on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC via the Epic Games Store.

Below you can watch the Chaos awaits trailer.