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Star Ocean 5 RPG Slated for Summer in the West

Square Enix announced during its Star Log live stream on Monday that it will release the Star Ocean 5: Integrity and Faithlessness role-playing game in North America and Europe on PlayStation 4 this summer. The game will have both English and Japanese audio. Though the Japanese version of the game will have a PlayStation 3 version, Square Enix did not announce a PS3 version for the game's Western release.

In addition, Square Enix began streaming a story trailer and two highlight videos for the characters Miki and Fidel on Monday. All three videos feature the English dub.

Square Enix will release the game in Japan on the and PlayStation 4 in Japan on March 31 after a delay, and on the PlayStation 3 on April 28.

Square Enix describes the game:

STAR OCEAN, the epic, sci-fi RPG saga that takes players to the stars and beyond, makes its triumphant return with its forthcoming fifth installment in the series. The title is developed by tri-Ace, the celebrated studio behind each of the previous iterations, with character designs by akiman (Akira Yasuda).

At this point in history, between the second and third games in the series, the Pangalactic Federation is nearing the fulfilment of its mission: Peace and order throughout the galaxy. However, the embers of conflict begin to stir once more on the planet of Faykreed, 6,000 light years from Earth, as a new story begins in the ocean of stars.

Enix and tri-Ace released the first Star Ocean game for the Super Famicom console in 1996. The Last Game in the franchise, Star Ocean 4 (Star Ocean: The Last Hope), shipped on the Xbox 360 in 2009, with a PS3 international version shipping in 2010.

The video game series inspired Mayumi Azuma's Star Ocean: The Second Story manga in 1998 and its 2001 television anime Star Ocean EX. Geneon released the anime in North America. Aoi Mizuki's Star Ocean: Blue Sphere manga launched in 2002, and Akira Kanda debuted the Star Ocean: Till the End of Time manga in 2003.

[Via Gematsu]