tri-Ace teaming up with Square-Enix for next RPG Posted in Gaming News of the Day, Xbox 360 Latest News on May 23rd, 2008 by iTZKooPA Developer tri-Ace and Square-Enix announce a new RPG in the works for Xbox360. Read More Tags: Infinite Undiscovery, square enix, tri-ace, xbox360 | Leave a Comment « Previous Entries Search Our Blog Search Categories Arcade Gaming (11) Classic Gaming News (19) Cool New Game Gadgets (29) Gaming News of the Day (279) Handheld Head
Infinite Undiscovery, the Colab effort between Square-Enix and tri-ACE has been given an official release date! This XBox360 RPG will be released on September 2, 2008. Not only that, but it will be released in both the United States AND Japan on the day, so no waiting for us on the other side of the Ocean! As Square-Enix states: “With the simultaneous release of Infinite Undiscovery, Square Enix is entering an exciting new period of delivering great gaming experiences to our fans all around the
As our own clever trousers Noun told us yesterday, Square has finally announced a date for Tri-Ace's (Star Ocean, Valkyrie Profile) new JRPG, Infinite Undiscovery. We got a few screen shots to ogle at and now we have a beautiful trailer as well. I really like the character models (although the lipsync looks atrocious) and the game looks just beautiful. I have been getting more into RPG's lately since my dive into the beautiful world of Eternal Sonata so I am looking forward to checking this o
Infinite Undiscovery tiene fecha de salida para Septiembre
El titulo Infinite Undiscovery, exclusividad de Square Enix para el sistema Xbox 360, llegará a las tiendas de todo el globo de forma simultánea a partir del próximo mes de Septiembre. Concretamente, los seguidores de la compañÃa japonesa ya pueden apuntar en sus agendas el dÃa 2 de dicho mes. El juego narra la historia de jóvenes que se verán envueltos en un mundo de fantasÃa y tragedia El tÃtulo está siendo desarrollado por Tri-ace, responsables entre otros de Star Ocean o Valkyrie Profile,
The group exclusively makes console RPGs, and is known for giving their games action-packed battle systems and deep skill systems. This trademark style began when the founders of tri-Ace originally worked for Telenet Japan's Wolfteam, and had created Tales of Phantasia. This game, published by Namco, is a precursor to tri-Ace's own Star Ocean games in several ways; i.e. an action battle system where the player controls one character and AI controls others in the party and special battle skills that the player can assign to different buttons. (Radiata Stories is the latest example of this design.) Besides the Star Ocean series, they also released Valkyrie Profile in 1999. Their most recent release (as of October 2006) is Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria, released in the United States by Square Enix on September 26th, 2006.
The company's sound programmer Hiroya Hatsushiba formed tri-Crescendo in 1999 which has since independently developed Baten Kaitos.
Titles
Super Famicom
Star Ocean: Released July 19, 1996
Game Boy Color
Star Ocean: Blue Sphere: Released June 28, 2001
PlayStation
Star Ocean: The Second Story: Released July 30, 1998
Valkyrie Profile: Released December 22, 1999
PlayStation 2
Radiata Stories: Released January 27, 2005
Star Ocean: Till the End of Time: Released February 27, 2003
Star Ocean: Till the End of Time: Director's Cut: Released January 27, 2004
Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria: Released June 22, 2006
PlayStation Portable
Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth (Port not handled by tri-Ace): Released March 2, 2006
Star Ocean: The First Departure
Star Ocean: The Second Evolution
Xbox 360
Infinite Undiscovery: (In development)
Nintendo DS
Valkyrie Profile: Toga wo seou mono: (In Development)
TBA
Star Ocean 4: (In development)
Recurring Characters
tri-Ace is known for taking characters from one game and placing them as optional, extremely difficult enemies in another, usually as part of bonus dungeons or other extra. Star Ocean: Till the End of Time features Lenneth Valkyrie and Freya from Valkyrie Profile as optional bosses; Radiata Stories features Valkyrie again, as well as Lezard Valeth. The main character of the game, Jack Russel, has a suit of armor that makes him look identical to Fayt Leingod, the main protagonist from Star Ocean: Till the End of Time. Also notable is that Ganz Rothschild wears a costume that makes him look identical to Claude Kenni from Star Ocean: The Second Story later on after he is expelled from the Radiata Knights. The optional enemies Gabriel Celesta and Iselia Queen/Iseria Queen (sometimes localized as 'Ethereal Queen') are also present in most tri-Ace titles, and are usually the most powerful and difficult foes in the entire game.
