Remaster of The Last Remnant Coming December 6 for PlayStation 4

There will be a remaster of The Last Remnant, a JRPG from Square Enix. The publisher will release it on December 6 on the PlayStation 4. The original game was released in late 2008 for Xbox 360 and in Spring 2009 for Windows. The PC version is no longer for sale.

In an interview on the PlayStation blog, director Koichiro Sakamoto says the remaster will be made with Unreal Engine 4. The original game was built on Unreal Engine 3. No new content will be added to the game. Square Enix shows a short teaser video and screenshots of the new version.

The Last Remnant is set in a war-torn world. The main character Rush Sykes has to search for magical objects, which are partly responsible for the origin of several wars. The player creates teams of up to five characters and can take five teams on a mission. Battles are turn based.

In addition to the original release of the Xbox 360 version and the Windows version, the game was also intended to be released for the PlayStation 3. However, that version was never released, it is not known why.

As of September 5, The Last Remnant is no longer available on Steam. The makers say on the Valve platform that it is not yet known if and when the Windows version of the game will go on sale again.