We haven't heard any official word about Square Enix porting over Valkyrie Profile: Toga wo Seou Mono (Valkyrie Profile: The Accused One), then here's something that may give you a ray of hope. A check over at the TARR web servers revealed a filed trademark for "Covenant of the Plume." How's this connected to Valkyrie Profile for the DS? Read on in the full article.

Heads up, Valkyrie Profile fans! We finally have solid proof that Square Enix and tri-Ace's Valkyrie Profile: The Accused One for the Nintendo DS is not just a cruel joke from the goddesses of fate. What we have is its Japanese debut trailer oozing with CG goodness, and you can find it at the full article.

When a game company has been building up toward the release of a highly-anticipated game, a blowout is just what players need to go gaga. All you fans of Square Enix's Star Ocean: Second Evolution and Star Ocean 4 will finally get the chance to celebrate - the company has confirmed such an event for next week.

More role-playing goodness follows after the jump.

Finally, more information and new screenshots for the much awaited Valkyrie Profile: The Accused One for the Nintendo DS! While they're not much, they're certainly enough to fuel guesses and speculations about the upcoming game's gameplay system and storyline. Check out what we've got so far in the full article.

   

Take note of the capital S in the title. (It's not a typo, this writer just felt the need to put emphasis on the plural of Star Ocean, you'll know what we mean in a bit.) Square Enix held a Pre-Conference Meeting at its HQ in Shinjuku and let's just say there was a deluge of new info about the upcoming titles.

Squeenix is definitely giving the Sony PlayStation Portable a lot of love. They're releasing three Star Ocean titles, two of which are for the PSP. Yup, you read that right. Star Ocean: First Departure is a full makeover'd version of the original Super Famicom video game (it was only released in Japan). Second up is Star Ocean: Second Evolution which is also a remake for the original PSOne Star Ocean: The Second Story. Star Ocean 4 is still under development by the original devs for the series, tri-Ace. There wasn't any info on what platforms it will be released on and an ETA.

Shinji Hashimoto announced a new Wii title under the working title Chocobo's Dungeon: Toki-Wasure no Meikyuu. It will be released in honor of the 10th anniversary of the Chocobo franchise. Reportedly, it will serve as a follow up of the DS Chocobo Tales and will feature familiar characters and locations. The difference would be that the title will focus on dungeon gameplay instead of a bunch of minigames. Producer Yuki Yokoyama concluded:

Finally, a word for those who enjoyed Chocobo Tales, we are including something special that should be very familiar to you to discover, and I hope you're looking forward to this title as much as I am.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers were discussed by Akitoshi Kawazu, executive producer of the series. He indicated that Ring of Fates will be coming to Nintendo's handheld and will be utilizing the DS' WiFi capabilities. Ring of Fates will be more focused on traditional action RPG gameplay with good special effects. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates will be released in August 23 in Japan - a bit later than what Square Enix had planned. A short in game footage for The Crystal Bearers for the Wii was shown featuring sky ships and other impressive elements.

Lastly, the Square Enix announced Final Fantasy XII: International Zodiac Job System (definitely a mouthful) which is scheduled for a August 9 release. Hiroyuki Ito, producer and director for the title indicated that a secret DVD will be included. The North American version of the game will be English dubbed and will feature a 16:9 widescreen mode. According to Ito, "the Zodiac Job System now enables players to create characters that adhere more closely to classic Final Fantasy job systems, like White Mage, Red Mage and Black Mage."

Looks like we've got a lot to expect from Square Enix this year. Expect more goodies as when the party really begins. Stay tuned.

New scans for the games announced earlier, Atelier Iris and Infinite Undiscovery, have surfaced. The problem is we don't know anything about these games at all. For now, these scans are just a showcase of artwork and screenshots for the two games. The two on the left are for the Atelier Iris game for the DS while the two on the right are for Infinite Undiscovery for the Xbox 360.

The original Atelier Iris was on the PlayStation2. This game will be on the DS and is being developed by Gust. It's likely to be published by Nippon Ichi Software. Infinite Undiscovery is a brand new franchise for the Xbox 360. It's an RPG game developed by Tri-Ace. That's all that is currently known. However, Xbox 360 fans are probably excited that they're finally getting a lot of JRPGs for the system! There are many people thinking of getting a PS3 because the 360 is lacking in JRPGs. Games like Infinite Undiscovery might help change their minds.