Star Ocean: The Last Hope was originally announced at the "Star Ocean Special Stage" at the 2007 Square Enix Party as the tentatively titled Star Ocean 4 with no platform. An Xbox 360 release was revealed during the 2008 Xbox 360 RPG Premiere.
Star Ocean: The Last Hope was first presented at the "Star Ocean Special Stage" in 2007, initially titled Star Ocean 4 with no set release date or platform. Subsequently, it was announced that the game would be released on Xbox 360 during the 2008 RPG Premiere.