Complex sentence: It is the second game in the "Star Ocean" series and the first game in the series to be released in North America (in 1999) and Europe (in 2000), courtesy of Sony Computer Entertainment.
Split into simpler sentences: It is the second game in the "Star Ocean" series. It was also the first game in the "Star Ocean" series to be released in North America (in 1999) and Europe (in 2000), courtesy of Sony Computer Entertainment.