Square Enix Announces Lord of Arcana, Monster Hunter Type Game for PSP

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Square Enix has announced a new PSP game, Lord of Arcana, described as a "multiplayer action game", which shows a striking resemblance in both concept and interface to Capcom's popular Monster Hunter franchise.

Brief details about the game's world have been released. It is called Horodyn, which borders a forest. In that forest, is a powerful stone named Arcana, which is "the source of all order in the world." Players will have to defeat all sorts of monsters to acquire Arcana.

Need more information? How about a nice bullet-point list of features?

  • Experience authentic multiplayer action from Square Enix, developed exclusively for the PSP system.
  • Play with up to three friends to defeat tough enemies and reap rewards together, or tackle a variety of quests in single-player mode.
  • Dive into the fray with simple and intuitive controls that will hook players of any skill level.
  • Create one-of-a-kind avatars and produce thousands of unique weapons. The possibilities are endless.

While multiplayer PSP titles are pretty niche outside of Japan, I'm hopeful about Square Enix taking a stab at the "Monster Hunter" genre. Square makes some great PSP titles that are enjoyable for players of all nationalities... and until they say otherwise, I'm going to hope for infrastructure multiplayer support.

No release date has been given, but it should be released in Japan in 2010. The quick confirmation of a US SKU is nice, but we might not see it here until 2011.

From The Chatty
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    July 1, 2010 1:27 PM

    Has lockon, full of weak and fail with awful implementation. Why on PSP? Bring it to PS3 FFS.

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      July 1, 2010 2:06 PM

      If you don't own a PSP and PS3, these news aren't for you.

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      July 2, 2010 6:44 AM

      Game's hardly anywhere near release and there barely any info on it so your accusations of "fail" and "weak implementation" are completely unjustified. I dont see anything wrong with a lockon feature since they are probably basing some of their mechanics to be like KH:BBS's.

      No need to act all pro-shit about lockon as if you think about it, all you get for not having lock on is to claw your D-pad for camera controls. You may find it to be "skillfull" but it's not the smartest of things to do if you intend to target a broad audience. It seems to be a more fast paced and flashy game than MH also, so asking for no lockon is probably as good as playing FF Dissidia without lockon either.

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