Nippon Ichi's hardcore SRPG series is coming to the PlayStation Vita with a brand new subtitle and brand new content. Disgaea 3: Absence of Detention will be available for Sony's new handheld in April, and includes new features not found in the PS3 original.

Like Mortal Kombat for Vita, the cartridge will include all the DLC that was released for the original game. In addition, there will be "new character stories, new systems, new attack levels, new bosses."

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Nippon Ichi announced today that it intends to publish its popular alternative strategy RPG Disgaea 3 (PS3) in North America, tentatively scheduled for an August release.

The newest incarnation of the series features new gameplay updates including the Geo Block, which grants players the ability to alter battlefield terrain to reach previously inaccessible areas. Similar to previous Disgaea titles, the game is aimed at hardcore strategy RPG fans, featuring ridiculous level caps and sprawling, multi-level dungeons. Read more »

Japanese developer and publisher Nippon Ichi Software has announced that it will be bringing the next installment of its popular Disgaea strategy RPG series to PlayStation 3. In an announcement initially made at Sony's PlayStation Premiere event in Tokyo and further confirmed with a press release on the publisher's official site, Disgaea 3 was stated as hitting Japanese retail shelves "this winter." Previous main Disgaea titles have been released on PlayStation 2, with a PSP remake of the original game already out in Japan and due to ship in North America later this year. The two released Disgaea 3 screenshots are dated 2008, suggesting that the game may be expected on the far end of the winter season. No explicit mention was made of a North American release, nor has NIS America, the publisher's United States division, made any announcements regarding Disgaea 3.