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.

Disgaea 3 marks the series' first appearance on a next-generation console, and will be localized by the company's North American branch, NIS America.

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... Read more