Ignition To Publish Arc Rise Fantasia in North America

Ignition Entertainment has just announced that they will be taking over the publishing duties for Arc Rise Fantasia in North America from XSEED Games, which previously held the right to the game.

Arc Rise Fantasia was the winner of the Best Wii RPG award at E3 2009. It is a new Japanese RPG from some of the people behind the extremely successful game Tales of Symphonia on the Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2.

Shane Bettenhausen, New Business Development Director of Ignition Entertainment, had this to say about the news in an official press release:

We are absolutely thrilled to bring Arc Rise Fantasia to a western audience. It’s an ambitious Japanese role-playing game with deep gameplay, top-notch production values, and an unforgettable story line--Wii owners have been pining for a massive fantasy epic and their patience will definitely be rewarded.

Ignition Entertainment has a great track record with bringing established Japanese experiences to new western audiences and we’re delighted to be able to team up with them to publish Arc Rise Fantasia.

The company is planning to release the game in Summer 2010. Those who are interetsed in learning more about the game can visit the game's official website, which can be found here.

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