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In the upcoming issue of Famitsu Square Enix has announced that a new game in the Lufia series is coming. The game will be developed by the same team who did the first game.

In 1993 Lufia and the Fortress of Doom was released on the SNES and 2 years later Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals. They were developed by Neverland and released by Taito. But since Taito has been taken over by Square Enix they will release the new game in the series.

Not much is known about the game, only that it's called Estpolis: The Lands Cursed by the Gods. (the Lufia series in known as Estpolis Denki in Japan). More information is coming on 19 November.

In November last year Square Enix released The Last Remnant for the Xbox 360. The reception of the game to the public was mixed. One of the big flows where the technical problems the game had.

Square Enix has announced that it will release the PC version of The Last Remnant in Europe on 20 March, in North America on 24 March and in Japan on 9 April. The game will have some new features and hopefully the bugs from the Xbox 360 version will be fixed.

On the official website you can find a official benchmark of the game to check if your PC meet the requirements of the game. When the game will be released for the PlayStation 3 is unknown.

» Official North American website
» Official European website

Update: The demo is now available for download. It's 1 GB in size and can be downloaded here.

It looks like Square Enix wants to get stronger in the Western market. They have make a bid at Eidos, the company famous for its Lara Croft franchise.

Square Enix is not the only company who wants to get a hold of Eidos. Warner Bros already owns 20% of the company and Electronic Arts and Ubisoft are also interested in SCi, the current owner of Eidos.

The full cast of Dissidia: Final Fantasy has been leaked thanks to Suntory who is releasing Potion drinks from the game.

Heroes: Warrior of Light, Firion, Onion Knight, Cecil Harvey, Bartz Klauser, Terra Branford, Cloud Strife, Squall Leonhart, Zidane Tribal and Tidus.

Villains: Garland, Emperor Palamecia, Cloud of Darkness, Golbez, ExDeath, Kefka Palazzo, Sephiroth, Sorceress Ultimecia, Kuja and Jecht.

Source: NeoGAF