Arc the Lad returning to PS the 2 @ Gaming Target

Written by John Scalzo on January 26, 2005

News: Namco is readying another Arc the Lad adventure for May.

Namco announced yesterday that they readying another installment in the Arc the Lad series for the PS2. Coming this May, Arc the Lad: End of Darkness will bring the series into the realm of real-time action RPGs for the first time.

End of Darkness will also offer an online team based battle mode that will allow teams of 4 to duke it out. An online co-op mode is also in the works "where teams of 4 proceed through the missions, search for rare items by defeating enemies in dungeons, and chat live."

To round out the news, Namco has laid out the story, which takes place five years after Twilight of the Spirits:

Players take the role of Edda, a young man whose youth is marked by a "boring island life". His serenity is shattered, however, when he meets Kirika, a rude young woman, on the beach. Shortly after, Edda tries to help a hunter capture vicious criminals, but the latter gets killed. Edda notices Kirika standing nearby, and his suspicions begin to grow about the mysterious young woman. Edda who has awakened as a full-fledged exorcist becomes a hunter himself, and realizing a sense of responsibility to save the weakened world, he sets out on a remarkable journey that will ultimately pit civilization against nature.

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