Front Mission making its way to the 360 soon?

Last generation, you could never have put Microsoft and Square Enix in the same sentence; Square Enix was showing Sony their full support while Microsoft was on a bit of a back burner. With the Xbox 360 and PS3 the tables seemed to have turned; Square Enix and Microsoft are now best of friends, and that means more RPGs for Xbox owners, with games such as Infinite Undiscovery, Last Remnant, Star Ocean IV, and Final Fantasy XIII all making the transition to Xbox 360. Well it seems Square Enix hasn’t stopped there. According to the rumor page of the latest OXM magazine, a new Square Enix game will be getting announced shortly for the Xbox 360.

This is what was said in OXM:

“All they’ll tell us is that this new game is based on one of their existing IPs, so a little research narrows the candidates considerably. Mechs? A futuristic city? Well at the risk of being taken out by the Sueenix lawyer ninjas, we’d have to guess that the mystery title rhymes with “Brunt Fission.” If this ends up being true, then can we expect more of the tactical brand of role-playing strategy that the mech series is well known for? Of do the creators have something different in mind for the shooting loving xbox crowd? Apparently, all will be revealed at E3 in June. Check back next issue and we’ll have all the answers.”

For the people who couldn’t figure it out, Brunt Fission rhymes with Front Mission. Front Mission is a turned-based tactical role-playing game that has spanned many platforms over the years, including the original PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, and so on. The game is known for its giant mecha with the storyline centering on military conflicts in the future. Apparently this title will be released outside of Japan, so we can expect online multiplayer to feature in the title. The series has been around for a while now, and has seen little activity other than a DS version released in 2007, so injecting some seventh-gen power into the old series may very well pay dividends for this aging franchise. No word as of yet if a PlayStation 3 version is in the works, but as OXM said, expect an announcement on the game at this years E3.

TGR Rating: Highly Likely