Namco Bandai has announced a new HD edition of Tales of Symphonia will be released early next year exclusively on PlayStation 3.

Currently going under the title of Tales of Symphonia Chronicles, the new edition will bundle the original Tales of Symphonia game along with its 2008 sequel Dawn of the New World, as well as be displayed in HD and contain new content.Olivier Comte, senior vice-president of Namco Bandai Europe said, "As a response to fans’ expectations to bring more Tales of titles to the West, we are very proud to join our headquarters in Japan and our colleagues in the US to make a worldwide announcement for Tales of Symphonia Chronicles (Working Title)."The Tales of series, which is already very successful in Japan, has been expanding greatly in the Western market, and we believe J-RPG fans will continue being pleased with this updated HD edition of two of the most classic Tales of games."Tales of Symphonia was originally released on the Nintendo GameCube in 2003 in Japan, before coming West the following year. It also came to the PS2 in Japan in 2004. Dawn of the New World, meanwhile, was released for the Wii in 2008.Some HD screenshots of the game in action accompany the announcement, which you can check out below.

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