Namco has opened the official website for its PC MMORPG Tales of Eternia Online. The game, which is jointly developed with Dwango, will not only allow players to create their own customized character by selecting his or her profession, gender, hairdo, facial contours, eyes, etc., but also by choosing to outfit their alter ego with unique, over-the-top clothes, such as a pirate's costume, a bee costume, a cat costume or a mushroom costume. So far five job classes have been revealed: Warrior (sword and shield techniques, defending other party members), fencer (carries weapons in both hands and deals great amounts of damage to enemies), grappler (combo attacks, healing, wide range of abilities), holy magician (healing, defensive magic) and black magician (attack magic).

Tales of Eternia Online will be available in Japan sometime in spring 2005. The beta testing phase will begin in early 2005.

• Official Tales of Eternia Online Website