Broccoli has released first details regarding the PlayStation 2 version of the PC-based love adventure Neon Genesis Evangelion: Girlfriend of Steel 2nd. Based on Gainax's popular anime series, this new title will put the player in charge of the anime's protagonist Shinji Ikari. The game's world will be themed after the possibilities Shinji sees within himself. Thanks to this setting, the heroines will appear in different roles than they did in the anime series, Ayanami Rei as an exchange student and Asuka as a childhood friend of Shinji's.

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Girlfriend of Steel 2nd for PlayStation 2 will be released in Japan on January 20th 2005 for 7,800 yen ($70.19 US).

• Famitsu