Square Enix has announced first details regarding this year's PlayOnline Festa. Scheduled to take place on April 29th and 30th, the event will allow fans to play demo versions of Front Mission Online for PlayStation 2 and the Japanese version of Sony Online Entertainment's PC MMORPG EverQuest II. At the event attending fans can take part in special in-game events. The PlayOnline Festa 2005 will take place in the Nekka Akihabara. The entrance will be free of charge.

Front Mission Online will be available in Japan on May 12th and the Japanese version of EverQuest II will be released on June 16th.

• Famitsu