The Japanese distributor of Ragnarok Online and A3, GungHo Online Entertainment has inked a deal with Gust, makers of the Atelier series of RPGs, allowing the former to use Gust's character designs as avatars. The agreement enables GungHo to offer the users of its portal site GungHo Games characters of Gust's flagship series Atelier, such as Iris and Marie, as avatars.

• Famitsu