Two weeks prior to the release of Mana Khemia: Gakuen no Renkinjutsushitachi (Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis) on this side of the Pacific, Gust announced plans to bring the popular game to PlayStation Portable in Japan later this year. As an exclusive feature, the new version will include a cooperation battle mode, letting players team up with their friends to take on extremely difficult boss monsters. These enemies do not appear in game's main story mode, but the rare items obtained after defeating them can be used in the story mode. Development of Mana Khemia's handheld release is currently 75% complete.

Mana Khemia: Gakuen no Renkinjutsushitachi for PlayStation Portable will be available in Japan sometime this summer for 4,800 yen ($49.35 US).

• Ruliweb