Tales of Zestiria has been teased by Namco Bandai for a few weeks. The large Japanese developer and publisher opened up a teaser website in late November, chronicling the Tales series’ two decade history while promising an exciting announcement. Tales of Zestiria is that announcement, one first referenced in trademarks found this past summer.
The Tales series of JRPGs began in 1995 when Tales of Phantasia came to Super Famicom. Tales made its western debut in 1998 with Tales of Destiny on the original PlayStation, and its most popular western release was Tales of Symphonia, which came to GameCube in 2004.
Tales has recently seen renewed popularity in the west, with the release of the great Tales of Xillia, which came to PS3 in 2011 (in Japan) and 2013 (in the west). Good sales convinced Namco Bandai to announce Tales of Symphonia Chronicles – HD remakes of Symphonia and its sequel – which comes to PS3 in early 2014, as well as Xillia’s sequel, Tales of Xillia 2, which also launches in 2014. Colin Moriarty is IGN’s Senior Editor. You can follow him on Twitter.