SoftMax today announced the development of Magna Carta: Crimson Stigma for Xbox 360, the sequel to Magna Carta: Tears of Blood for the PlayStation 2, released back in 2006. There are no more details available, other than some artwork which is also available in our gallery. There is no release date mentioned, but the game will probably see a worldwide release as the first one did.

http://www.gamershell.com/news_67040.html

Ars writes: "For a system unable to capture a significant marketshare in Japan and known mostly for its shooters, the Xbox 360 is the console to get for Western-localized Japanese RPGs. Microsoft's box has played host to just about every noteworthy JRPG this generation thus far, and it looks like yet another JRPG of old will find a new home on the system: Softmax has announced that a new Magna Carta game is coming to the Xbox 360.

Avid JRPG fans will remember the Atlus-published Magna Carta: Tears of Blood as a decent, visually-striking PS2 JRPG with a mostly-female cast and a strong strategic bent. The new Xbox 360 title, called Magna Carta: Crimson Stigma, is its sequel currently in development. Aside from that, though, little else is known: pricing information, potential release date, and any game play details have not yet been disclosed."

http://www.n4g.com/xbox360/News-255254.aspx
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2009/01...-360-sequel.ars