IS America have announced Atelier Meruru: The Alchemist of Arland is headed to the U.S. and Europe in spring 2012. Meruru, the apprentice of Totori from Atelier Totori, is the star this time around. Atelier Meruru takes place in the country of Arls. One of the new features of Atelier Meruru is a world building system, which we mentioned in our coverage of the Japanese version of the game. The screenshots above depict how you can erect a fortress over a piece of land. The screen below is a view of how you’ll construct new buildings, using points built up by completing quests. In addition to Meruru, both Totori and Rorona make appearances in the game, too. Rorona’s a little girl now, but you don’t get to find out why until you play the game (unless you’re OK with spoilers). Atelier Meruru closes out the Arland trilogy of Atelier games. You can learn more about it by using the game’s tag.
NIS America have announced Atelier Meruru: The Alchemist of Arland is headed to the U.S. and Europe in spring 2012.

Meruru, the apprentice of Totori from Atelier Totori, is the star this time around. Atelier Meruru takes place in the country of Arls.

One of the new features of Atelier Meruru is a world building system, which we mentioned in our coverage of the Japanese version of the game. The screenshots above depict how you can erect a fortress over a piece of land. The screen below is a view of how you’ll construct new buildings, using points built up by completing quests.

In addition to Meruru, both Totori and Rorona make appearances in the game, too. Rorona’s a little girl now, but you don’t get to find out why until you play the game (unless you’re OK with spoilers).

Atelier Meruru closes out the Arland trilogy of Atelier games. You can learn more about it by using the game’s tag.
Source : http://www.siliconera.com/2011/11/16...ise-in-spring/

Tecmo Koei To Acquire Gust
Atelier developer and publisher to become fully owned subsidiary of Dynasty Warrior maker.

Hungry to merge more, Tecmo Koei announced plans to purchase Atelier series developer Gust through stock acquisition. Soon, Gust will become a fully owned subsidiary. Tecmo Koei cited the popularity of the Atelier series as one of the reasons for the acquisition.

Prior to the purchase, Tecmo Koei (more specifically Koei) have been working with Gust for years as their game distributor. The relationship between Gust and Koei extended overseas where Tecmo Koei distributes Gust’s games in North America and Europe. It’s unclear how this will affect the relationship between NIS America, the company that localizes the Atelier series in the West.

Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland is slated for release early next year. If the Tecmo cameos in Warriors Orochi 2 are any indication, we expect Rorona will be a guest character in Warriors Orochi 5 (if not earlier).
Source : http://www.siliconera.com/2011/12/07...eveloper-gust/

The Atelier series is a series of role-playing video games developed by the Gust Corporation since 1997, primarily for the PlayStation consoles (original, PS2, and PS3), though portable versions for the Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, and PlayStation Portable have also been made. Two of the games in the series were ported to the Sega Saturn and Dreamcast. The series has been primarily released in Japan, though recent titles have been localized for other markets. The game series, based on the definition of "atelier" as an artist's workshop, is heavily based around the art of alchemy, requiring the player to find and collect items and combine them in recipes to create better items with which to progress further in the game.