Following in the footsteps of their Macross games, Namco Bandai announced that the Blu-ray release of .hack//The Movie will include a "small game." (via )

No specifics yet, but it's like to be very similar to Macross Trial Frontier, which amounted to a very impressive demo for a high-definition version of the Macross Ace Frontier PSP series. It's not quite a full PS3 revival for the .hack series, but it'll at least be enough to whet their appetites.

As for whether it will actually lead to a full PS3 game, that's a bit more nebulous. Thus far, there have been no signs of a full Macross title, even with the franchise more popular than it's been in 20 years.

We'll probably have a better idea of what to expect from this "small game" that will be included with .hack//The Movie whenever it arrived. Expect it sometime next year.

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