As if Final Fantasy XII, Phantasy Star Universe and Kingdom Hearts II weren't enough, PS2-owning role playing fans have even more to look forward to in 2005. Set to debut in the upcoming issue of Japan's Famitsu magazine is Grandia III, the next entry in the GameArts RPG series that started on the Saturn.

We'll have a full report on the game once we have the magazine in our hands, but here are a few tantalizing details that we've heard through various reliable sources. Grandia III takes the series into the skies for an adventure featuring, as its hero, a 16-year-old adventurer called Yuuki. Yuuki will be joined by at least two other characters, Alfeena and her brother, Emerius. These three will travel across the seas, continents and through the skies, making use of ships and planes.