Game developer Gust confirmed more ties between its upcoming PlayStation 3 role-playing game Ar no Surge ~Umareizuru Hoshi e Inoru Uta~ and its earlier Ar Tonelico RPGs.
Ar no Surge director Akira Tsuchiya also worked on Ar Tonelico, and administrator
Shurelia from the first Ar Tonelico PlayStation 2 game, 2006's Ar Tonelico : Melody of Elemia (Aru toneriko: Sekai no Owari de Utai Tsudzukeru Shōjo), will play a major role in Ar no Surge's story.
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