Tales of Arise: Everything We Know

Tales of Arise is the latest action-RPG in the long-running JRPG "Tales of" .

This is the 17th game in the main series, but only the last few since Tales of Zestiria have been on PC.

It has been in development longer than expected: Arise was originally supposed to be released in 2020, but was delayed until 2021.

At this spring's gameplay showcase, Tales of Arise has finally announced a release date: it will be released in September.

Producer Yuusuke Tomizawa hopes Tales of Arise will show longtime fans of the series that Bandai Namco understands what the core products of the series are important to players, while innovating and reaching a more global audience.

This definitely looks like the highest budget Tales RPG in years, and Bandai Namco has confirmed it will be coming to the latest and current generation of consoles in addition to PC.

Here's everything we know about Tales of Arise, including its new release date, combat details, and story and backstory excerpts taken from translated interviews .