Tales of the Abyss
The first mention of "Tales of the Abyss" occurred when Namco filed a trademark for the game in December 2004, and first formally announced the title in an August 2005 issue of "Weekly Shōnen Jump" magazine, where the company also announced that the title would be released in celebration of the series' tenth anniversary. The first gameplay trailer was featured on a pre-order bonus DVD included with "Tales of Legendia" released later that month, which also revealed that the game would be developed by the same team that produced "Tales of Symphonia" for the GameCube and PlayStation 2, including producer Makoto Yoshidumi and character designer Kōsuke Fujishima. In April 2006, four months after the game's Japanese release, Namco Bandai Games announced that "Tales of the Abyss" would be headed to North America the following fall, and would later showcase the game at the 2006 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles in June.