Sega shines light on Exa

Fans of Sega's role-playing franchise Shining Force might be glad to hear that Japanese Web site ITmedia has released a batch of fresh screenshots of the series' latest game, Shining Force Exa. The screens show some of the game's settings and provide a glimpse of the battle system in Exa--which will use the battle- and character-development system from last year's Shining Force Neo and will carry on the series tradition of including numerous races and character classes. Sega's Shining Force Exa is scheduled for release on the PlayStation 2 during the fourth quarter of the year in Japan.