Two new Front Mission games, more beta tests for Online

As the Tokyo Game Show opened, Square Enix made a series of announcements regarding the unlikeliest of series--Front Mission, its futuristic military strategy role-playing series. The company announced that the next round of beta testing for Front Mission Online, the upcoming online version of the game for PlayStation 2, will begin on November 4.

Square Enix also announced that Front Mission 5 is in development for the PlayStation 2 and that Front Mission Mobile will be released for NTT DoCoMo 900i series phones. There has been zero information released regarding Front Mission 5 besides the official announcement, but three screens of Front Mission Mobile were released on the official Front Mission Web site. On the site, Square Enix notes that Front Mission 5 will be the release that marks the 10th anniversary of the series.