After Five Years Of Development This is Grandia Online

Gungho is seriously releasing Grandia Online. A trailer gives us a first look at the PC MMO and the IP gauge from Grandia Xtreme found its way into the battle system. Unlike many MMOs everyone has a computer controlled partner. I suppose Game Arts developed Grandia Online this way so fans of the series can solo through the story. Groups can challenge special maps that hold powerful monsters.

Grandia Online is not currently in beta. Gungho is looking for 5,000 users to run a technical test first. Interested parties can sign up here, but you need a Japanese version of Windows XP or Vista to apply.

Here are the system specs:

Minimum
OS: Windows XP / Windows Vista Japanese language version
CPU: Intel Pentium 2GHz or equivalent AMD core
Memory: 1 GB
Hard disk space: 5GB
Video Card: NVIDIA Geforce 6600 128MB VRAM / AMD ATI Radeon X600 128MB VRAM
Network connection: ADSL 1Mbps or higher
Direct X: Direct X 9.0c for Windows XP, DirectX 10 for Windows Vista

Recommended
OS: Windows XP / Windows Vista Japanese language version
CPU: Intel Pentium 3GHz or equivalent AMD core
Memory: 2 GB
Hard disk space: 5GB
Video Card: NVIDIA Geforce 8600 256MB VRAM / AMD ATI Radeon HD 2600 256MB VRAM
Network connection: ADSL 1Mbps or higher
Direct X: Direct X 9.0c for Windows XP, DirectX 10 for Windows Vista