| Bandai announced a new PlayStation 2 RPG series called .Hack,
which will be released in four separate volumes, along with the launch of the OVA (original video
animated cartoon) and TV anime. The story takes place in the year 2007, where there is a
massive multiplayer online computer game called "The World", which is played by over 20
million people worldwide. One day the structure of the online game is changed, monsters
begin to develop new power which players cannot withstand. During the game you assume the
role of Kite, the main character who has the ability of data-draining, who can modify The
World's game data to fix up the errors. In the quest you have to help the others to
discover and correct the problems before The World is collapsed.
 
Six characters are revealed: Kite is the lead character of the game; the other five
characters are Black Rose, Heruba, Orca, Aura and Elk.
 
 
 
The game will be released in 4 different volumes, the first volume of .Hack will be
released in June, for 3800 yen. A .Hack game + OVA bundle will be released at the same
time for 5800 yen. Volume 2 - 4 will be released 3 months one after another:
.Hack Volume 1 - June 2002
.Hack Volume 2: Malignant Mutation - September 2002
.Hack Volume 3: Erosion Pollution - December 2002
.Hack Volume 4: Absolute Encirclement - March 2003
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