After the scans for the upcoming Tales games leaked last week, many were wondering when Namco Bandai would hold their press conference to discuss the games, as happens every time a series of new titles are released. Earlier today, on August 2, Namco Bandai did just that, and revealed and clarified a bit of information on many of the titles, includes Tales of Graces f.

It appears that the "f" in the title stands for future, as expected from some of the screenshots we had seen in the scan previously. Similar to the Tales of Legendia post-game content, this will take place after the ending of Tales of Graces and the scenario will be entitled "Genealogy Guide to the Future". It appears that the new outfit for Sophie that we saw last week will be used during this part of the game. BoA was also stated to be returning, although it's unknown if the port will be reprising her original song or using an entirely new one.

The event also revealed the names of both of the Asbel and Sophie's Blast Calibers. Asbel's is 天覇神雷断 (involves thunder but there isn't an exact English translation) and Sophie's is シャドウ・モーメント (Shadow Moment). Richard also seems to be shown in some of the slides from the conference, so it might be possible he is usable either during the game (much like Flynn was retconned into Tales of Vesperia's story) or in the post-game events.

For those interested in seeing all of the changes for themselves, Namco Bandai will be putting up a promotional trailer for the game sometime in August on the PlayStation Network. The official website for the game, which can be found here, is also up, although right now it's simply a teaser website (the original website now acts as a gateway to the PS3 and Wii versions, much like when the website for the PS3 version of Tales of Vesperia went online).

Tales of Graces f is set for a Winter 2010 release in Japan. No word on a North American or European release, but Namco Bandai has recently been responding to fans about the series.