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Compile Heart to Announce Keiji Inafune Project on Thursday

posted on 2012-12-24 23:54 EST by Egan Loo

Japanese game company Compile Heart opened a site to tease an "important announcement" linked to Keiji Inafune in the 533rd issue of ASCII Media Works' Dengeki PlayStation magazine on Thursday.

[Via Hachima Kikō]

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Compile Heart to Announce Keiji Inafune Project on Thursday