Level 5 CEO Akihiro Hino has confirmed that the PS3 game of Ni no Kuni: Shiroki Seihai no Joou (roughly translated Of Two Worlds: Queen of the White Ashes) is being localized for the English-language market. The planned release date for the game is early 2012.

Ni No Kuni is a collaboration between Level 5 (developer of Dragon Quest VIII and IX along with the Professor Layton games) and animation house Studio Ghibli (creators of animated feature films Princess Mononoke, Ponyo). The DS version of Ni no Kuni released last year, and the PS3 version is releasing in Japan on November 17.

Source: next-gen.biz