Bandai Namco has made the surprise announcement on Twitter that it will be releasing the 3DS tactical RPG Project X Zone in Europe and Australia later this year.

The publisher revealed merely that it will be bringing the game over "in the summer of 2013", shortly before it also confirmed a North American release.

Project X Zone is a 3DS tactical RPG developed by Banpresto and Nintendo's Monolith Soft that sees franchises from Bandai Namco, Capcom, and Sega collide.

Playable characters range from Capcom's Jill Valentine and Chris Redfield (Resident Evil), Sega's Ulala (Space Channel 5) and Namco's KOS-MOS and T-elos (Xenosaga).

IGN provided a lengthy gameplay trailer for the game before its Japanese release last year, so check it out below.