Online Chess Kingdoms Interview

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With as many high profile games that Konami has in its arsenal, most of us probably wouldn't expect a chess game to be among them. Later this season, however, Konami Digital Entertainment will be unveiling Online Chess Kingdoms -- a brand new and original IP that brings a story and fantasy setting to one of the greatest strategic board games in history. To learn more about it, we sent along a handful of email questions to Jason Ray, the title's producer to see what's up and why we should give it a look later this year. Here's how it went down:

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This would be a great game for the PSP. Infrastructure multiplayer would be cool but I doubt it will be included since some CHESS games can take hours to finish.