Two new titles from Mistwalker in 2010

In a New Year message on his blog (via VG247), Hironobu Sakaguchi, head of Japanese RPG studio Mistwalker, has promised two new games for 2010: a "blockbuster" and an iPhone game.

"2010 is the year of my long-awaited new blockbuster project," he said. "I'm putting my heart and soul into this production. I'm taking a full swing and making this the best project.

"Oh, by the way, We are also working on a project for iPhone. This should be released soon as well."

Mistwalker was founded by Final Fantasy creator Sakaguchi after his departure from Square with financial backing from Microsoft. Its major releases, Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey, have been exclusive to Xbox 360, although it has worked on a number of DS games as well.

Blue Dragon earned a 5/10 from us at review, and Lost Odyssey an 8, so here's hoping Mistwalker's upward trend continues.