is a
role-playing video game developed by
Namco Tales Studio as the eighth main title in their
Tales series. Originally released for the
PlayStation 2, the game was published by
Namco in Japan in December 2005, and
Bandai Namco Games in North America in October 2006. Its development team included director
Yoshito Higuchi, producer Makoto Yoshizumi, and character artist
Kosuke Fujishima. The game features music by series composers
Motoi Sakuraba and Shinji Tamura, and includes the opening theme song "Karma" by
Bump of Chicken. Namco has given
Tales of the Abyss the characteristic genre name . A port for the
Nintendo 3DS handheld was released in Japan in June 2011, with North American and European English versions following in November 2011 and February 2012, respectively.