In last week's issue of Weekly Famitsu, it was announced that RPG developer Gust is developing a new game in the Atelier series: Atelier Annie ~The Alchemist of Sera Island~. The game will feature the series's standard material collection and turn-based battle system. Alchemy plays a big part in the game's systems, use to create items for use in battle, equipment, and also key items to continue the story.

The trailer for Atelier Annie:


The game will feature Wi-Fi capability, and is set to release in Japan in 2009, and will retail for 5040 yen. The official site for Atelier Annie can be found here. You can check out the rest of the screenshots over at the source