Ubisoft have today confirmed that they are to publish Lumines in the US in March 2005, and it’s easy to assume that the same company will also be bringing the title over to Europe when the PSP launches later on in the Spring.

We’ve been playing our PSP for the last couple of weeks so we can evaluate the pros and the cons, and one of the games that we have been testing is Lumines, which may very well end up being the Tetris of the 21st Century. Fast and stupendously addictive, the game (as you’ll soon see in our forthcoming review) is becoming a huge hit in Japan with 40,000 copies sold so far.

Announcing the deal, James Regan, Director of New Business Development at Ubisoft commented, "Ubisoft is extremely excited to partner with Bandai and Q ENTERTAINMENT to bring Lumines for the PSP handheld system to consumers…Ubisoft delivers superior products that are immersive, exciting and unique, and Lumines is a natural fit for us."

We’ll have our review of both the PSP and Lumines very soon…