Love your RPGs? Can’t get enough of those time eating puzzle games? Have we got some news for you? Square Enix has announced Gyromancer, a downloadable title for Steam and the Xbox Live Arcade. The Final Fantasy giants have joined forces with casual gaming experts PopCap Games to create what it describes as “an all new experience”.

Hold on, you say. There’s something strangely familiar about all this. You’re probably remembering Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords. This RPG puzzle hybrid was developed by Australia’s own Infinite Interactive and first released in 2007 for the DS and PSP. Square Enix and PopCap games aren’t looking so ground breaking after all.

For those unfamiliar with this not so new genre, you traverse the world of an RPG whilst resolving conflicts in a puzzle arena. The puzzle elements in Gyromancer are heavily based on PopCap’s successful Bejewelled series. If only all conflict in life could be solved with a puzzle-off.

Thus far, there is no official release date for Gyromancer and no official understanding of what exactly a Gyromancer is by this author.