Natsume has announced that Rune Factory 3: A Fantasy Harvest Moon has gone gold and will be released for the Nintendo DS on November 9th.

"We can't wait for Rune Factory 3 to hit stores next month so players can experience this thrilling new chapter in the Rune Factory saga," said Hiro Maekawa, President and CEO at Natsume. "It's loaded with content: great new characters, more than a hundred challenging quests, and an all-new multiplayer mode.”

Rune Factory 3 introduces a number of exciting new features to the Rune Factory series including befriended villagers will now join you in battle and lend you their unique skills, players can transform Micah into his monster form to unleash a savage new arsenal of fighting moves, and the game's new multiplayer mode lets up to three players work together to conquer unique dungeons packed with rare items and fearsome monsters.