Running hot on the tails of Dissidia’s official release in Japan today, Square Enix has announced that the game will be released in North American regions in “mid-year 2009″.

“Square Enix, Inc., the publisher of Square Enix(R) interactive entertainment products in North America, announced that DISSIDIA(TM) FINAL FANTASY(R) for the PSP(R) (PlayStation(R)Portable) system will be available mid-year 2009 in North America.”

Could you be any more vague, Squenix?

Well, at least we know it’s coming out in the west, which will be joyous news for many of us.

In the meantime, you can get all the information you want on the game here on The Gaming Vault over the coming month, starting with our detailed Dissidia gameplay guide.