Namco announced to day that We Love Katamari, the sequel to last years Katamari Damacy, is currently in development.

Featuring the minuscule yet determined Prince with an assortment of his celestial family as well as the King of All Cosmos, We Love Katamari will feature the same gameplay in various new locations around Earth.

A new feature for this sequel is that players can roll with a friend in the new two player co-op mode. Each player controls a part of the clump, forcing them to come up with new strategies to progress in the game. Battle mode has also returned to We Love Katamari in extended form with three size scopes to compete in.
"Katamari Damacy the break-out hit of 2004 garnering tremendous accolades while delivering an innovative yet intuitive style of play to gamers," said Yoshi Niki, Business Unit Director at Namco Hometek Inc. "We are hard at work on the second installment of this landmark series that will deliver a new level of originality and style that will have gamers shouting, 'We Love Katamari!'"
We Love Katamari will be available exclusively for the PlayStation 2 later this year.