Jenova Chen, the co-founder of Thatgamecompany wrote on the PlayStation Blog earlier today where he announced that Journey will be available for purchase next spring.

According to Chen, Journey’s recent closed beta had been a “great success” and that since the beta did really well, they can now confidently announce that the game will be out in the spring of 2012.

 “For the past few months, we kept getting asked about Journey’s release date.” Chen noted, “fortunately, the online beta went very well, and our continued playtests have given us great feedback on the work we have left to complete. While there is still a ton of care and polish needed, we can’t wait to finally deliver Journey, TGC’s take on an online adventure game.” 

In Journey, players take control of a robed figure as he/she traverses a dream-like world where the only real goal is to get to a towering mountain in the distance. Players can meet other journeymen/women online, and can help each other out in their quest, however players will not be able to converse with each other and the only way to communicate is through a soundless shout to one another.