| Project Awakening | |
|---|---|
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| Developer(s) | Cygames Osaka |
| Publisher(s) | Cygames |
| Director(s) | Junji Tago |
| Producer(s) | Kenichiro Takaki |
| Artist(s) | Ryosuke Aiba |
| Engine | Cyllista |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 |
| Genre(s) | Action role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Project Awakening is an upcoming action role-playing game in a fantasy setting being developed by Cygames, and initially announced for the PlayStation 4 in September 2018.
Development of Project Awakening as a 'high-end console game' was announced at Cygames Next event (Tokyo) in November 2016, under development at Cygames Osaka studio. [1]
A short gameplay video was shown in a closed session at E3 2018. [2] The game was described as showing some influences from games such as Monster Hunter and Dragon's Dogma . [3]
The game was officially announced as an action fantasy RPG in September 2018 for the PlayStation 4 system, with Junji Tago as the director, and Ryosuke Aiba as the art director. [4]
Producer Kenichiro Takaki described the game as an open-world game, containing some RPG elements, with a focus on combat, including co-op multiplayer aspects - the game has a traditional high fantasy setting. The game was intended by Cygames as an attempt to break into the western console market - the name was also confirmed as only a working title. Takaki also discussed the possibility of the game becoming a PlayStation 5 title if development extended into the next generation of consoles. [5] [6]
In August 2019 a potential demo version was registered (16+) with the European ratings board PEGI. [7] [8]
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