Project Awakening

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Project Awakening
Project Awakening cover.jpg
Developer(s)Cygames Osaka
Publisher(s)Cygames
Director(s)Junji Tago
Producer(s)Kenichiro Takaki
Artist(s)Ryosuke Aiba
Engine
Platform(s)PlayStation 4
ReleaseTBA
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.

History[]

Development of Project Awakening as a 'high-end console game' was announced at Cygames Next event (Tokyo) in Nov 2016, under development at Cygames Osaka studio.[1]

A short gameplay video was shown in a closed session at the E3 2018 expo.[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 Sep 2018 for the PlayStation 4 system, with as Director, and as 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 Aug 2019 a potential demo version was registered (16+) with the European ratings board PEGI.[7][8]

References[]

  1. ^ Romero, Sal (21 Aug 2018), "Cygames announces high-end console game Project Awakening", Gematsu
  2. ^ Romero, Sal (13 Jun 2018), "Cygames' Project Awakening early gameplay video shown behind closed doors at E3 2018 [Update]", Gematsu
  3. ^ Khan, Imran (14 June 2018), "Cygames Shows Project Awakening Behind Closed Doors", Game Informer
  4. ^ Romero, Sal (10 Sep 2018), "Cygames' Project Awakening announced for PS4", Gematsu
  5. ^ "Project Awakening Interview With Cygames", fextralife.com, 27 June 2019, archived from the original on 18 Dec 2019
  6. ^ Ramsey, Robert (12 Jun 2019), "E3 2019: Project Awakening, That Stunning RPG From Last Year, Is Open World, Probably a PS5 Game", www.pushsquare.com
  7. ^ James, Allisa (31 August 2019), "Project Awakening May Get Demo Soon According to New Rating", www.dualshockers.com
  8. ^ Khan, Zarmena (1 September 2019), "Project Awakening Demo Rated By European Board, PEGI", www.playstationlifestyle.net

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