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As usual, the Japanese magazine Famitsu kicked off 2024 by sharing messages from 163 game developers regarding their future plans for this year and asking them to reflect on the previous year's accomplishments. Daisuke Ishiwatari, the general director of the Guilty Gear series, detailed the direction of Arc System Works in the coming year. [Thanks, Famitsu!]
Daisuke Ishiwatari expressed his concerns with the game development side of the industry in his statement. He believes that there should be a space for new indie developers to become relevant in the market, and that they should be allowed to fail and grow.
As part of his statement, Ishiwatari noted:
The keywords Ishiwatari reported for the video game industry in 2024 are "core markets," "indie," "corporate development schemes," and "compliance." The keywords for his own goals at Arc System Works are "challenge," "pioneering," "return," and "dawn."
"In 2024, we would like to search for a development environment in which we can fail," Ishiwatari affirmed.
Guilty Gear Strive is available for the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and Windows PC.
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Siliconera Monday, January 1, 2024 11:00 PM
The Japanese magazine Famitsu released a series of messages from 163 game developers asking them about their aspirations for the year 2024. Shinjiro Takata, the product manager at the Atlus 1st Production division responsible for the Shin Megami Tensei series, detailed his current involvement with the upcoming Vanillaware title Unicorn Overlord, as well as hinted at other future plans for additional Atlus games. [Thanks, Famitsu!]
As is the plan, Unicorn Overlord is still scheduled to be released on March 8, 2024 for the PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X, and the Nintendo Switch.
Shinjiro Takata mentioned that there is more than just Unicorn Overlord in the works at Atlus. According to his aspirations for 2024, he is ready to prepare additional an additional title, as well as other games. in the future.
Here's the message in which he teased other new Atlus games:
Shinjiro Takata's keywords for his 2024 with Atlus are "running full-speed ahead" and "preparation for the future." Currently, he is busy working as a production collaborator on the development of Unicorn Overlord.
Unicorn Overlord will launch on March 8, 2024.
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