Right this moment the Japanese gaming web site 4Gamer revealed its conventional end-of-the-year publish wherein many builders speak concerning the previous 12 months and their ambition for 2024. Normally, this can be a likelihood for some to tease unannounced video games, and this 12 months isn’t any exception.
We begin with Atlus’ Eiji Ishida, who just lately co-produced and co-directed Soul Hackers 2. Ishida-san mentions that he is concerned within the growth of an unannounced recreation, the discharge date of which has not been decided but.
The wording additionally implies that he is not directing this one, seemingly taking part in the position of producer.
Composer Atsushi Kitajoh additionally mentions that there are main video games and sequels to be introduced each domestically and internationally in 2024.
SNK’s Second Improvement Division Supervisor Kazuhiro Fujishige mentions that the recently-opened Tokyo department of the storied preventing recreation developer is actively growing a number of (Japanese does not actually distinguish between plural and singular) AAA video games.
No Extra Heroes 3 director Ren Yamazaki says that he hopes to have one thing to announce by the tip of 2024. We do not know whether or not that is the brand new recreation teased by Goichi “Suda51” Suda earlier this 12 months or one thing else totally.
Akihiro Suzuki, producer of the Dynasty Warriors sequence at Koei Tecmo mentions that he is sorry about not having the ability to present information concerning the franchise in 2023, however he hopes to have the ability to accomplish that in 2024.
Junzo Hosoi, head of Atelier developer Gust says that the corporate is constant to work exhausting on growth to convey surprises and new experiences in 2024.
NieR: Automata producer Yosuke Saito, wonders whether or not he’ll be capable to announce one thing new this 12 months or not, and encourages the followers to attend a bit longer.
Whereas he did not tease new video games, Remaining Fantasy VII Rebirth director Naoki Hamaguchi says that he hopes that many followers will be capable to witness Aerith’s destiny. You actually needed to go there, Hamaguchi-san…
Remaining Fantasy XIV director and producer Naoki Yoshida mentions that his Enterprise Division 3 will embark on a brand new problem in 2024.
Too Kyo Video games director and state of affairs author Kotaro Uchikoshi, who just lately labored on the AI: The Somnium Recordsdata sequence, teases that he hopes to have the ability to announce an insane and loopy title that can go down in gaming historical past by the tip of the 12 months.
Uhikoshi-san’s colleague Kazutaka Kodaka, who just lately launched Grasp Detective Archives: Rain Code, mentions that his subsequent challenge is nearing the climax of its growth and one other new one is about to begin.
He provides that the subsequent recreation is insane worthy of the title “Too Kyo” which implies “too loopy,” and will probably be introduced in 2024. It is a recreation the studio could be very obsessed with and dealing very exhausting on.
In the mean time, we do not know whether or not Uchikoshi-san and Kodaka-san are speaking about the identical recreation or completely different initiatives, as they do not all the time work collectively.
Yoshimi Yasuda, CEO and director at Dragami Video games (previously Kadokawa Video games) teases that moreover the Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP remaster, he is engaged on one other recreation, which he believes will probably be introduced in 2025.
Final, however not least, Nihon Falcom CEO and producer Toshihiro Kondo explains that on prime of the builders’s established sequence, he is now planning to launch different video games.
Some are already in growth and the hope is to announce them sooner or later in 2024.