Korea-based studio Pixelity introduced it’s at present creating an XR sport based mostly on the hit ’90s anime Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995).
Pixelity says in a blogpost it’s signed an official licensing settlement with Studio Khara in Japan to make the XR sport. Deliberate to launch in three components, and based mostly on the story of all 26 episodes of the anime, Pixelity says the primary installment is already in manufacturing and focusing on launch in 2026.
Should you’re an unwashed Evangelion fan (like us), you already know the rating. In brief, the anime sparked an enormous resurgence of anime in Japan in the course of the Nineties, occurring to change into a cultural phenomenon that influenced quite a few successor anime.
Set in 2015—twenty years forward of its precise 1995 air date—the story follows Shinji Ikari, who’s chosen as a pilot for the humanoid fight weapon Evangelion, humanity’s final line of protection towards the Angels mysterious beings attacking the futuristic metropolis of Tokyo-3.
The studio hasn’t talked about particular platforms but, though the sport is alleged to permit gamers to “discover varied areas with an immersive XR expertise, following the identical timeline and occasions as Neon Genesis Evangelion, whereas finishing missions and having fun with dynamic battles.”
“The sport will function collaboration play components the place gamers work together with varied characters from Evangelion, which is predicted to be a pretty level for current followers. Pixelity goals to supply a dynamic expertise typical of action-adventure genres,” the studio says.
Based in 2017, Pixelity has created various VR video games, together with Puttzzle (2023), Crazyworld VR (2022), and Rise of the Fallen (2018). The studio can be at present engaged on two different VR video games, The Patcher and Teahouse of Souls.
Whereas this isn’t the primary time Evangelion has been tailored to VR headsets, will probably be the primary official at-home sport for the collection. In 2017, Bandai Namco-backed VR studio ‘Mission i Can‘ launched the four-player Evangelion VR: The Throne of Souls at VR ZONE in Shinjuku, Japan, which was out there there for a restricted time.
