On September 6, D3 Publisher opened acountdown pageteasing the reveal of a new project, possibly related toSummon Night. As the hours went by, D3 Publisher on Twitter revealed more and more of the game’s staff. Here’s what we know for now, ahead of the countdown ending on September 8:
The new game project is developed by Felistella, the studio behind theSummon Nightseries. Technically, that was Flight-Plan, but that studio closed down in 2010, and some of its developers made Felistella then. Felistella has since then madeSummon Night 5in 2013,Summon Night 6in 2016, and also released theAzur LanePs4 PC adaptation,Azur Lane: Crosswave, in 2019.
The game’s scenario and world building is handled byMiyakozuki Kei, the author of theSummon Nightseries. The character design is byLack,the mangaka of one of theGoblin Slayer Gaidenspinoffs, and also the chara designer of Okada Izo inFGO.PureSound, who worked on theSummon Nightseries and theMetal Maxseries, is credited for the BGM. The game’s main theme is byChiaki Fujitafrom rock band Sing Like Talking.
D3 Publisher is known for its IPs which mostly all started as low budget low priced games with wacky concepts like theSimple Series, Earth Defense Force,Omega LabyrinthorBullet Girls. In particular, theOneeChanbaraseries got a new episode titledOneeChanbara Originin 2019 on PS4. It looks particularly nice as it features chara design by Enami Katsumi (Baccano,ZeroandAo no Kiseki).Clouded Leopard Entertainment announced an Asia version withEnglish subtitles in February 2020, scheduled for summer 2020 release on PS4.
D3 Publisher is also working on PS4, Switch gameEarth Defense Force World Brothers, coming in Japan in 2020 and in English in early 2021.Earth Defense Force 6is also coming in Japan in 2021 on PS4 and Switch.
Lastly, D3 Publisher also makes Otome Games, and just published a new one,Office Lovers, on Nintendo Switch:
The new game by D3 Publisher andSummon Nightdevelopers Felistella will be fully revealed on September 8, at 1700 JST. It might turn out to be aSummon Night 7seeing the countdown has silhouettes teasing two characters, probably the male and female protagonists.
