{"id":17869,"date":"2023-02-15T11:56:11","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T02:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=17869"},"modified":"2023-02-15T11:56:11","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T02:56:11","slug":"20230215-17869","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230215-17869\/","title":{"rendered":"Heaven Burns Red x Angel Beats! collab sees Steam users skyrocket"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><br>Wright Flyer Studios and Key launched the <em>Angel Beats!<\/em> collaboration event in <strong><em>Heaven Burns Red<\/em>.<\/strong> The number of concurrent users on Steam saw a huge spike due to the event.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/jBrgG_JeQx0\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><em>Heaven Burns Red<\/em> is an RPG developed by Wright Flyer Studios and Key. The main scenario for the game is written by Jun Maeda, known for titles such as <em>Air<\/em> and <em>Clannad<\/em>. The game takes place in a world that is being attacked by mysterious extra-terrestrial life-forms called Cancer. Conventional weapons have no effect on the Cancer and, as a result, humanity is driven to the brink of extinction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the midst of this crisis, humanity succeeds in developing a new type of weapon that has the power to damage the Cancer called Seraph. Young girls who are able to wield these new weapons are enlisted to a military base that is located within a school campus, and players follow the battles and daily lives of the girls from the viewpoint of the main protagonist Ruka.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230214-237209-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230214-237209-001.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230214-237209-001-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230214-237209-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230214-237209-001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230214-237209-001-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230214-237209-001-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230214-237209-001-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230214-237209-001-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230214-237209-001-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><em>Heaven Burns Red<\/em> celebrated its first anniversary on February 10, and is currently holding a campaign to mark the occasion. Since the start of this campaign, the number of concurrent users on the Steam version has skyrocketed. It used to hover between 2,000 and 4,000 players, but since the start of the campaign, the number has peaked at over 20,000 users on multiple days (<a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/1973710\/charts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SteamDB<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A major factor for the increase in popularity is likely due to the event\u2019s collaboration with the anime <em>Angel Beats!<\/em> The event\u2019s story was written by Jun Maeda, co-founder of the\u00a0visual novel\u00a0brand\u00a0Key. Maeda also wrote the original script for the anime and was involved in the music. Fans of the anime are sure to be excited by the fact that Jun Maeda himself worked on the story of the collaboration event.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230214-237209-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230214-237209-002.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230214-237209-002-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230214-237209-002-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230214-237209-002-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230214-237209-002-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230214-237209-002-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230214-237209-002-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230214-237209-002-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230214-237209-002-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>This collaboration also includes a special gacha, a first anniversary login bonus, and a free daily login gacha. As for future plans, a live mode in which users can play a rhythm game with the title&#8217;s songs is scheduled to be launched on February 24, and part two of the main story\u2019s fourth chapter is expected to go live on April 28.<br><br><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:12px\"><em>Written by. Connor Lawless based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20230214-237209\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a> (original article&#8217;s publication date: 2023-02-14 15:55 JST)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heaven Burns Red&#8217;s Angel Beats! collaboration event boosted the concurrent user count on Steam. 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