{"id":36812,"date":"2024-09-10T12:42:04","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T03:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=36812"},"modified":"2024-09-10T12:42:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T03:42:07","slug":"blue-archive-devs-controversial-project-kv-gets-replaced-by-new-project-vk-right-after-its-cancellation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/blue-archive-devs-controversial-project-kv-gets-replaced-by-new-project-vk-right-after-its-cancellation\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Archive devs\u2019 controversial Project KV gets replaced by new \u201cProject VK\u201d right after its cancellation\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Only a day after Dynamis One and Studio Alaya (made up of core development members of Nexon\u2019s Blue Archive) <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/blue-archive-developers-new-title-project-kv-gets-cancelled\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced the cancellation<\/a> of their new game <strong>Project KV<\/strong>, a mysterious \u201cProject VK\u201d has appeared to replace it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Project KV was a \u201cnostalgic school drama action\u201d game due to release in 2024. Set in Kapila, the City of Dormitories, the story revolved around a cast of sword-wielding schoolgirls and their teacher \u2013 the player. A trailer, several character profiles and illustrations had been released, generating significant interest in the game.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, due to the work-in-progress title being developed by former Blue Archive developers and bearing multiple similarities to that game, Project KV quickly caught heat as well. This included accusations of plagiarism and even rumors about Nexon Games\u2019 developers being poached to work on the project.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of this died down when Dynamis One and Studio Alaya decided to cancel Project KV and delete everything related to it on September 8, but then things took a mysterious turn. The following day, an indie developer called Studio Vikundi <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/studio_vikundi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">appeared on X<\/a>, announcing the development of Project VK. The studio seems to have formed within a <a href=\"https:\/\/arca.live\/b\/projectvk\/115802196\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Korean online community on Arca.live<\/a> while Project KV was still in-progress.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xHqxVIGD5F\">pic.twitter.com\/xHqxVIGD5F<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Studio Vikundi (@studio_vikundi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/studio_vikundi\/status\/1832938826937119146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 9, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Studio Vikundi, their upcoming Project VK is a non-profit fan game of Blue Archive and is not officially affiliated with either Blue Archive or the cancelled Project KV. The development of Project VK was apparently initiated by fans who were \u201cdisappointed in the Project KV team due to their unprofessional behavior.\u201d The team plans to release a trailer in the near future.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only a day after Dynamis One and Studio Alaya announced the cancellation of Project KV, a mysterious \u201cProject VK\u201d has appeared to replace it.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":36815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-36812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-global-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Blue Archive devs\u2019 controversial Project KV gets replaced by new \u201cProject VK\u201d right after its cancellation\u00a0 - 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