{"id":36922,"date":"2024-09-11T16:53:38","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T07:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=36922"},"modified":"2024-09-11T16:53:40","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T07:53:40","slug":"aniplex-and-akatsuki-games-announce-new-game-called-project-hyke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/aniplex-and-akatsuki-games-announce-new-game-called-project-hyke\/","title":{"rendered":"Aniplex and Akatsuki Games announce new game called Project Hyke\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Aniplex and Akatsuki Games revealed on September 11 that they are working on a new game project together. The project is named <strong>Project Hyke<\/strong>, however it is not known when the game will be released nor what platforms it will be available on.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/project_HYKE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">official account<\/a> for the project popped up on X and made its first post today. The concept art and text suggest that the game will be an adventure about a girl and her cat going on a journey to discover more about her mother, who \u201cdestroyed the world.\u201d &nbsp;The character designs will be done by Orie, an active <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pixiv.net\/users\/13779200\/illustrations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">artist on Pixiv<\/a> known for their stylized illustrations of girls, which incorporate natural imagery like flowers. The game will be produced by Hiroaki Iwano, who previously produced the anime series Million Arthur. According to the producer\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Iwano_Hiroaki\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">X profile<\/a>, he enjoys camping and hot springs, and is interested in rare plants and cats. It seems like some of these interests may be reflected in the world of the game.&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=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Akatsuki\u00d7Aniplex\u201dNew game project<br>\u3010Project HYKE\u3011\u59cb\u52d5<br><br>\u5c11\u5973\u306f\u65c5\u3092\u3059\u308b\u3002\u4e16\u754c\u3092\u6ec5\u307c\u3057\u305f\u6bcd\u306e\u8db3\u8de1\u3092\u8fbf\u3063\u3066\u2014\u2014<br>The girl goes on a Journey. Following in her mother&#39;s footsteps who ruined the world&#8230;<br><br>Character Designer\uff1aorie(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/orie_h?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@orie_h<\/a>)<br>Producer\uff1a\u5ca9\u91ce\u5f18\u660e&quot;Hiroaki Iwano&quot;(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Iwano_Hiroaki?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Iwano_Hiroaki<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MVK8GZjbAU\">pic.twitter.com\/MVK8GZjbAU<\/a><\/p>&mdash; HYKE:Northern Light(s) (@project_HYKE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/project_HYKE\/status\/1833717102341189955?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As an aside, Akatsuki Games <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/koei-tecmo-atelier-resleriana-will-no-longer-be-co-developed-by-akatsuki-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pulled out of working on Atelier Resleriana<\/a> at the end of August, perhaps to focus their attention on Project Hyke. They are also developing Tribe Nine, <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/danganronpa-devs-and-akatsuki-games-upcoming-tribe-nine-delivers-on-its-promise-of-a-death-game-closed-beta-results-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">which recently concluded its beta test<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aniplex and Akatsuki Games are working on a mysterious new title which seems to feature a girl and her cat going on a journey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":36925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-36922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Aniplex and Akatsuki Games announce new game called Project Hyke\u00a0 - 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