''Project Awakening'' is an upcoming

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in a fantasy setting being developed by

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, and initially announced for the

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in September 2018.

History

Development of ''Project Awakening'' as a 'high-end console game' was announced at Cygames Next event (Tokyo) in November 2016, under development at Cygames Osaka studio. A short gameplay video was shown in a closed session at

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. The game was described as showing some influences from games such as ''

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'' and '' Dragon's Dogma''. The game was officially announced as an action fantasy RPG in September 2018 for the

system, with

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as the director, and Ryosuke Aiba as the art director. Producer

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described the game as an open-world game, containing some

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elements, with a focus on combat, including co-op multiplayer aspects - the game has a traditional

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setting. The game was intended by Cygames as an attempt to break into the western console market - the name was also confirmed as only a working title. Takaki also discussed the possibility of the game becoming a

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title if development extended into the next generation of consoles. In August 2019 a potential demo version was registered (16+) with the European ratings board

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References

External links

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