Drecom announced on Friday that it will release the dungeon role-playing game Wizardry Variants Daphne 3D on October 15 for iOS and Android in Japanese and English.
Image via X/Twitter account for the game Wizardry Variants Daphne
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Drecom revealed a 13-minute video interview with game director Keisuke Kanayama on September 20. The video below has enableable English subtitles.
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There is a PC version planned for release on Steam after the mobile game launches.
Drecom describes the story:
Every 100 years, the Abyss opens.
It is a curse of death that devours the continent. A Warlock craves Death, devours humans and animals, and covers the world in despair.
For thousands of years, a line of kings has sealed the Abyss.
But now, the king is gone, and the world is being consumed by death, moment by moment.
Resistance itself is meaningless. There is nothing but doom.
The game's cast includes (unconfirmed English names for some characters):
Maaya Uchida, Yū Kobayashi, Hiroki Takahashi, Yumi Touma, Yūichi Nakamura, Romi Park, Fairouz Ai and Aoi Yūki also have voice roles.
Drecom initially announced the game with the tentative title Wizardry VA.
The game will maintain the dungeon exploration series' signature 3D first-person perspective, while adding new features for players to “make their own adventures”. Drecom plans to release the game worldwide.
59 Studio and Game*Spark Publishing remake spin-off game Wizardry: The Five Ordeals launches for early access on Steam in December 2021.
Drecom announced in October 2020 that it had acquired the domestic and foreign rights and trademarks for the series, and planned to develop a new title in the franchise. Drecom's acquisition includes the domestic and foreign trademarks for “Wizardry”, as well as the copyrights for “Wizardry 6”, “Wizardry 7”, “Wizardry 8” and “Wizardry Gold”.
Drecom's games include Disgaea RPG and Kirara Fantasia. Bandai Namco Entertainment and Drecom announced in May 2017 that they had formed the company BXD. BXD developed the smartphone browser game Dragon Ball Z Bucchigiri Match.
XSEED Games released Acquire's Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls on PC via Steam and the Humble Store in January 2020. The game is the first Western release for a Wizardry game since 2001 AnimEigo co-founder Robert Woodhead co-created the original Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord in 1981. Franchise co-founder Andrew C. Greenberg died in August.
Source: Wizardry Variants Daphne X/Twitter account and X/English Twitter account, 4Gamer (ルネ)