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Psycho- Anime Gets Xbox One Game by 5pb.
posted on by Jennifer Sherman
Psycho- anime will get a video game adaptation for the Xbox One. 5pb. also began streaming the game's first teaser movie.
The game will take place during the time period depicted in the first six episodes of the original television anime season. Nitro+ will create an original story with Fate/Zero) providing the original plan and scenario supervision. The setting will change from the heart of a large city in the anime to a remote island in the game.
One new male and female character each will serve as the two protagonists who face off against a new enemy. Characters from the Unit 1 police team of the Public Safety Bureau's Criminal Investigation Division will return. The anime's Akira Amano's (Reborn!) original designs.
Features that capture players' true movements by utilizing the Kinect peripheral and SmartGlass feature are planned. However, gameplay without Kinect and SmartGlass will be possible. The title will have a function that allows players to send data from their smartphones to characters in the game.
Release date and price are undecided.
Psycho- takes place in the near future, when it is possible to instantaneously measure and quantify a person's state of mind and personality. This information is recorded and processed, and the term "Psycho->" in the anime's title refers to a standard used to measure an individual's being. The story centers around the "enforcement officer" Shinya Kōgami (Blood+, Tokyo Marble Chocolate) directed the series, Urobuchi wrote and edited the scripts, and Amano designed the characters.
The original anime premiered on Psycho- movie this winter.
Source: Dengeki Online
