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NieR Re[in]carnation Smartphone Game Delayed to 1st Half of 2021
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game in the NieR video game franchise, is delayed from a general 2020 release to a release in the first half of 2021.
The role-playing game for iOS and Android devices will be free to play, with optional in-game items available for purchase. Square Enix is producing the game, Applibot is developing the game, and CyDesignation is deg the characters. The game will get a release in North America and Europe.
The now-defunct Japanese game developer Cavia (Drakengard, Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles) developed the original NieR game as a spinoff of the Drakengard series in 2010. Square Enix released versions of the game for two different consoles: NieR Gestalt for the Xbox 360, and NieR Replicant for the PlayStation 3. NieR Replicant featured a different character design for the protagonist, and minor differences in the plot. NieR was the last game Cavia developed before being disbanded and absorbed into AQ Interactive Inc. in July 2010.
NieR Replicant is getting a remastered edition for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, and will also have a release in English. Square Enix will release the game in Japan on April 22 for consoles (and on PC in Japan on April 24), and outside Japan on April 23.
The combined shipments and digital sales number of 4.5 million.
Sources: NieR Re[in]carnation game's Twitter , 4Gamer (Chihiro)
