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duckroll · Mar 10, 2015

This week's Famitsu has a huge article on CyberConnect2 as a developer, and mostly covers their upcoming announced titles. There's also an interview with the CEO about the future of the developer, including the cryptic "new challenge" recruitment ad they recently put up.

Apparently the new challenge is not just one game but there are 3 current-gen console games they're developing at the moment. The keywords in the ad refer to the different titles, with the text in the largest font size referring to the first title, and the medium and smaller font text referring to the other two projects.

The first unannounced title they're working on will be on Unreal Engine 4 targeting a worldwide audience. Other keywords associated with it are "large scale development", "photo real", and "physically based rendering". The second unannounced title will be an open world game, and the third unannounced title is a VR title.

He also goes on to say in the interview that up until now, CC2 has split the number of titles they worked on between console and smartphones evenly, but moving forward, they're looking at a ratio of 70% consoles, 30% smartphones. He feels that this is the time for console development to fight on.

Edit: For reference, here is the ad: http://www.cc2.co.jp/recruit/new_challenge/

And this is the background where you can see all the text: http://www.cc2.co.jp/recruit/new_challenge/img/bg.jpg

raven777 · Mar 10, 2015

I wonder when we will see more about that UE4 RPG. Maybe E3 or TGS?

kubus · Mar 10, 2015

.hack as the VR game

Believe.

Bulbasaur · Mar 10, 2015

One of them has to be Solatorobo 2

FluxWaveZ · Mar 10, 2015

duckroll said:
He also goes on to say in the interview that up until now, CC2 has split the number of titles they worked on between console and smartphones evenly, but moving forward, they're looking at a ratio of 70% consoles, 30% smartphones. He feels that this is the time for console development to fight on.

Damn straight.

YianGaruga · Mar 10, 2015

duckroll said:
He also goes on to say in the interview that up until now, CC2 has split the number of titles they worked on between console and smartphones evenly, but moving forward, they're looking at a ratio of 70% consoles, 30% smartphones. He feels that this is the time for console development to fight on.

I hope he's right

FluxWaveZ · Mar 10, 2015

YianGaruga said:
I hope he's right

Well, clearly, CC2 is fighting.

Trust me. I'm a PhD · Mar 10, 2015

duckroll said:
This week's Famitsu has a huge article on CyberConnect2 as a developer, and mostly covers their upcoming announced titles. There's also an interview with the CEO about the future of the developer, including the cryptic "new challenge" recruitment ad they recently put up.

Apparently the new challenge is not just one game but there are 3 current-gen console games they're developing at the moment. The keywords in the ad refer to the different titles, with the text in the largest font size referring to the first title, and the medium and smaller font text referring to the other two projects.

The first unannounced title they're working on will be on Unreal Engine 4 targeting a worldwide audience. Other keywords associated with it are "large scale development", "photo real", and "physically based rendering". The second unannounced title will be an open world game, and the third unannounced title is a VR title.

He also goes on to say in the interview that up until now, CC2 has split the number of titles they worked on between console and smartphones evenly, but moving forward, they're looking at a ratio of 70% consoles, 30% smartphones. He feels that this is the time for console development to fight on.

Good man. I will buy three copies of your current gen .hack reboot^^

Kaako · Mar 10, 2015

This is good news cause I like CyberConnect 2.

SgtCobra · Mar 10, 2015

duckroll said:
He also goes on to say in the interview that up until now, CC2 has split the number of titles they worked on between console and smartphones evenly, but moving forward, they're looking at a ratio of 70% consoles, 30% smartphones. He feels that this is the time for console development to fight on.

This pleases me in naughty, exciting ways. I wish most Japanese devs thought like this but we all know where the money is.

Rymuth · Mar 10, 2015

CC2 fighting the good fight.

Psycho_Mantis · Mar 10, 2015

duckroll said:
This week's Famitsu has a huge article on CyberConnect2 as a developer, and mostly covers their upcoming announced titles. There's also an interview with the CEO about the future of the developer, including the cryptic "new challenge" recruitment ad they recently put up.

Apparently the new challenge is not just one game but there are 3 current-gen console games they're developing at the moment. The keywords in the ad refer to the different titles, with the text in the largest font size referring to the first title, and the medium and smaller font text referring to the other two projects.

The first unannounced title they're working on will be on Unreal Engine 4 targeting a worldwide audience. Other keywords associated with it are "large scale development", "photo real", and "physically based rendering". The second unannounced title will be an open world game, and the third unannounced title is a VR title.

He also goes on to say in the interview that up until now, CC2 has split the number of titles they worked on between console and smartphones evenly, but moving forward, they're looking at a ratio of 70% consoles, 30% smartphones. He feels that this is the time for console development to fight on.

Based CC2.

I remember someone saying that their coverage was over 10 pages or something like that....any more info on the titles, publishers, release windows and platforms?

AlucardGV · Mar 10, 2015

Naruto, jojo and

bleach

FluxWaveZ · Mar 10, 2015

AlucardGV said:
Naruto, jojo and

bleach

They're already developing a Naruto game and they're already developing a Jojo's game.

Stone Ocean · Mar 10, 2015

I didn't know they had mobile titles. Fight on, Japan.

Also, working on 5 games at the same time? How big is CC2?

Newtype-001 · Mar 10, 2015

Gimme my one piece 3d fighting game and you'll have my money CC2!

duckroll · Mar 10, 2015

Psycho_Mantis said:
Based CC2.

I remember someone saying that their coverage was over 10 pages or something like that....any more info on the titles, publishers, release windows and platforms?

The coverage is on CC2 as a studio. It is a 20th Anniversary article. It covers the studio's history, their current/upcoming titles (Naruto, Jojo, smartphone stuff), and there's a long interview with the CEO. The only info about their unannounced titles comes from the interview, and since they are unannounced, no there are no details.

Stone Ocean said:
I didn't know they had mobile titles. Fight on, Japan.

Also, working on 5 games at the same time? How big is CC2?

150 people.

Ravage · Mar 10, 2015

Wow megaton!!! Now I'm really curious to see who's forking out the cash. Namco is the obvious one but I seriously doubt they are funding all 3 projects. Guessing SCEJ has their hands on at least one of them.

Miles Quaritch · Mar 10, 2015

Is that a smart move with how bad console sales are in Japan?

Then again, seems there's more of a focus on games that have a worldwide appeal, so I guess a greater focus on consoles makes sense.

kenji · Mar 10, 2015

And I was hoping they would have announced at least one of these games.. Oh well

All three games sounds interesting, I hope a reveal is not top far, at least for the UE4 game

VR game can't be .hack, that game just have no market anymore

Earthpainting · Mar 10, 2015

I didn't think they were a large enough studio to have three concurrent projects in the pipeline.

Gamesgbkiller · Mar 10, 2015

Open world game?

Interesting. I wonder they will stick with Cell-shaded art.

koutoru · Mar 10, 2015

I hope they continue to use cel shading in their open world game, since their first unannounced project is supposed to be photo realistic.

UltraGunner · Mar 10, 2015

That's a lot of Naruto games

duckroll · Mar 10, 2015

Ravage said:
Wow megaton!!! Now I'm really curious to see who's forking out the cash. Namco is the obvious one but I seriously doubt they are funding all 3 projects. Guessing SCEJ has their hands on at least one of them.

With their Namco Bandai projects (Naruto, .hack, Jojo) I think they all use an internal engine at CC2. The last time CC2 used Unreal was when they worked with Capcom and made Asura's Wrath. So either they're simply shifting to UE4 because it's easier to use and they won't have to develop their own engine for current-gen, or this big project might be a non-Namco Bandai project.

Kyne · Mar 10, 2015

.hack VR MMORPG.

believe it.

fucking believe it.

YianGaruga · Mar 10, 2015

Kyne said:
.hack VR MMORPG.

believe it.

fucking believe it.

I haven't played a MMORPG seriously since Ragnarok Online, but I'd totally play that on PS4. So much potential..
EDIT: Even without VR

Nesther · Mar 10, 2015

Loved Asura's Wrath, hopefully we get something as insane as that.

kenji · Mar 10, 2015

YianGaruga said:
I haven't played a MMORPG seriously since Ragnarok Online, but I'd totally play that on PS4. So much potential..
EDIT: Even without VR

Well.. Actually it doesn't have that much potential, since a VR game with the same dungeon design the old games had, must be the most boring VR game ever XD

But yeah, as an old fan of .hack, I'd be very curious to see it realized

witchedwiz · Mar 10, 2015

cc2.....
pleaase a new .hack in my vein!
ps4 has all the required juice the pull off the dream .hack was meant to be!

Tizoc · Mar 10, 2015

What if one of them is a Marvel game with Greg Land art :V

ConfusedGamer · Mar 10, 2015

duckroll said:
150 people.

150 people and they've 5 console games in various stages of production plus some smartphone games, They'll need to expand if they're really gonna tackle that many projects.

duckroll · Mar 10, 2015

ConfusedGamer said:
150 people and they've 5 console games in various stages of production plus some smartphone games, They'll need to expand if they're really gonna tackle that many projects.

Erm, isn't that what this entire announcement has been about? It's not a game announcement, it's a massive recruitment drive.

Some Nobody · Mar 10, 2015

Tizoc said:
What if one of them is a Marvel game with Greg Land art :V

...This is really random. Plus, I'm alone in this but man I really enjoy Greg Land's art, so that'd be cool.

Despera · Mar 10, 2015

Photo real you say?

Guess they aren't working on an open world direct sequel to Tail Concerto...

ConfusedGamer · Mar 10, 2015

duckroll said:
Erm, isn't that what this entire announcement has been about? It's not a game announcement, it's a massive recruitment drive.

Yeah, I think cc2 is serious about creating more big games now, their last game I played was Naruto UNS on ps3 and it was great.

Great to see them expanding, more Japanese consoles games are always good in my book.

I wish we would've got a little more information like who is publishing these 3 new games.

SerTapTap · Mar 10, 2015

.hack is a story driven game that funny enough is totally unsuited for an mmorpg

That said give us a (proper) .hack, thanks.

Interested in the big ue4 thing, less interested if it's a gritty mcRealistic game

Brad Grenz · Mar 10, 2015

Asura's VRath!

Hisoka · Mar 10, 2015

Hyped. Hopefully they work on smth Attack on Titan related. They already said they want to.

RPGCrazied · Mar 10, 2015

Wish it could be .hack, but like other PS2 era jRPG's, its probably dead. If anything I'd like a HD remaster of G.U though.

Ravage · Mar 10, 2015

duckroll said:
With their Namco Bandai projects (Naruto, .hack, Jojo) I think they all use an internal engine at CC2. The last time CC2 used Unreal was when they worked with Capcom and made Asura's Wrath. So either they're simply shifting to UE4 because it's easier to use and they won't have to develop their own engine for current-gen, or this big project might be a non-Namco Bandai project.

Great observations. I have a feeling it's the former though. They have a very capable internal engine (which gave birth to the best looking cell-shaded games of last gen) but I'm guessing it might not be a good fit for AAA RPGs and open world games. It would make alot of sense for them to choose UE4 (like KH3 and Tekken7) instead of an expensive and slow inhouse solution.

yopmoi · Mar 10, 2015

Brad Grenz said:
Asura's VRath!

chicagocubsfan · Mar 10, 2015

All of them sound like Berserk AAA game to me. I'll work there if they let me write the story for it.

Nirolak · Mar 10, 2015

Miles Quaritch said:
Is that a smart move with how bad console sales are in Japan?

Then again, seems there's more of a focus on games that have a worldwide appeal, so I guess a greater focus on consoles makes sense.

They don't fund their own titles so what they make depends on what people want to sign them for that they're willing to take.

Some Nobody · Mar 10, 2015

Sir TapTap said:
.hack is a story driven game that funny enough is totally unsuited for an mmorpg

That said give us a (proper) .hack, thanks.

Interested in the big ue4 thing, less interested if it's a gritty mcRealistic game

Let's wait and see. Don't jinx it.

kurahador · Mar 10, 2015

Brad Grenz said:
Asura's VRath!

Hot springs only.

The Last Wizard · Mar 10, 2015

If that vr game is the world:O

Stone Ocean · Mar 10, 2015

Nirolak said:
They don't fund their own titles so what they make depends on what people want to sign them for that they're willing to take.

Plus don't their games do pretty well overseas?

Mista · Mar 10, 2015

3 projects same time? Wont it be tough or are they going to divide their team?

JuanLatino · Mar 10, 2015

3 Games (Large Scale Project, 1 RPG) with 150 Men? Damm...sounds like a lot of Work.

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