Official Site: http://www.jrpg.jp/
Live Stream: http://live.nicovideo.jp/gate/lv32351518
Live Blog: http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/11/24/imageepoch_live_blog/
It starts at 2pm Japan Time, so that's about 70-80mins from now. Details have semi-leaked in Famitsu, so we know the following details at least:
Black★Rock Shooter The Game:
- PSP RPG
- Coming Summer 2011
- Regular Edition: 6279yen, LE: 10,479yen
- Directed by Niinou, written by Nojima
- RPG + Shooting + TPS
- Set in the year 2051 AD, after an alien invasion has destroyed Earth
- There are only 12 survivors left on the planet
Final Promise Story:
- PSP RPG
- Coming 28th April 2011
- 6279yen
- Character Designs by Chinatsu Kurahana
- Music by GainGauge
- Main character Wolf voiced by Hiroshi Kamiya
- Celes voiced by Yukari Tamura
- Rasudi voiced by Tatsuhisa Suzuki
- The enemies are emotionless mechanical soldiers
Chevalier Saga Tactics:
- PS3 PSN/PC/Smartphone SRPG
- Summer 2011 for PC, no date announced for the others
- Traditional medieval SRPG with knights and wizards
- Two modes: SRPG Mode and Overall Command Mode
- Overall Command Mode is a large scale army tactical mode for online play
- Part of a next-generation push for browser game technology
- PC game will launch on NHN's Hangame portal in Summer 2011
Image Epoch is publishing all of the games themselves, and they will be announcing a total of 8 titles at the conference. Among the guests present at the conference will be the president of SCE Japan, the head of Sega Japan's Consumer Games division, the head of Good Smile Company, and the president of NHN Japan. It is expected that the rest of the announcements not covered in Famitsu will be related to PC Online Gaming, as well as Social/Online Games on Smartphones, via NHN's Hangame portal.
Previous details on this topic can be found here: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=413284
Edit: Adding new announcements from the conference.
Puchitto★Rock Shooter:
- Niconico Douga Application
- From December Niconico will be launching an app space where you can play games while watching videos
- PRS will launch early next year on the service
- Enjoy cute SD BRS RPG goodness while watching videos... or something
Typemoon x Imageepoch Project:
- Long-term development (3 years)
- Brand new project collaboration, not a sequel to Fate/Extra
- Will be a significant title, so it will take some time to be ready
ARK Project:
- Original SRPG
- No platform announced yet, but it will be out before the Typemoon project
- Seems to be a successor of the Luminous Arc series
MARS Project:
- A collaboration with another JRPG creator
- No other details
REMUS Project:
- A reimagination of a classic old PC RPG series in JRPG form
- Aims to build a brand new title on modern hardware based on an older design
- No other details
* The 4 untitled projects will be formally announced next year, possibly at the 2011 Imageepoch Conference
SEGA x IMAGEEPOCH:
- While Imageepoch is going into publishing, they are still a developer for hire
- Sega will publish a new Imageepoch developed game around the middle of 2011
- The announcement was made after a surprise live performance by a 4 string quartet of the 7th Dragon overworld theme
- After the announcement Mikage shared this image which is from the game:
Edit2: Added NISA info.
Live Stream: http://live.nicovideo.jp/gate/lv32351518
Live Blog: http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/11/24/imageepoch_live_blog/
It starts at 2pm Japan Time, so that's about 70-80mins from now. Details have semi-leaked in Famitsu, so we know the following details at least:
Black★Rock Shooter The Game:
- PSP RPG
- Coming Summer 2011
- Regular Edition: 6279yen, LE: 10,479yen
- Directed by Niinou, written by Nojima
- RPG + Shooting + TPS
- Set in the year 2051 AD, after an alien invasion has destroyed Earth
- There are only 12 survivors left on the planet
Final Promise Story:
- PSP RPG
- Coming 28th April 2011
- 6279yen
- Character Designs by Chinatsu Kurahana
- Music by GainGauge
- Main character Wolf voiced by Hiroshi Kamiya
- Celes voiced by Yukari Tamura
- Rasudi voiced by Tatsuhisa Suzuki
- The enemies are emotionless mechanical soldiers
Chevalier Saga Tactics:
- PS3 PSN/PC/Smartphone SRPG
- Summer 2011 for PC, no date announced for the others
- Traditional medieval SRPG with knights and wizards
- Two modes: SRPG Mode and Overall Command Mode
- Overall Command Mode is a large scale army tactical mode for online play
- Part of a next-generation push for browser game technology
- PC game will launch on NHN's Hangame portal in Summer 2011
Image Epoch is publishing all of the games themselves, and they will be announcing a total of 8 titles at the conference. Among the guests present at the conference will be the president of SCE Japan, the head of Sega Japan's Consumer Games division, the head of Good Smile Company, and the president of NHN Japan. It is expected that the rest of the announcements not covered in Famitsu will be related to PC Online Gaming, as well as Social/Online Games on Smartphones, via NHN's Hangame portal.
Previous details on this topic can be found here: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=413284
Edit: Adding new announcements from the conference.
Puchitto★Rock Shooter:
- Niconico Douga Application
- From December Niconico will be launching an app space where you can play games while watching videos
- PRS will launch early next year on the service
- Enjoy cute SD BRS RPG goodness while watching videos... or something
Typemoon x Imageepoch Project:
- Long-term development (3 years)
- Brand new project collaboration, not a sequel to Fate/Extra
- Will be a significant title, so it will take some time to be ready
ARK Project:
- Original SRPG
- No platform announced yet, but it will be out before the Typemoon project
- Seems to be a successor of the Luminous Arc series
MARS Project:
- A collaboration with another JRPG creator
- No other details
REMUS Project:
- A reimagination of a classic old PC RPG series in JRPG form
- Aims to build a brand new title on modern hardware based on an older design
- No other details
* The 4 untitled projects will be formally announced next year, possibly at the 2011 Imageepoch Conference
SEGA x IMAGEEPOCH:
- While Imageepoch is going into publishing, they are still a developer for hire
- Sega will publish a new Imageepoch developed game around the middle of 2011
- The announcement was made after a surprise live performance by a 4 string quartet of the 7th Dragon overworld theme
- After the announcement Mikage shared this image which is from the game:
Edit2: Added NISA info.
duckroll said:http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000/323/323263/
Dengeki asked Mikage about Imageepoch's plans for overseas releases for their titles after the conference. He flat out replies that Imageepoch has a contract with NIS America, and that NISA will be releasing their titles in the US and probably also Europe. So good news for everyone? Maybe?