Sq. Enix has introduced that Visions of Mana, the newest within the long-running Mana sequence, can be launched later this summer season.
Revealed as a part of a brand new trailer, Visions of Mana will arrive on PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox Collection X/S, and PC on August 29. Its launch will mark the primary new Mana sport in over 15 years, in addition to the primary time the Mana sequence could have appeared on an Xbox platform in its 30-year-plus historical past. (Simply do not anticipate it on Recreation Move, sorry.)
Visions of Mana was first introduced at The Recreation Awards in 2023 after which proven at Xbox’s Developer Direct, the place we bought a take a look at the Pikul; an enormous, fluffy canine that you could trip world wide on. And in our hands-on preview, we mentioned that it “paints a picture of how thrilling it has the potential to be. Whereas it might seem to be a scary change, the action-focused fight and the introduction of gameplay components equivalent to Elemental Vessels is perhaps what the sequence must deliver it again into the modern-day limelight.”
If classically styled Japanese RPGs are what you are searching for in 2024, then you may additionally be all for Metaphor: ReFantazio, the brand new sport from the Persona 5 crew. We just lately went hands-on with it and admired its wild method to dungeons, world design, and story.
Matt Purslow is IGN’s Senior Options Editor.