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Exist Archive RPG's Story, November 26 Release Date Revealed

The official website of Spike Chunsoft and tri-Ace's upcoming Exist Archive -The Other Side of the Sky- sideview role-playing game revealed on Thursday that the game is slated for release in Japan on November 26 for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita. The game's PS4 version will cost 7,200 yen (around US$56), while the PS Vita version will cost 6,800 yen (around US$54).

Those who pre-order the game will receive a soundtrack CD compiled by composer Motoi Sakuraba, as well as an art book with illustrations by character designer Tarō Minoboshi.

Spike Chunsoft previously streamed the game's first teaser video on Monday.

The game's story revolves around Kanata, a young man who is caught up in a mysterious explosion incident in Tokyo. The explosion causes the ground to collapse down to the subway level, and Kanata, his fiancée Ranze, and their two friends are part of a group of 12 people who are unaccounted for afterward. As they lay dying, Ranze — who has seemingly had a good relationship with Kanata — says, "I don't want to die together with you." The next thing he knows, Kanata wakes up in an unknown place that is obviously not Tokyo, or the Earth: a giant tower pierces the heavens and the trees are all crystalized. Kanata finds himself alone, wondering if he is dead. As he ponders this question, he wanders around this new world, and meets a lone young woman.

The game stars:

Ryota Ohsaka as Kanata Kujo

Aya Endō as Ranze Miwakawa

Ai Kayano as Mayura Tsukishiro

Tetsuya Kakihara as Tokihisa Kiriya

tri-Ace's Masaki Norimoto (Star Ocean, Valkyrie Profile series game design) is helming the project, and is also writing the game's scenario. Current tri-Ace representative director Yoshiharu Gotanda (Star Ocean: The Last Hope, Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria main R&D programmer) is serving as the project's lead R&D programmer. Tarō Minoboshi (formerly LovePlus character designer Mino☆Tarō) designed the characters, while Motoi Sakuraba (Star Ocean, Valkyrie Profile, Tales of series) is composing the music. Spike Chunsoft's Yuichiro Saito (Fushigi no Chronicle) is credited as producer.

Source: Famitsu