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Death Note Killer Within Social Deduction Game Adds X Kira, N Roles, 3D Mode
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Bandai Namco Entertainment began streaming on Wednesday a new video for DEATH NOTE Killer Within, an online social deduction game based on Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's Death Note manga, and it reveals the new X Kira and N roles, as well as a new 3D mode:
X Kira replaces the original Kira, and can perform similar actions as Kira. X Kira starts the game alone with no followers, but can secretly make one Investigator or NPA Chief into a Kira Follower during a meeting phase. Likewise, N can replace L. N cannot use Investigator Evidence or a Speaker, but can use the SPK Tracker to notify all players about another's players activities and Money Chaos, during which only N can identify other players and Team Kira cannot steal IDs.
The new 3D Mode allows players to freely move the camera and look around. Character pawns will turn their heads in the direction of players' cameras.
The free update also includes a new premium L (Swimsuit) avatar and the Premium Customization Track Vol. 6.
The game launched for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC via Steam in November 2024.
In the game, up to 10 players are in one of two teams: Kira and his followers or L and the investigators. Kira's team aims to kill using the Death Note, while L's team must seize and dispose of the Death Note. Both teams are trying to uncover identities. The game features avatar customization and obtainable costumes, items, and nameplates.
The game added the Mello role in January. Mello belongs to neither team and aims to kill Kira before L's team. Other additional roles include Watari, NPA Chief, and Spokesperson.
In Ohba and Obata's original 2003-2006 supernatural suspense manga, teenager Light Yagami finds a notebook with which he can put people to death by writing their names. He begins a self-anointed crusade against the criminals of the world, and a cat-and-mouse game begins with the authorities and one idiosyncratic genius detective.
The manga inspired a 37-episode television anime series in 2006-2007.
The series has also inspired live-action films, including Death Note and Death Note: The Last Name, which premiered in Japan in 2006 and were based on the story of the manga, albeit with significant changes to the story's ending. Netflix released a live-action Death Note film by director Adam Wingard in August 2017.
Source: Bandai Namco Entertainment America's YouTube channel
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