Luminous Arc Infinity
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| Developer(s) | Felistella[1] |
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| Producer(s) | Yoshifumi Hashimoto[2] |
| Series | Luminous Arc |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation Vita |
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| Genre(s) | Tactical RPG |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Luminous Arc Infinity (ルミナスアーク インフィニティ Ruminasu Āku Infiniti) is a video game developed by Japanese video game company Felistella for the PlayStation Vita. The game was published by Marvelous Entertainment and released in Japan on August 6, 2015. The game is the fourth entry in the Luminous Arc series, and the first in the series not developed by Imageepoch, who suffered financial troubles around the time of the game's development, ultimately leading to a 2015 bankruptcy filing. While Felistella made changes to the gameplay, it ultimately still retains the core gameplay mechanics of a tactical role-playing game.
Gameplay
The game plays as a tactical role-playing game, with turn based battles taking place on a grid.[4]
Story
The game will feature multiple endings, based on the player's actions, each one being drastically different from the other.[5]
Development
The Luminous Arc series of games started as a trilogy of tactical role-playing games: Luminous Arc, Luminous Arc 2, and Luminous Arc 3. All three entries were developed by Imageepoch, published by Marvelous Entertainment, and released between 2007 and 2009 on the Nintendo DS handheld video game platform.[6] Outside of some rumors of the series moving to the PlayStation Portable, which never materialized, the series laid dormant until 2014.[7] The game was first announced in August 2014, as part of the "Sony Computer Entertainment Japan Asia Press Conference 2014",[8] Sony's pre-Tokyo Game Show conference.[7] However, the game would not be developed by Imageepoch, but rather Felistella,[9] as Imageepoch was going through financial troubles that eventually lead to their closure in 2015.[10] Similarly, Felistella had previously taken over in continuing the Summon Night tactical role-playing game series of games with Summon Night 5, on behalf of Flight-Plan, who had closed in 2012.[11] The game's producer was announced to be Yoshifumi Hashimoto, producer of the Rune Factory series of video games.[2]
The game was released on August 6, 2015 in Japan.[12] The game has not been announced for release in English or any other regions yet.[12]
References
- 1 2 "Luminous Arc Infinity - Introduction Trailer - IGN Video". IGN.
- 1 2 "Luminous Arc Infinity announced for PS Vita". Gematsu.
- ↑ "Luminous Arc Infinity". GameSpot.
- ↑ "Luminous Arc Infinity Sings Details About Song Magic And MVP Heroines". Siliconera.
- ↑ "Luminous Arc Infinity Will Have Multiple Endings, Totally Different Endings". Siliconera.
- ↑ "Luminous Arc Infinity PS Vita Game's 7 Heroine Character Videos Posted". Anime News Network.
- 1 2 Sinan Kubba. "Luminous Arc Infinity to light up Vita". Engadget. AOL.
- ↑ "Luminous Arc Infinity Announced For PlayStation Vita". Siliconera.
- ↑ "Luminous Arc Infinity Coming to Vita - Niche Gamer". Niche Gamer.
- ↑ "Japanese role-playing game studio Imageepoch has gone bankrupt -- but its latest game is still coming out - GamesBeat - Games - by Dale North". VentureBeat.
- ↑ "Summon Night 5 Summoned For PSP In Spring 2013". Siliconera.
- 1 2 "Luminous Arc Infinity Trailer Shows Game Systems". PlayStation LifeStyle.
External links
- Official Japanese Website (Japanese)
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