Support Virtual Agent is Here to Help [Update: Rolling Out to All US Users]

Update 12/13: After a successful Insider testing period, we’re delighted to announce that Support Virtual Agent is now rolling out to all players in the US. We’d like to thank Insiders for their help in testing and providing feedback for this new feature.”

Support Virtual Agent is an AI-powered feature built to help Xbox players more efficiently solve their support-related gaming issues, and it is rolling out to select Xbox Insiders on support.xbox.com today. Support Virtual Agent can quickly access information from support.xbox.com to answer questions relevant to Xbox console and game support issues. Xbox Insiders located in the United States and with English selected as their preferred language can begin previewing the Support Virtual Agent today by visiting support.xbox.com while signed into an account that is registered with the Xbox Insider Program.

We value the feedback from Xbox Insiders for this preview experience and any feedback received will be used to improve the Support Virtual Agent. As you interact with the Support Virtual Agent, you can provide feedback via the “thumbs up” or “thumbs down” button on each of the responses or provide feedback directly via the “Give feedback” button at the bottom of the page.

How to Use Support Virtual Agent

Starting today, Xbox Insiders will see the Support Virtual Agent on the “Contact us” page on support.xbox.com. Sign in with the same account you registered with the Xbox Insider Program, then you’ll see a new option to ask our new Support Virtual Agent a question.

Xbox Insiders can launch the Support Virtual Agent by selecting “ask a question” on the “Contact us” page on support.xbox.com

Once you click on “Ask a question,” you will see the Support Virtual Agent launch in a new browser window. You can ask the agent questions via text or voice, and it will answer with relevant information from support.xbox.com. If the Support Virtual Agent cannot solve the issue, you can request to speak with a live support agent as long as it is within Xbox Support’s normal hours of operation.

During this preview, you can also customize your support experience by clicking on the ellipsis menu icon and choosing between two different Support Virtual Agents.

Players can customize their support experience and choose between two different Support Virtual Agents

How to Get Xbox Insider Support and Share Your Feedback

If you’re an Xbox Insider looking for support, please join our community on the Xbox Insider subreddit. Official Xbox staff, moderators, and fellow Xbox Insiders are there to help. We recommend adding to threads with the same topic before posting a brand new one. This helps us support you the best we can! Also, you can provide direct feedback to Team Xbox by following the steps here under the “Report a problem online” section. 

If you aren’t part of the Xbox Insider Program yet and want to help create the future of Xbox and get early access to new features, join the Program today by downloading the Xbox Insider Hub for Xbox Series X|S & Xbox One or Windows PC

For more information on the Xbox Insider Program, follow us on Twitter at @XboxInsider.

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Share of the Week: 30th Anniversary

Last week, asked you to share your favorite PlayStation games, consoles, and gaming collections using #PSshare #PSBlog to celebrate PlayStation’s 30th anniversary. Here are this week’s nostalgic highlights:

dwardlozano shares the in-game 30th anniversary celebration in Astro Bot.

call_me_xavii shares a picture of their old PS One.

silentgear1 shares their expansive PlayStation collection, which includes the full God of War gaming lineup.

MrioMoreno5 shares a collection of games across the generations that spell out PS.

rumunskibugarin shares Castlevania: Symphony of the Night booted up on PS1, surrounded by a PS2, a PSP, and PS VR2 headset. 

UnlimitedGamesX shares their PlayStation collection laid out by era, with PS1, PS2, PS3, and PS Vita. 

Search #PSshare #PSBlog on Twitter or Instagram to see more entries to this week’s theme. Want to be featured in the next Share of the Week?

THEME: Astro Bot – Winter Wonder Level
SUBMIT BY: 11:59 PM PT on December 18, 2024 

Next week, we’re blasting back into Astro Bot to explore the newly released Winter Wonder level. Share moments jumping through the snow and presents using #PSshare #PSBlog for a chance to be featured.

Naughty Dog Fans Already Think They’ve Worked Out Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet’s Cast

Naughty Dog revealed its next game, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, at The Game Awards 2024, and fans think they’ve already worked out what looks to be a very impressive cast.

Intergalactic director and Naughty Dog studio head Neil Druckmann has already confirmed that Tati Gabrielle of the Uncharted movie will play the protagonist, a bounty hunter named Jordan A. Mun, and told The New York Times that Kumail Nanjiani of Marvel’s Eternals will play one of her targets, a man called Colin Graves.

But fans have analysed the trailer, below, to piece together the rest of the cast, and though it focuses on just a couple of characters, a photo of what appears to be a crew reveals even more.

As spotted by Reddit user ERASER345, the character at the center of this photo appears to be Tony Dalton, perhaps best known for playing Lalo Salamanca in Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul. Walking Dead actor Cooper Andrews also appears to be on the right side of the photo.

The fifth and final character is harder to make it, and fans are conflicted on who it could be. Some think Ashley Scott, others think Kelly Reilly, and others again think Jessica Chastain.

Druckmann said in Naughty Dog’s announcement of Intergalactic that it features “a stellar cast” but didn’t say anything more. “We’ll reveal more of our ensemble down the line,” he said, but Intergalactic doesn’t have a release window as of yet so fans could be waiting a while.

Be sure to check out IGN’s round-up of everything announced at The Game Awards 2024 for more on what’s coming to the world of gaming in the years ahead.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll talk about The Witcher all day.

Game of Thrones: Kingsroad Announced as Story-Driven Action Adventure RPG Coming to Mobile

Game of Thrones: Kingsroad has been announced as a story-driven action adventure role-playing game coming to mobile in 2025 from developer Netmarble.

A trailer for the game, previously known only as Game of Thrones MMORPG, was revealed during The Game Awards 2024 showcase last night, and shows the player character meeting the likes of Jon Snow, Cersei Lannister, and other iconic characters from the HBO series.

“Faithfully crafted under official license from HBO and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Game of Thrones: Kingsroad is a blockbuster story-driven action-adventure RPG that invites players to step into the immersive world of Westeros,” Netmarble said, dropping the previous MMO (massively multiplayer online) messaging.

“In Game of Thrones: Kingsroad, you will embark on a journey to restore your house’s legacy, forging alliances through trials and betrayals while navigating a realm rife with intrigue, danger, and opportunity. The game’s original storyline expands on that of the legendary TV series, allowing you to forge your own path amidst the power struggles of noble houses and the looming threat of what lies beyond the Wall.”

Players can choose from three classes: the knight, sellsword, or assassin. Each “offers a distinct playstyle inspired by the archetypes seen in Game of Thrones.”

The knight class uses a longsword and has “a sophisticated fighting style,” the sellsword uses a battle axe and has a “brutal fighting style,” and the assassin “employs agile and precise attacks” while dual-wielding daggers.

Little else has been said about Game of Thrones: Kingsroad despite it being revealed in 2022, but Netmarble will likely begin sharing more and more as its 2025 release draws closer.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll talk about The Witcher all day.

Open world sword-swinger Crimson Desert horse-powerslides to a late 2025 release

Crimson Desert first galloped onto the scene in 2020, with a bombastic trailer at Gamescom 2023 showcasing some particularly beautiful medieval open world action adventuring. It’s got horses, fishing, plate armour and roving heroism, but one thing it lacks is a release date. Now, thanks to The Geoff Awards, that’s changed! Well, sort of – Crimson Desert is out sometime in late 2025.

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You Can Save $10 Right Now on The Game Awards’ GOTY Winner Astro Bot

It’s official: The Game Awards named Astro Bot as 2024’s Game of the Year. This delightful game absolutely deserves the recognition, and if you’ve been hoping to pick it up there’s no better time than now. It currently has a $10 discount at several different retailers, dropping its price to $50 (see here at Amazon).

We gave Astro Bot a 9/10 in our review and it’s even among our own nominees for IGN’s Game of the Year, so it’s definitely worth picking up. Check out this deal at the links below.

Astro Bot Drops to $50 at Various Retailers

Speaking of our Astro Bot review, IGN’s Simon Cardy had high praise for this game. He said that Astro Bot is a “collection of endlessly inventive levels and fantastically fun abilities, it delivers joy in spades, never once becoming even remotely dull or repetitive. And while you don’t need a long history with Sony systems to enjoy it, it is especially a delight for those with a piece of PlayStation in their heart as a treasure trove full of playable nostalgia awaits.”

Astro Bot even got a free expansion recently called Winter Wonder, which is a very nice little bonus for shoppers. According to the PlayStation Blog post from Nicolas Doucet, Studio Director at Team Asobi, “You will need to have completed the game for this special update to appear. Since we want it to remain a little surprise, we will not say too much, but you should expect a fun-filled level with shiny presents, a good dose of jingle bells, and brand-new special bots to add to your crew!”

This new level is a great way to spend the holidays, so take advantage of this Astro Bot deal while it’s still live. If you’re looking for even more game deals, there are plenty to take advantage of right now alongside Astro Bot. Have a look through our roundups of the best PlayStation deals today, the best Xbox deals today, and the best Nintendo Switch deals to see the latest highlights.

Hannah Hoolihan is a freelancer who writes with the guides and commerce teams here at IGN.

Is Elden Ring: Nightreign Coming To Switch 2? FromSoftware Knows Nothing About The Console, Apparently

“So it’s difficult to say right now”.

One of the biggest news stories to come out of last night’s Game Awards was the announcement of Elden Ring: Nightreign, a new standalone, co-op Elden Ring experience coming to PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and PC next year.

Our lucky friends over at IGN got to speak to the game’s director, Junya Ishizaki, and one of the questions relates to the game coming to Nintendo’s upcoming Switch successor. It’s undoubtedly a fair query, given that the three-player PvE outing is also coming to last-gen hardware like the PS4 and Xbox One.

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Next Week(s) on Xbox: New Games for December 16 to January 3

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Next Week(s) on Xbox: New Games for December 16 to January 3

Welcome to Next Week on Xbox! Each week, we highlight the exciting new games arriving soon on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows PC, and Game Pass. This will be the last feature for a couple of weeks as we’ll be on holiday. Check out the details on these upcoming titles below and click on their profiles for more information (release dates may vary). Let’s jump in!


Flint: Treasure of Oblivion

Microids

$39.99

Flint: Treasure of Oblivion – December 17
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S

Experience the golden age of piracy through a strong and original narrative, real-time exploration and turn-based tactical combat in Flint – Treasure of Oblivion. Assisted by his friend Billy Bones and his crew, Captain Flint sets sail for a mysterious treasure. If the call of the unknown galvanizes him, he doesn’t yet suspect this adventure will set him free.


ROBOBEAT

Kwalee

RoboBeat – December 17
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S

You’re Ace – a famous bounty hunter after your latest target, the eccentric robot-showman Frazzer. To find your way through his twisted techno-playground, you’ll have to master the art of shooting, wall-running, sliding, and bunny hopping, all in sync with the beat!


Infernitos

Afil Games

Infernitos – December 18
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

Take on the role of a little imp chef serving up devilishly delightful dishes to hungry demon patrons. Move the dishes across the fiery kitchen, carefully pushing and delivering them on the table to serve your hellish clients. Every level demands sharp thinking and a strategic approach, as each dish must be assembled with precision to satisfy your picky infernal clientele.


Azura’s Crystals

Soft Source Pte Ltd

Azura’s Crystals – December 19

Embark on an enchanting quest as Azura, a spirited heroine, and discover a world of ancient mysticism. Forge unbreakable bonds with mythical creatures using the power of Primalis Crystals. Traverse breathtaking landscapes, make difficult choices, and uncover the secrets that shape your destiny.


Montgomery Fox And The Case Of The Diamond Necklace (Xbox)

Ocean Media

Montgomery Fox And the Case of The Diamond Necklace – December 18

An exciting Hidden Object investigation. When crime strikes the countryside, only a famous city detective can solve the case. He’ll soon discover there’s more to this case than meets the eye! Set for a journey, meet different characters, find clues and finally unravel a riveting mystery in this fun and colorful hidden object adventure game! Enjoy bright and lighthearted levels and locations, with no time limit or pressure of any kind.


Montgomery Fox And The Case Of The Missing Ballerinas (Xbox)

Ocean Media

Montgomery Fox And the Case of The Missing Ballerinas – December 19

When the ballerinas mysteriously vanish from the theatre, Detective Montgomery Fox jumps into action. Meet various characters, question them, and write your clues to your diary. Visit dozens of locations and search through hundreds of hidden objects and items while you solve riddles and play minigames in this hidden object adventure game.


Universe For Sale

Akupara Games

$14.99

Universe for Sale – December 19
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

In a bizarre bazaar, there’s a worried woman crafting entire universes in the palm of her hand. Universe for Sale is a hand-drawn adventure game set in the dense clouds of Jupiter, where sapient orangutans work as dockhands and mysterious cultists strip the flesh from their bones to reach enlightenment.


Ancient Ants Adventure

SilenGames

Ancient Ants Adventure – December 20
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S

Scarabs, spiders and other insects seek to destroy the fragile world of ants, and only your magic and strategic thinking will help maintain the balance. Your task is to become the leader of this great colony, rebuild your army and learn to use magic to protect your comrades to turn the tide of battle.


Cave Ranger

Cascadia Games LLC

Cave Ranger – December 20

When the Bitty Gang steals the town’s livelihood and takes it underground, a lone, brave cowboy must come to the rescue. Cave Ranger is an 8-bit inspired, retro platform game. Rescue sheep, fight outlaws, and face down dangerous critters. With a whip and pistol at his disposal, the cave ranger must traverse old mines, water reservoirs, and even a sawmill! It is a lighthearted, laid-back western, full of platformer fun.


Die for the Economy!

Tea Monster Games

Die for the Economy! – December 20

A love letter to 80s maze-based arcade games. In this game, you make your way through a maze trying to avoid robots, destroy security servers, and escape. Armed with your trusty blaster (the P-45) you’ll need to blast the evil robot managers and avoid electrified walls.


Ghoulie’s Garden

Everynot Games Studio

Ghoulie’s Garden – December 20
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

Welcome to Ghoulie’s Garden, where Halloween magic awaits! Guide Ghoulie, a friendly little zombie, through haunted mazes filled with pumpkins to collect. But beware — this garden is crawling with ghosts, bats, and colorful clowns eager to make things tricky!


Xbox Play Anywhere

Seal: WHAT the FUN

PLAYWITH KOREA Inc.

Seal: What the Fun – December 20
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere

An omniverse multiplayer party royale game that allows up to 10 players to enjoy a range of compact plays in 10 minutes. Players can customize their characters with variety of effects and features, making the game more interactive and unpredictable.


Jewel Fever 3

Sprakelsoft GmbH

$5.99
Xbox One X Enhanced
Free Trial

Jewel Fever 3 – December 24
Xbox One X Enhanced

The much-improved successor to the highly successful Jewel Fever 2 which is played by millions of people. It adds new game modes, better graphics, and finally local and online multiplayer!


Star Trek: Legends

QubicGames


$11.99

$9.59

Star Trek: Legends – December 25

Step into the role of your favorite heroes and villains from across the history of Star Trek and embark on an epic space adventure to control the mysterious Nexus. Battle to save all of existence in Star Trek’s official strategy-based RPG!


Kiting Cat

Afil Games

Kiting Cat – December 26
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

Prepare delicious meals for your feline customers by moving carts, chopping, mixing, and baking ingredients to create the perfect dish. Each level requires precision and planning, as you’ll need to pay close attention to the orders and ingredients before you start cooking. Serve your whiskered clients with speed and accuracy to keep them happy!


Bright Side: Quiz

QubicGames

Bright Side: Quiz – December 27

How well do you know your planet and the universe beyond? Let’s put your knowledge to the test! Embark on an exciting journey filled with captivating trivia, stunning visuals, and surprising discoveries!


Doodle Taxi

Metgan Games

Doodle Taxi – December 27

What’s the worst thing that could happen to a modern-day taxi driver? Not getting paid? Get mugged? No. A cabbie can get cursed by a witch and lose his sight. What if that witch is unable to control her powers in this world? What happens then? Welcome to the magical world of Doodle Taxi where you’ll navigate an open world while your vision is slowly taken away. The cure: Deliver customers fast and carefully to restore your vision.


Swords & Bones 2

©RedDeer.Games

Swords and Bones 2 – December 27

Sequel to an action-adventure RPG. Experience the ambiance of 16-bit classics from the 80s and 90s with many modern twists. Challenge yourself in 50 action-packed levels full of dangers and riches.


Xbox Play Anywhere

The Legend of Cyber Cowboy

Eastasiasoft Limited

The Legend of Cyber Cowboy – January 1
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere

The wild west gets even wilder with the development of cybernetic technology, and it’s up to you to take down the bandit gangs turning this tech against honest and hard-working locals! Step into the role of a steampunk gunslinger with a mechanical arm and loads of enhanced weaponry at your disposal in this top-down, twin-stick shooter presented in a slick pixel art style.


Sokomonster

Afil Games

Sokomonster – January 2
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

A thrilling puzzle game where chaos and strategy collide. You play as a powerful monster invading a city, tasked with destroying buildings by pushing cars into them. Progress through 30 uniquely designed levels, each filled with new challenges and obstacles that test your wits and destructive skills!


Moo & Move: Extra Grazing Grounds

Everynot Games Studio

Moo & Move: Extra Grazing Grounds – January 3
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

Guide the hungry cow to its goal! Place directional tiles on the ground and choose to solve puzzles the easy or hard way, it’s up to you! Watch as the cow follows your path to reach its tasty hay in this fun, kid-friendly game!


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Seasons greetings 2024 from PlayStation Blog and friends

As 2024 comes to a close, we can’t help but look back at an incredible year of gaming. The PlayStation Blog team wants to thank you for the moments we’ve shared this year, and across PlayStation’s last 30 years. 

Before we press start on a new year, we’ve gathered some season’s greetings from our talented friends and colleagues from across the industry. 

Cheers to all the memories to come in 2025!


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Yakuza / Like a Dragon Fans Are Already Theorizing What the Heck RGG Studio’s Project Century Is

Ryu Ga Gotoku revealed Project Century at The Game Awards 2024 last night and Yakuza / Like a Dragon fans are already deep in the theorizing phase to figure out what the heck it actually is.

The minute-and-a-half long debut trailer for Project Century, which is presumably just a codename and not the final title, showed what appears to be Tokyo in 1915. But where in Tokyo? Let the theorizing begin.

Where is Project Century set?

Some fans believe Project Century is directly connected to RGG Studio’s other games by being set in Kamurocho, the fictional version of Tokyo’s red light district at the center of the Yakuza / Like a Dragon series. While its streets are obviously a far cry from the modern metropolis that is Tokyo today, a certain building seen in the trailer looks similar to a prominent location in Kamurocho.

“I saw a building that looked like Shangri-la at the start of the trailer,” Reddit user Jenkitten165 said, referencing the one at the bottom-left of the street in the image on the left, below. Shangri-La, a brothel which has appeared in various states across several Yakuza / Like a Dragon games, is on the right.

There are differences, of course, but the shape of the building, its position on the street, the large front door, and the balcony directly above it all match. Shangri-La is also a distinctively older looking building than most in Kamurocho.

If it is in fact Shangri-La, this would make the main street seen in the Project Century trailer East Taihei Boulevard, just along the road from where the Millenium Tower now stands and the home of Kobuki Drugs.

Details are still slim on Project Century but it seems similar in style to the Yakuza / Like a Dragon games, with lots of street fights and, well, actual yakuza walking around. Sticking to this theme would therefore make Tokyo’s red light district, once again, a perfect setting for Project Century.

Is Project Century a Yakuza / Like a Dragon game?

This raises the question of canon, as while Project Century is set in 1915 and therefore 90 years before Yakuza 1, it could still be set in the same universe and timeline. The Yakuza / Like a Dragon series time hops plenty already, with prequel Yakuza 0 going back to 1988 and some cutscenes going back decades earlier.

Yakuza gangs were active during this time period too, so despite its much earlier presence it could easily be about the Japanese underworld. The main family in the Yakuza / Like a Dragon series, the Tojo Clan, has never had its origins explored either, perhaps presenting an opportunity to do so here.

Project Century could still be set within the Yakuza / Like a Dragon canon without technically being a Yakuza / Like a Dragon game, however. RGG Studio has done this before with Judgement and Lost Judgement, a series set within the same world but featuring (mostly) different characters and a different story.

Some fans even think it’s linked to Judgement directly. “Genuinely think it may be Judgement: Isshin,” said crazyred88 on Reddit. Like a Dragon: Isshin is the somewhat confusingly non-canon Yakuza / Like a Dragon game that is essentially a piece of historical fiction featuring characters from the modern setting games.

“That’s what I’m thinking too,” said Shattered_Sans. “The protagonist looks similar enough. It could be to Judgement what Isshin is to Like a Dragon.” This theory is backed up by RGG Studio previously declaring Yakuza / Like a Dragon its turn-based role-playing game franchise and Judgement its action game franchise, and Project Century is very clearly the latter.

Who is the main character of Project Century?

But is the protagonist of Project Century, presumably the man we see beating up baddies in the trailer, an alternate history version of Takayuki Yagami from the Judgement series? The trailer only shows a single shot of his face, so it’s still hard to say, but some fans certainly think so.

Other theories exist too, of course, with the most common comparison being made between the protagonist and the actor who played protagonist Kiryu Kazuma in the 2007 live action adaptation of Yakuza / Like a Dragon, Kazuki Kitamura.

“He looks like Kazuki Kitamura, who played Kiryu in the first movie,” said SomeChunkyMilk on Reddit. “He’s my guess. The nose and the hair look pretty damn similar.” FarEast_Frez chimed in too: “He’s quite tall as well, which would probably help with the mocap since the character looked quite tall.”

This would mean he wasn’t Yagami, of course, who’s played by Takuya Kimura. Like a Dragon: Isshin previously brought over all the characters one for one, with the same models and voice actors and so on, so this would dissuade the Judgement Isshin theory.

Others, again, point to a completely fresh character though: the founding member of the Tojo Clan. ” I wonder if it’s the first Tojo patriarch, the one who takes Kamurocho under his control and establishes the family, then later the Tojo Clan,” said Hold-My-Sake on Reddit. “Dude if this is legit the progenitor of the Tojo Clan I will actually eat a shoe,” added Terrible_Guidance599.

Is Project Century a Dragon Engine game?

Whoever he is, the protagonist of Project Century is much more violent than the likes of Kiryu or Yagami. Despite having beaten up thousands of people and taken down helicopters with rocket launchers and so on, Kiryu has officially never killed someone. The same can’t be said after 90 seconds of this new protagonist, who’s stabbing baddies with crowbars and ripping out their innards.

This is notable for other reasons though; the current Dragon Engine has so far been used to create Yakuza 6: The Song of Life, Yakuza Kiwami 2, Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise, Judgement, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Lost Judgement, Like a Dragon: Ishin, Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, and the upcoming Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, for a total of 11 games over eight years.

It’s therefore getting a touch outdated, something RGG Studio has admitted already, and its technical director Yutaka Ito said just last month he’s finally eager to make a new engine for use on current consoles. All of the aforementioned Yakuza / Like a Dragon games, including the 2025 release of Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, are available on the PlayStation 4 generation.

Fans are debating whether Project Century is, or is not, a Dragon Engine game. “It’s like they pushing the Dragon engine to its limit, even for RGG standard this is insane,” Reddit user honoyom said, but was refuted by AnyImpression6 who thought it was Unreal Engine 5.

Others pointed out that Project Century is already reusing animations from other RGG Studio games though, something that’s fairly common practice. “Like four of the combat animations are straight from the other games too,” said AppealToReason16. “I knew it was an RGG game before the name reveal at that first movement.”

RGG Studio does make clear the trailer footage is pre-alpha, however, meaning very early in development. RGG Studio has otherwise made clear it favors the Dragon Engine for its ability to produce a realistic atmosphere for cities at night time. It could therefore make sense that, for Project Century, which doesn’t feature the bright lights of modern day Tokyo, RGG Studio would be more comfortable stepping away from the Dragon Engine in favor of something more technologically advanced.

Fans will just have to wait patiently for answers to all of these questions. Project Century is probably still a while away given it doesn’t have a title yet, and RGG Studio is currently developing Virtua Fighter 6 and Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii alongside Project Century.

It is known for its unbelievably speedy development times, however. In the last five years, for example, its released Yakuza 4 Remastered, Yakuza 5 Remastered, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Judgment Remastered, Lost Judgment, Like a Dragon: Ishin, Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, alongside three Super Monkey Ball Games and an enhanced remaster of Virtua Fighter 5. That’s 12 games in total.

In our 9/10 review of the last RGG Studio release, IGN said: “Sprawling, enthralling, and packed with dynamic brawling, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth isn’t just the best turn-based Like a Dragon game, it’s one of the greatest games in the entire series.”

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll talk about The Witcher all day.