Japanese studio âge held on October 22 the “âge 20th Anniversary broadcast [still breathing]” live stream. During the stream, âge most notably revealed three big projects,a reboot forKimi ga Nozomu Eien, a sequel forMuv Luv AlternativetitledMuv-Luv Integrate, and a new actionMuv Luvaction game titledProject Mikhail.
Project Mikhailwill be launching for mobile and PC either in late 2020 or in early 2021, according to its Director Hitoshi Kumano. And it’ll be in English too.
Project Mikhailis a tentative title. Live gameplay of the game was shown on stream as well, and the staff described it as “Muv-Luv Armored Core”. The gameplay and graphics looks pretty rough though seeing everything is still in development. You can check it out at the timestamp linked below:
Project Mikhaillets you freely customize your TSF between each mission, and each mission is separated by dialogue scenes similar to the ones seen in the visual novelsMuv Luvgames.
One other important piece of info is thatProject Mikhail’s Technical Director is Yoshiki Kashitani. He used to work at Square Enix and was one of the main programmers onFinal Fantasy XIIIandFinal Fantasy XIII-2. On stream, Yoshiki Kashitani said he’ll use everything he learned back at Square Enix to makeProject Mikhailinto a great game.
Project Mikhail’soverall staff also includes various developers who worked on games such asRogue Galaxy, Ogre battle 64, Front Mission 4 and 5, Ni no Kuni,or theNaruto Narutimate Ninja Stormseries. Meaning there are ex-members of Square Enix, FromSoftware, Level-5, and CyberConnect2 among others, inProject Mikhail’sstaff.
Lastly,Project MikhailDirector Hitoshi Kumano mentioned how he “hates pay-to-win”, so the game won’t include a gacha system/pulls to get new characters, TSFs, weapons, or parts. Instead, they’ll monetizeProject Mikhailwith a subscription system, something like a battle pass. And they’ll keep adding new scenarios and content. Kouki jokingly said he still has doubts about whether it’ll work out or not.
As a side note forMuv Luv fans reading this, during the stream, they also mentioned thatMuv Luv Unlimited The Day After’s episode 4 should release sometime in 2020.
