Following critical hits with13 Sentinels: Aegis RimandUnicorn Overlord—which has donepretty well for itself—developer Vanillaware has some hints as to what it’s working on next. According to a recent tweet, the studio is actively recruiting staff for a “new fantasy action-RPG.”
The recruitment flyer says Vanillaware is on the hunt for programmers, 2D animators, and background designers (viaGematsu). While details are understandably light, you can see the notice below. It describes the genre, notes that they’re recruiting development staff, and lists the above roles.
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Vanillaware has spent the better part of the past 20 years jumping back and forth between a few different genres. Its latest efforts,13 SentinelsandUnicorn Overlord, were a time-spanning adventure and a medieval strategy-RPG, respectively. Members of the Vanillaware team and Atlusrecently spoke with Destructoidabout the development process, where they got the inspiration forUnicorn Overlord‘s scenario and setting, and more.
Prior to those, Vanillaware partnered with Atlus to release fantasy action-RPGDragon’s Crown. Most of their games have some degree of fantasy to them, fitting the requested bill for the next project nicely.Grand Knights Historyhit PSP as a Japan-only title in 2011, and before that they put out titles likeMuramasa: The Demon Blade,Odin Sphere, andGrimGrimoire.
Some of those games have been re-released via remasters and enhanced ports, which is why the “new” before “fantasy action-RPG” is doing a lot of the heavy-lifting in this listing. Since they’re still looking for staff, it might be a while before we hear anything else about it. Whatever Vanillaware is cooking up, it will most definitely look gorgeous, at the very least.
