Sport developer Rabbit & Bear Studios confirmed in a Reddit AMA question-and-answer session on Thursday that the studio is “transferring ahead with a sequel” to its Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes sport, though the sport’s state of affairs author and designer Yoshitaka Murayama died on February 6.

Rabbit & Bear Studios added within the AMA:

It is vitally unhappy that Murayama isn’t with us anymore, however we’ve got mentioned many issues with him. I hope we can stick with it Murayama’s legacy, and I all the time need to treasure his final work. I hope many individuals will help this sport.

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes will launch on April 23 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Change, Xbox One, Xbox Collection X|S, and PC by way of Steam, Epic and GOG.

The Kickstarter marketing campaign for the principle sport grew to become the third-most funded sport on the platform (behind Shenmue 3 and Bloodstained: Ritual of the Evening) in August 2020. The marketing campaign raised 481,621,841 yen (US$4,571,418). The sport’s ultimate stretch objective, which was met at US$4.5 million, is a companion town-creation RPG by Natsume-Atari.

The sport is the primary collaboration between Murayama (Suikoden I, Suikoden II) and Junko Kawano (Suikoden I, Suikoden IV) in 25 years. Murayama wrote the script and is credited as the sport designer, and Kawano is the character designer. Osamu Komuta (Suikoden Tierkreis, Rhapsodia) is the system designer and in control of course, and Junichi Murakami (Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, Hero Financial institution) is the artwork director and producer. Motoi Sakuraba (Tales of sport collection, Golden Solar sport collection) and Michiko Naruke (Wild Arms collection) are composing the music.

Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising, the companion prequel sport, launched for PS5, PS4, Xbox Collection X|S, Xbox One, Change, and PC by way of Steam, Epic and GOG in Could 2022.

Rabbit & Bear Studios was established in March 2020 and is predicated in Tokyo.

Sources: Reddit, IGN (Michael Cripe)