It’s been seven years because the launch of Nier: Automata. Now, that sport’s producer, director, and composer are confirmed to be working collectively on a brand new challenge, however producer Yosuke Saito has stopped in need of saying it’s a brand new Nier sequel.

Saito, who additionally served as a producer on Nier: Replicant and as government producer on Nier: Reincarnation, shared the information within the newest challenge of Japanese journal Famitsu (by way of Video games Discuss / Gematsu). All he was keen to say about his new challenge is that it additionally entails Yoko Taro, creator and director of the Nier sequence, and Keiichi Okabe, one of many Nier sequence’ composers. Saito did cheekily trace that their challenge could possibly be Nier associated, saying, “It is perhaps Nier, it may not be Nier. That’s about all I can say for now.”

Saito added that he’s “been speaking about eager to do one thing with Yoko and Okabe for a while now,” and he hopes to have extra to share “within the not-too-distant future.” Hopefully, he means earlier than the tip of the yr. Even when it’s not Nier associated, something these three are engaged on is sure to be attention-grabbing, particularly if Taro is again within the director’s chair.

That mentioned, I’d argue there’s an excellent likelihood it’s a Nier 3 (Ni3r?). On the very least, a brand new Nier sport is sure to occur sometime. Nier: Automata was an enormous success for writer Sq. Enix, each critically and financially. Even seven years later, it’s continued to push gross sales, with developer PlatinumGames saying this previous February it had bought 8 million copies worldwide. It clearly did effectively sufficient to spawn an up to date remaster of the primary Nier, a cell spin-off, a number of concert events, and an anime adaptation. Protagonist 2B has change into so standard that she’s made particular visitor appearances in so many different video games, from Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising to Goddess of Victory: Nikke.

I believe it’s a matter of when, not if we ever see a brand new Nier. Not like Nier: Automata, although, it will not be a PlayStation unique at launch. Sq. Enix has not too long ago mentioned it intends to pursue a extra aggressive multiplatform technique, suggesting an finish to even restricted console exclusives like Nier: Automata was.