NetEase Games has announced that it will reveal a new game for consoles and PC at this year’s Tokyo Game Show.
The publisher will be attendingTokyo Game Showfor the first time this year, and will be showing 12 previously announced games at the show.
However, it will also be showing a “completely new game”, which it will be revealing at a presentation at theNetEasebooth on the show floor.
While it hasn’t provided any more information on the game, NetEase did share a blurred image from it. Although it’s difficult to make out, the image appears to show a white rabbit standing next to a mech vehicle.
In recent years, NetEase has built a roster of Japanese studios, includingGrasshopper Manufacture and the new studio from Yakuza creator Toshihiro Nagoshi.
It alsoopened studios with seasoned Capcom developersRyosuke Yoshida, Jean-Christophe Moine Maeda and Takeshi Yamazaki. Hiroyuki Kobayashi, a 27-yearCapcomveteran who was a programmer on the first twoResident Evilgames and went on to produceResident Evil 4,opened his own NetEase-backed companylast year.
And this year,NetEase set up Studio Flare, with former Marvelous board member Toshinori Aoki and Blazblue series producerToshimichi Moritaking the reins, thenin May it launched Pincool, a new studio led by Dragon Quest 8 and 9 producer Ryutaro Ichimura.
As well as the new game, NetEase will also be showing 12 other titles at the Tokyo Game Show, all of which have previously been announced.
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These include the first three titles inQuantic Dream‘s indie label Spotlight – Lysfanga: The Time Shift Warrior, Dustborn and the recently releasedUnder the Waves.
This year’s Tokyo Game Show will be held for four days from Thursday, September 21 to Sunday, September 24, and will be accompanied by a series of online streams and presentations (though none of these will be hosted by NetEase).
