Spike Chunsoft will release
Steins;Gate Elite
physically and digitally for PlayStation 4 and Switch, and for PC via
Steam
, in North America and Europe in 2018, the company announced.
In Japan,
Steins;Gate Elite
will also be released for PS Vita.
The western release will feature English text with Japanese audio.
The PlayStation 4 version will include a high-definition remake of
Steins;Gate Phenogram
, which is a collection of 10 additional stories written by renowned writers such as Kotaro Uchikoshi.
The Switch version will include
Steins;Gate 8-bit
, a special 8-bit graphics and chiptune version of
Steins;Gate
developed by series creator Chiyomaru Shikura.
Details on how to obtain the bonus games will be announced soon.
Here is an overview of the
Steins;Gate
series and
Steins;Gate Elite
, via Spike Chunsoft:
About the
Steins;Gate
series
In 2009, 5pb. and Nitroplus created the award-winning science-fiction, interactive visual novel known as
Steins;Gate
. Since then, the series has spawned a manga, drama CDs, a movie, a live action stage play, and an anime, including an upcoming anime
Steins;Gate 0
, and is loved by fans worldwide.
About
Steins;Gate Elite
Now, as
Steins;Gate Elite
, the game is fully remastered with animated scenes from the anime, creating a perfectly new, immersive experience. follows a rag-tag band of tech-savvy young students who discover the means of changing the past via e-mail using a modified microwave. Their experiments in pushing the boundaries of time begin to spiral out of control as they become entangled in a conspiracy surrounding SERN, the organization behind the Large Hadron Collider, and John Titor, who claims to be from a dystopian future.
Key Features
- Fully Animated Adventure
? Indulge in all the beautiful animation from 24 episodes of the
Steins;Gate
anime.
- A New Way to Time Leap
? Experience the world of
Steins;Gate
with this remastered, ultimate version that features newly animated sequences for certain endings.
- Branching Storylines
? Every choice you make has its own consequence, shifting the world line closer or farther from reaching 1% divergence, providing a multitude of animated endings.
Watch the announcement trailer below. View a set of screenshots
at the gallery
. Visit the official website
here
.