Sport Freak, finest recognized for its work on Pokémon video games, unveiled a brand new look and title for its upcoming venture on Sunday throughout the Xbox Video games Showcase. Beast of Reincarnation is headed to Xbox Sequence X, Home windows PC, and PlayStation 5 someday in 2026.
Beast of Reincarnation has you taking part in as Emma the Sealer within the far-off way forward for 4026 as “humanity awaits its inevitable extinction,” in accordance with the trailer’s voiceover. Emma is “the blade that may destroy the Beast of Reincarnation” by way of some sick-looking, action-focused gameplay.
Emma battles each outsized creatures and robots within the trailer. The fight and parry mechanic proven off resemble what you would possibly count on from a Soulslike, although we’ll have to attend for particulars to see how Sport Freak formally describes Beast of Reincarnation. Each its imagery and environmental themes give off heavy Studio Ghibli vibes.
Beast of Reincarnation was initially revealed in 2023 and referred to as Mission Bloom on the time. “We’re thrilled to have the chance to create new IP that’s daring and tonally totally different from our prior work,” Sport Freak director Kota Furushima stated on the time by way of a information launch. The developer is after all synonymous with the Pokémon sequence, having developed the unique Pokémon Crimson, Blue, and Yellow within the ’90s and lots of, many extra Pokémon titles since.