Ys IX: Monstrum Nox Launching for PS4 in February

NIS America has announced that the latest title in Nihon Falcom’s Ys series, Ys IX: Monstrum Nox, will launch for PlayStation 4 in February 2021. The game will launch in North America on February 2, 2021, with the European release following on February 5, 2021. The game will also be released for PC and Nintendo Switch in the summer of 2021. Limited Editions for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch are available to pre-order from NIS America’s online store in North America and Europe.

Ys IX: Monstrum Nox takes place in the “prison city” of Balduq. The city was recently annexed by the Romun Empire and Adol finds himself imprisoned there. In prison, a mysterious woman named Aprilis turns him into a Monstrum, a being with supernatural Gifts and the power to exorcise monsters. Adol teams up with other Monstrums to fight against the creatures emerging from a dimension called the Grimwald Nox and to investigate the Monstrum curse and its relation to Balduq.