XSEED Games Makes E3 Announcements

XSEED Games provided news regarding four RPG releases for this year’s E3. The first reveal is that Shadowverse: Champion’s Battle will launch for Nintendo Switch in North America on August 10, 2021, and in Europe on August 13, 2021. The game is a spin-off to Cygames’ Shadowverse card game available on PC and mobile, and is based on its anime adaptation. Players control a transfer student at Tensei Academy who gets introduced to the Shadowverse card game by their classmate.

The publisher also revealed that Nintendo Switch title Rune Factory 5‘s western release has been pushed back to early 2022, but did provide the first footage of the game’s English version. In other Rune Factory news, Rune Factory 4 Special will be heading to PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in fall 2021. The game is an enhanced remaster of Nintendo 3DS title Rune Factory 4 and was released for Nintendo Switch in 2020.

Finally, XSEED Games announced that Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town will release on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, also in fall 2021. The game is a joint remake of the Game Boy Advance titles released in North America as Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town and Harvest Moon: More Friends of Mineral Town and was released for PC and Nintendo Switch in 2020.