Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes
Developer(s)Rabbit and Bear Studios
Publisher(s)505 Games
Director(s)Yoshitaka Murayama
Producer(s)
  • Yoshitaka Murayama
  • Osamu Komuta
Designer(s)Junko Kawano
Artist(s)
Composer(s)
EngineUnity
Platform(s)
ReleaseApril 23, 2024
Genre(s)Role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes[1] is an upcoming 2024 role-playing video game being developed by Rabbit and Bear Studios and published by 505 Games. It was directed and produced by Yoshitaka Murayama, creator of Konami's Suikoden series, and has been cited as a spiritual successor.

Development and release

The development of Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes is led by Yoshitaka Murayama, the creator of the Suikoden video game series by Konami. Murayama had directed Suikoden and Suikoden II during his time at Konami, but left the company in 2002 shortly before the release of Suikoden III.

The fundraising campaign for the Eiyuden Chronicle project was conducted through the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter.[2] The campaign exceeded all of the original stretch goals and met its base funding requirements after surpassing $500,000 within 3 to 4 hours on July 27, 2020.[3] It ultimately raised $4,541,481 with 46,307 backers, making it the third highest funded video game in Kickstarter history behind Shenmue III and Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.[4]

Hundred Heroes was featured at E3 2021 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S, and was originally slated to be released worldwide in October 2022 before being delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] The game was then set for a 2023 release,[6] but was delayed to 2024.[7] It was later confirmed to release on April 23, during their presentation on the September 2023 Nintendo Direct.[8] A prologue, Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising, was released for the same platforms in May 2022.

References

  1. ^ Japanese: 百英雄伝
  2. ^ Fuller, Alex (July 27, 2020). "Eiyuden Chronicle Kickstarter Now Live". RPGamer. Archived from the original on May 19, 2022. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
  3. ^ Webster, Andrew (July 27, 2020). "Suikoden follow-up Eiyuden Chronicle successfully funded on Kickstarter". The Verge. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  4. ^ Batchelor, James (December 23, 2020). "Suikoden successor Eiyuden Chronicle was top video games Kickstarter of 2020". GamesIndustry.biz. Archived from the original on May 28, 2022. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
  5. ^ "505 Games to Publish Eiyuden Chronicle". rpgamer. 11 February 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-03-06. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  6. ^ "Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Delayed to 2023, New Spinoff Announced". ign. 13 June 2021. Archived from the original on 2023-02-08. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  7. ^ Romano, Sal (July 28, 2023). "Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes delayed to Q2 2024". Gematsu. Archived from the original on July 28, 2023. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
  8. ^ Hagues, Alana (September 14, 2023). "Suikoden Creator's New JRPG, Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, Out April 2024". Nintendo Life. Retrieved September 15, 2023.

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