BANDAI NAMCO announces
Tales of Arise will not be released this year as
planned, due to "the ambitious nature of the project" along with the impact of
the pandemic, which they say "has affected some aspects of development." As of
now the JRPG sequel no longer carries any sort of official release window:
As
you may have already seen in media stories and on our social media channels, we
have made the decision to delay the launch timing of “Tales of Arise”, the
latest title in the “Tales of” series.
The goal for Tales of Arise is to provide a familiar but innovative gameplay
experience to fans of the series, while pushing the technical envelope to
deliver a high level of graphical quality to impress both long-time players and
those who have never played a Tales of game. Development on the title has move
steadily forward in 2020 as we overcame challenges along the way.
While COVID-19 has affected some aspects of development, we’ve done our best to
adapt to the situation and have implemented remote development capabilities for
our team.
However, to achieve the quality and provide the gorgeous experience we envision
for our players, we will need more time to realize that vision and therefore we
decided to delay the launch timing for Tales of Arise.
A new launch window update will be provided once we have more details to share.
In the meantime, the determination of our development team has not weakened. It
is always darkest before the dawn, as illustrated in the image below. We hope
you will join us as a bring a new Tales of adventure to light.