Announced in July of last year for the PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and Steam, Spike Chunsoft's
AI:The Somnium Files is an upcoming detective thriller by Kotaro Uchikoshi, which is expected to release later this year.
For anyone not familiar with Uchikoshi's work, he's already worked as the Director for the Nintendo DS'
Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, and its Nintendo 3DS sequel
Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward. Character designer for
No More Heroes,
Half-Minute Hero and
Tekken 7 Yusuke Kozaki, is also joining Uchikoshi in
AI: The Somnium Files.
Today, Spike Chunsoft has finally released the game's first gameplay trailer, which introduces us to some of the characters in
AI: The Somnium Files, but also confirms that the game's release date has been changed; finally releasing on the
17th of September instead of the 25th of July.
Take a look:
The mind never lies... In a near-future Tokyo, detective Kaname Date is on the case of a mysterious serial killer. Date must investigate crime scenes as well as dreams on the hunt for clues.
AI: The Somnium Files will be available for the PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and Steam on the 17th of September.