"Urban legend thriller" promises much in the spring.
December 4, 2023
[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Game Developer and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press]
Playism :
PLAYISM is proud to announce that Urban Legend Hunters 2: Double, an immersive adventure game by indie developer Toii Games, will receive English and Japanese localizations and release for Steam, Google Play, and the App Store in Spring 2024!
The Steam page has already launched, so feel free to wishlist the game to stay updated on any upcoming news!
※Note: The English title of the game may be subject to change later on.
About the Game
Urban Legend Hunters 2: Double is an adventure game based on Taiwanese urban legends, and has received several awards since its original release, such as the Asia XR Golden Award 2023 (AMD Special Award Winner), Taipei Game Show 2022 BEST INNOVATION (Nomination), and Google Play TW App Store TW 2023 (Editor Featured).
Spinoffs of the series such as the comic Urban Legend Scout: Newborn Spirits and the light novel Urban Legend Scout: The Mysterious Author have also received critical acclaim, and the series has even gotten film adaptations.
This time, PLAYISM is working with Toii Games to localize Urban Legend Hunters 2: Double into English and Japanese and release the game on Steam to share the game with many more players!
Game Introduction
"Have you heard of the urban legend called the double?"
If you meet someone that looks exactly like you, one of you will be entirely replaced by the other. Your "double" will inherit all of your memories and live your life without anyone else noticing... But the world is so wide—how do you know that you're not actually someone else's double? Are you really... you?
A few years after the events in the first Urban Legend Hunters, the disappearance of a popular internet show host and influencer Chris became a hot topic on the internet. You, an outsider clueless about the incident, meet Rain, Shou, and Tangtang, who claim to be members of Chris' channel, on a messaging app. They suspect that Chris' disappearance has to do with the urban legend of the "double", as well as the Urban Legend Hunters community. They ask you to join in their search for Chris, and the more you investigate and the more clues you gather, the closer you get to seeing the full picture of what really happened...
Game Features
Real actors paired with virtual landscapes combine the real and unreal to transport you to a mysterious and unsettling alternate dimension
Text messages and voice calls that create an immersive game experience
Unique exploration mechanics that make you feel you're really there in the alternate dimensions
A rich story filled with suspense and intrigue
A wide variety of puzzles waiting to be solved
Builds on the series tradition of Urban Legend Hunters and expands on the "modern culture-bound syndrome" phenomenon
Development Team
Other than Toii Games, Taipei Legend Studio is also on the team as the supervisor of the series' worldbuilding and consistency, and the story is written by Xerxes, bronze winner of the Kadokawa Light Novel Awards.
Taipei Legend Studio
Taipei Legend Studio's motto is to "return the spirit to the city". They analyze the occult scene all over Taiwan, and use stories as a platform to combine history, folklore, and culture to make the city a meaningful place.
Xerxes
A novel author. Received bronze in the 2013 Kadokawa Light Novel Awards with《托生蓮》 (Lotus of the Same Fate), and again with the wuxia novel Immortal Bird. In 2015, H.A. became a Soji Shimada Mystery Novel Award finalist. Other notable works include《魔女的槍尖》(Witch's Spearhead), 《筷：怪談競演奇物語-珊瑚之骨》(Chopsticks: Strange Tales of the Occult - Coral Bone) and Thanatos' Dream. In 2021, 《K.I.N.G.：天災對策室》(K.I.N.G.: Natural Disaster Response Center) was nominated for the Taipei International Book Exhibition Award. Xerxes is also the scriptwriter for the ongoing mystery comic Agnosticism Detective.
Urban Legend Hunters 2: Double
■ Developer: Toii Games
■ Publisher: PLAYISM
■ Genre: Adventure
■ Platforms: Steam, Google Play, App Store
■ Release Date: Spring 2024
■ MSRP: TBD
■ No. of Players: 1
■ Supported Languages: English, Traditional and Simplified Chinese, Japanese
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