North American publisher XSEED Games confirmed their plans to release the newer PlayStation 4 re-release of Akiba’s Trip: Undead & Undressed in both the United States and Canada a few weeks ago. However there was still the question of whether PAL publisher Nippon Ichi Software America would decide to follow suit or wait until sale stats of the PS3 / PS Vita editions came in to make their decision.
Fortunately the company have confirmed earlier today in an announcement that Akiba’s Trip: Undead and Undressed will be released in PAL regions for PlayStation 4 consoles sometime in 2015. This will follow a PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita release on October 10th, 2014.
AKIBA’S TRIP: Undead & Undressed is an open-world action RPG in which players undertake numerous missions in a virtual recreation of Akihabara, Tokyo’s popular ”Electric Town” district. The player’s goal is to identify vampires called “Synthisters” with the help of an in-game smartphone app, then engage them in battle to strip their clothes off so their bodies are fully exposed to sunlight. Boasting a unique combat system in which everyday objects become weapons, multiple story routes, a varied cast of characters based on common anime and video game tropes and a narrative dripping with social satire and subtle nods to Japanese pop culture, AKIBA’S TRIP is a present-day supernatural adventure for the gamer in all of us.
