Good news for Digimon fans! In a 4Gamer.net interview (and translated by Gematsu), producer Kazumasa Haba let slip that there’s a new Digimon Story title in development! Digmon Story: Hacker’s Memory hasn’t quite made it to Western audiences yet, so the developers are wasting no time in pumping out a new title!
Here is the snippet of the interview involving the new Digimon Story game:
4Gamer.net: Overseas, Digimon World: Next Order was also a PlayStation 4 port based on a PS Vita game.
Kazumasa Habu: Right. It would have been made based on PlayStation 4 hardware, but then we would have had to rebuild the game engine for PlayStation 4, as well redo the graphics. If we did that, it would take about three to four years to make a good game from scratch. In that case, it would have been quite a long gap from Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth.
We consider “not dampening the fans’ enthusiasm” extremely important in continuing the Digimon IP, and for that reason it is important to regularly offer content.
So, while working on a completely new Digimon Story project, I thought I could offer a new story that depicts another side of Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth called Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth Hacker’s Memory as not to dampen the fans’ enthusiasm.
4Gamer.net: A completely new Digimon Story that is separate from Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth Hacker’s Memory is already in the works? That is a bit surprising.
Kazumasa Habu: Regarding Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth Hacker’s Memory, officially we refer to it a “new title in the Cyber Sleuth series” rather than “new title in the Digimon Story series,” and in reality there is reason for that. That includes my desire to reliably provide content for fans who enjoyed the previous titles.
Make sure to check out the Gematsu article for more information on the interview!
Will you be picking up Hacker’s Memory when it releases in America?
[Source: Gematsu]
