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Nier Automata celebrates its 5th Anniversary – New announcements teased

What lies in the future for Nier Automata?

Updated: Feb 9, 2022 4:10 pm
Nier Automata celebrates its 5th Anniversary – New announcements teased

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It’s coming up to Nier: Automata’s fifth anniversary. On the 23rd of February, the charming and artistic tale of robots finding their humanity will be five years old. This game has cemented itself as cult classic, and one of Yoko Taro’s brilliant masterpieces! Nier: Automata is a 2017 action RPG developed by PlatinumGames and published by Square Enix. It is a sequel to the 2010 video game Nier. The game originally released for PlayStation 4 and Windows via Steam, with an Xbox One port being published the following year with the subtitle Become As Gods Edition as the game grew more and more popular.

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The game is set during a proxy war between alien-created machines and human-crafted androids. And the story follows the trials of combat android 2B, scanner android 9S, and rogue prototype A2. The story requires multiple playthroughs, each unlocking additional story elements. Gameplay combines role-playing elements with action-based hack and slash combat, and features switch between video game genres similar to that of Nier with elements ranging from shoot ’em up to text adventure.

Well, to celebrate this game’s fifth anniversary, there will be a special livestream hosted by Square Enix on February 23rd at 06:00PM JST (04:00AM ET). Here, creator Yoko Taro, producer Yosuke Saito, composer Keiichi Okabe, and PlatinumGames’ Takahisa Taura will all be in attendance. They’ll be holding a casual talk show, reminiscing on the past five years. The description of the stream has also teased at potential new and exciting announcements to be made during the livestream.

as with most other Japanese livestreams for games, there will be a series of giveaways and presents for Japanese residents. There will also be a Q&A for the members in attendance, so if you’re a big fan of the game, this might be the event for you! Mark your calendars and get ready to watch this stream on Niconico Live.


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