News Here’s the release date for the worldwide PC launch of Date A Live: Ren Dystopia

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Four years after its Japanese PlayStation 4 launch, Date A Live: Ren Dystopia is set to launch worldwide via Steam soon. (Japan will also be getting the Steam version.) Last month a September release window was confirmed, and today's news pins down one early September day for its launch. The game features an original story set in the Date A Live universe. Familiar faces are common, but one new girl is put into the spotlight: Ren. This version of the game will have Japanese audio with a choice of English, Japanese, and Traditional Chinese subtitles.

Date A Live: Ren Dystopia begins thirty years after the spacequakes started. Spacequakes are calamities triggered by enigmatic Spirits. One fateful day, ordinary student Shido Itsuka meets a Spirit disillusioned with humanity. IShido's sister reveals that he has the unique ability to seal Spirits' power. The method is unexpected: he has to date the Spirit and make her fall in love with him. This is an unconventional approach to sealing powers, to say the least. But at least Shido approaches the situation with complete sincerity.

The world becomes peaceful after Shiro seals one Spirit's powers after protecting her from an enemy. Another Spirit causes a transformation and inversion, and Shiro somehow manages to protect the world by reshaping it and sealing Origami's power. One night, he dreams of a mysterious voice calling out from the darkness. The next morning, he finds an odd container with a snake pattern under his pillow. He asks around about it… but when someone tries to open the box… who knows where the story might go! Make the correct choices and Shido can grant a Spirit's wishes, or make one wrong choice and it's game over.

The game is a traditional visual novel where you'll read the narrative while seeing character art on screen, Make decisions that will influence the path your playthrough takes. There are nine routes and over 15 endings. Normally, character illustrations in a visual novel would be still but in Date A Live: Ren Dystopia, character portraits and some event illustrations are animated. See events with specific characters by selecting their icon on the map screen. An in-game library can be useful for existing fans and new players alike; it contains character profiles and important terminology.

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Date A Live: Ren Dystopia will be available digitally in two editions: standard and Digital Deluxe. The Digital Deluxe Edition includes a digital art collection (13 pages), localizations of two audio dramas (Natsumi Encounter and Origami Friendship) plus one short novel (Ren Masques), and the official soundtrack (27 tracks). The audio dramas feature Japanese voice acting, with the script in English and Traditional Chinese. The short novel will be available in Japanese, English, and Traditional Chinese.

Both editions will be 15% off for one week post-launch. Players who own the first game (Date A Live: Rio Reincarnation) qualify for a 10% "Complete the Bundle" discount.

Developed by Idea Factory and published by Idea Factory International, Date A Live: Ren Dystopia will be released worldwide for PC via Steam on September 5. It launched for PlayStation 4 in Japan during 2020.