After releasing a short teaser trailer accompanied by the Twitter campaign #PrepareToDine, Bandai Namco has officially announced Code Vein, an upcoming role-playing game set to release in 2018. In Code Vein, players will take on the role of a Revenant, vampire-like creatures that feast upon blood. A description of the game can be read below.
“In the not too distant future, a mysterious disaster has brought collapse to the world, as we know it. Towering skyscrapers, once symbols of prosperity, are now lifeless graves of humanity’s past pierced by the Thorns of Judgment. At the center of the destruction lies a hidden society of Revenants called Vein. This final stronghold is where the remaining few fight to survive, blessed with Gifts of power in exchange for their memories and a thirst for blood. Give into the bloodlust fully and risk becoming one of the Lost, fiendish ghouls devoid of any remaining humanity.”
Bandai Namco has stated that Code Vein will release for major home consoles in 2018, although the company did not specify which consoles those would be.
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