
We just like to make good stuff that can be enjoyed.” Starcaster is aiming to be a quality label, with a focus on original content, as well as the occasional dedication project or Reboot. “We are all 20-plus year game industry veterans located in mysterious locations.

“Starcaster Games is not a vanity thing, the whole concept was to be a company where people who wanted to remain anonymous could work on games they really want to, and focus on building a utopia for content creation,” Starcaster said. It development focus is mainly for western markets, but with an east-meets-west philosophy. The company’s main industry focus and development unit is based in Tokyo and run by Kaz Takeshita at Confidence, but it also operates from Baltimore, Maryland and has been working with major studios on production support for game and film titles out of China since 2005. “As Endo said, we are building the game with RTX support and making it for both real-time ray-tracing and non, so that doesn’t leave out Xbox or other platforms, too.”Īs for Starcaster Games itself, the name may not sound familiar to most. “We are totally open for it,” Starcaster said.

Starcaster Games doubled down on that interest to Gematsu. In the latest issue of Weekly Famitsu where Gladiux was first announced, Acquire president Takuma Endo expressed interest in releasing a PlayStation 5 version of Gladiux. So all we can say for now is there will be multiple story arcs, but with a high focus on gameplay.” We also aimed at making a deep, but varied gameplay style that can be picked up for those with less time, as well as for those with more time. “So expect a lot of new things, and I mean a lot. “We want to build a fun title that can be enjoyed by new players as well as those familiar with the old,” Starcaster added. While development began as a reboot of a game in the Gladiator series, which is owned by Acquire, Starcaster stresses that Gladiux is a new game and Starcaster Games title through-and-through. Starcaster Games will handle publishing duties for Gladiux internationally, while Acquire in cooperation with Confidence will handle publishing duties in Japan, where the game is titled Kentoushi X ( Gladiator X).
