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Atelier Ryza 3 Game Delayed by 1 Month to March
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
The official Twitter account of Gust's Atelier game series announced on Wednesday that the Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key (Ryza no Atelier 3 ~Owari no Renkinjutsushi to Himitsu no Kagi~) game's PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Switch release has been delayed to March 23. The game's release on PC via Steam has also been delayed to March 24. The game's producer Junzo Hosoi explained that the delay is needed for the final polishing of the game.
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— 「アトリエ」シリーズ公式@ライザ3 3/23発売! (@GustAtelierPR) January 18, 2023
このたび『ライザのアトリエ3』の発売日を変更させていただくこととなりました。詳しくは添付画像をご確認ください。#ライザ3 公式サイトhttps://t.co/loFQgaMBAL pic.twitter.com/bYVd2DjzYg
The game was originally scheduled for release in Japan for the PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Switch on February 22, and in the United States on the same platforms and on PC via Steam on February 24.
Koei Tecmo America describes the game:In Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key, lead writer Yashichiro Takahashi, who delivered the script for the original Atelier Ryza game, returns to the franchise to deliver an unforgettable third chapter in the Secret series. The latest summer escapade finds Ryza and friends enjoying their peaceful lives on Kurken Island when they hear news that a mysterious group of islands have appeared in nearby waters. It turns out that these islands, known as Kark Isles, are having a negative effect on their homeland, so Ryza and her friends quickly set out to investigate. But when their investigation leads to an enormous gate deep within strange ruins, Ryza hears a haunting voice in her head that wants to lead her to the ‘Code of the Universe’. Who is talking to her and what lies beyond the gate?
Koei Tecmo America released Gust's Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy in January 2021 for PS4, Switch, PC via Steam, and digitally for PS5 after its release in Japan in December 2020. That sequel was set three years after Koei Tecmo Games' Gust brand's Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout (Ryza no Atelier ~Tokoyami no Joō to Himitsu no Kakurega~) game.
Source: Atelier Series game's Twitter account via Hachima Kiko