Nicalis piggybacks on PS Vita release with next-gen versions of doujin fighting game
Legend of Ravenis now fluttering over to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, Nicalis has announced. A new trailer for the upcoming fighter reveals the PS4, Xbox One, and PS Vita versions will all employ lag-reducing GGPO netcode. Additionally, the PSN release will be both cross-buy and cross-play.
The project has already been on something of a strange journey since hatching unto the world. Created by Hotapen, a team of formerKing of Fightersdevelopers, the title was initially released in the Japanese indie scene on PC asYatagarasu.
Cave Storydistributor Nicalis later picked up the title, aiming to help the fledgling fighter stretch its wings westward with a Nintendo 3DS port. Plans changed though, withLegend of Ravenemigrating from the Nintendo handheld to PlayStation Vita . And now it’s nesting on a pair of shiny new platforms.
A sequel is also in the works. Hotapen successfully crowdfunded the follow-up with assistance from doujinsoft publisher Nyu Media.Yatagarasu Attack on Cataclysmis slated for a February 2014 launch on Windows PC.
