“In the far distant future, a psionic hormone has been discovered in the human brain, granting people extra-sensory powers and changing the world as we know it,” say Bandai Namco. “Deranged mutants known as Others begin to descend from the sky with a hunger for human brains.” Naturally the Others are impervious to normal weapons and can only be fought by humans with these extra-sensory abilities. Looks like you’ll play as one of these psychic folks, one Yuito Sumeragi with the ability to telekinesis stuff all over the place like cars and trains and all. We don’t know much yet about how the combat plays out aside from the fact that it looks pretty action-y. Slash stuff with a sword. Hit stuff with a car. Bandai say it’s got “a streamlined combat system that balances fast-paced action with strategic planning,” though that’s not particularly specific. Bandai say that Scarlet Nexus will come to PC by way of Steam, though it doesn’t appear to have a steam page just yet. Here’s all the other PC news from Microsoft’s showcase yesterday.
