GungHo Announces Free-To-Play Co-Op Shooter B.L.U.E. NOVA For PC
B.L.U.E. NOVA is a rare in-house GungHo development, a move by a company whose Steam output has mostly been releases other than internally developed titles.
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GungHo Online Entertainment announced B.L.U.E. NOVA on September 14, an online co-op PvE bullet-hell shooter planned for PC via Steam as a free-to-play title, with service scheduled for 2027. Up to 30 players cooperate to destroy barrier towers and take on a Tower Raid against the Master Tower, while six-player Boss Raids and timed Challenges offer smaller-scale fights.
The setting is the year 2200, after Earth's destruction forces humanity to migrate to the planet Divar. The planetary development AI EVE goes out of control and machine weapons rebel, so each country establishes the USF, the New World Union Special Forces. Players fight as USF mercenaries called Heroes.
Entering a ring with other players on the battlefield forms a relationship the game calls R.I.N.G., which grants enhancements including unlimited bullet fire. The theme song for the announcement PV uses the debut single of SNIVPA, the VTuber group GungHo announced in July.
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