CyberConnect2 Marks .hack//G.U. 20th Anniversary With New Art and Merchandise
The anniversary rollout keeps the .hack franchise visible as CyberConnect2 prepares its next entry, .hack//Z.E.R.O., announced earlier this year for the studio's 30th anniversary.
Reporting from 2 sources: 4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer.
CyberConnect2 announced the 20th anniversary of .hack//G.U. on May 18, releasing a new commemorative illustration by character designer Seiichiro Hosokawa featuring the Eight Phases. A 350x600mm multi-mat using the art is now on sale for 3,850 yen. A B1 panel display will appear at the CyberConnect2 Exhibition starting June 6, which also covers the new project .hack//Z.E.R.O.
CyberConnect2 celebrated .hack//G.U.'s 20th anniversary on May 18 with a new illustration by Seiichiro Hosokawa, the game's character designer. The piece gathers the Eight Phases, the in-game avatar bosses, in a single composition. A 350x600mm multi-mat reproducing the art is available for 3,850 yen through the CC2STORE International shop. The same illustration will appear as a B1 panel at the CyberConnect2 Exhibition, a 47-prefecture tour starting June 6. That exhibition also features materials from the broader .hack series and displays for .hack//Z.E.R.O., the action RPG CyberConnect2 announced in February for its own 30th anniversary. The studio's official .hack X account is posting staff congratulatory illustrations through May 20. An e-book fair for .hack series books runs until June 1, with some volumes free and others up to 50 percent off.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.