Project Phoenix: Indie JRPG, AAA Talent

Update #2: Within less than a day the campaign has exceeded the original $100.000 goal by over 150%. Additional stretch goals however will provide considerable improvements and reach up to $1.650.000. If all of these are met, the game will include greater character and monster variety, additional areas, fully modeled cities and a freely explorable overworld, while the soundtrack will be recorded with the performance of the Eminence Symphony Orchestra by Grammy Award winning John Kurlander.

Update #1: The Kickstarter campaign for the project has now been launched and offers additional information, while it's already achieved over 20% of the goal. The lowest pledge amount that nets players the game upon its release is $20, though the lower tiers are of somewhat limited supply. It's been clarified that it is primarily developed for the PC with PS4 and Vita versions very likely, while the mobile/tablet OS versions will differ in accordance with the system limitations. The game's official website has also been opened.

Original report: TOKYO 08/08/2013. Project Phoenix today announced their intention to set up a Kickstarter to develop a Japanese role-playing game combined with Real Time Strategy. Uniting top developers from the East and West, Project Phoenix is the brainchild of game developer Hiroaki Yura, the founder of Creative Intelligence Arts. This fresh take on the JRPG genre features the art direction of Kiyoshi Arai, who brings experience from Final Fantasy XII and XIV, and music headed up by Nobuo Uematsu, the legendary composer of the Final Fantasy series, marking Uematsu's first ever commitment to an independent game project.