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New Ao Oni 3 Horror Game Revealed for Winter Release
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
YouTube management company UUUM and developer GOODROID revealed on Monday that they are developing Ao Oni 3, the third game in the Ao Oni horror game series. The game is slated for release on iOS and Android devices this winter.
The new game, a sequel to Ao Oni 2 moves the setting to a deserted island, and will have new systems for solving puzzles. The main characters will drift ashore and must find a way to escape.
In addition, the Ao Oni and Ao Oni 2 games received a special scenario that connects their stories to the upcoming game on November 3.
The original Ao Oni horror game by noprops makes players solve various puzzles and riddles in order to escape a demon in a locked or enclosed space. The game first debuted for free online in 2004, and it is available in both Japanese and English.
The game inspired the Aooni The Blue Monster (Ao Oni: The Animation) television anime series, a collection of comedic shorts, beginning in October 2016. It also inspired the Ao Oni: The Animation anime film, which tells a new story not from the original game or any of the other adaptations. Crunchyroll streamed both as they debuted in Japan.
The franchise also inspired two live-action films in July 2014 and July 2015. The sequel smartphone game Ao Oni 2 launched for iOS and Android devices in December 2016.
J-Novel Club is digitally publishing the novel series adaptation with story by Kenji Kuroda (Ace Attorney manga) and art by Karin Suzuragi (Higarashi manga). The novel series began in 2013 and ran for seven main volumes and one side-story volume.
Source: Gamer via Hachima Kikō
