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Synduality Echo of Ada Game Begins Closed Beta on March 28
posted on by Anita Tai
Bandai Namco Entertainment America announced on Monday in a new trailer that a closed beta test for its Synduality Echo of Ada game will begin on March 28, with sign-ups open now.
The closed beta will end on April 1. The game is scheduled for release on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam, but there is no release date yet.
Sony describes the game:
The year is 2222. It has been years since Tears of the New Moon, a mysterious rain, poured and wiped out almost the entire human race. The poisonous rain gave birth to deformed creatures devouring for humans, and humanity fled from the danger. As means for survival, the humans then build an underground haven; Amasia. In this new built dystopian city, on a pursuit of maintaining their existence, they run into an Artificial Intelligence named Magus. Not knowing how things will work between them, the story of how Humans and AI coinciding and trying to find their truths begin.
The anime's first cours premiered in July 2023. Disney+ streamed the anime exclusively worldwide as it aired in Japan. Hulu streamed the anime in the U.S.
While the game is set in the year 2222, the anime is set 20 years after in 2242.
The franchise also has a manga spinoff titled Synduality: Ellie, focusing on the titular character, which launched in Kadokawa's Monthly Comic Alive magazine last July. Hiroshi Mishima is drawing the manga. The manga also has a novelization under Kadokawa's MF Bunko J label. The franchise also has a separate novel spinoff "photo story" titled Synduality: Kaleido, which launched in Hobby Japan's Monthly Hobby Japan magazine last July.
Sources: Press release, Bandai Namco Entertainment America's YouTube channel
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