Colopl has announced some of its upcoming plans for the future, including something for the 15th anniversary of Steins;Gate. It also plans on releasing several new games, as well as focusing more on blockchain games, AI, and XR/Metaverse. [Thanks, KaroshiMyriad!]
For starters, Colopl will release four new mobile titles, as well as focus on its Shironeko Project IP, as it will be its 10th anniversary. There aren’t any details about what Colopl plans to do for the 15th anniversary of Steins;Gate. However, it states that it will be a “year of new excitement,” and that there will be a collaboration event at Akihabara Radiokaikan. There will be five new console games as well.
As for Colopl’s other projects, 80% of 2500 participants in a beta test for Brilliant Crypto had a positive reception to the game. It’ll come out some time in early Spring 2024. Brilliant Crypto will be a sustainable play-to-earn blockchain game. There will be another closed beta in December 2023, and this one will have multiplayer and AI features that weren’t in the previous one. Finally, Colopl has signed a partnership with Pixel Canvas Inc. This is a metaverse platform that’s based in the US, which uses the Unreal Engine. Colopl specifically mentioned the Unreal Engine in the report, as it will help to expand metaverse services.
This information was in the FY September 2023/4Q result report on Colopl’s website. The report also gave details on Colopl’s profits and losses. In 4Q, it made 8.4 billion JPY, with a total of 30.9 billion JPY for the whole year. According to the report, Colopl saw some declines in sales, but some of its older titles sold better than in 2022. As a whole, it’s incurring some impairment losses. However, it plans to continue with its aggressive investments, and will make back some of its money by selling shares.
You can read the entire report for Colopl here.
Published: Nov 10, 2023 12:00 pm