Project Phoenix Targets 2031 Release After 7-Year Silence and $1 Million Kickstarter
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Updated · Kotaku · Jul 7
Project Phoenix Targets 2031 Release After 7-Year Silence and $1 Million Kickstarter
1 articles · Updated · Kotaku · Jul 7
Summary
Hiroaki Yura told backers on July 7 that Project Phoenix is now aiming to finish production at the end of 2031, with a release date to be set afterward.
Seven years after the last update, Yura apologized for going silent, saying he chose not to post unless he had something "worth showing" and now admits that decision was wrong.
A 2-minute prototype gameplay video and a rough-mix main theme from Nobuo Uematsu accompanied the update as proof the long-delayed JRPG is still in development.
Yura also addressed concerns over other games he shipped during the delay, saying none of the more than $1 million raised on Kickstarter was diverted and that those projects instead helped fund Phoenix.
The new target pushes the game from its original March 2015 estimate to a potential 18-year gap between its 2013 crowdfunding campaign and release.