Level Infinite recently announced its new publishing agreement with SHIFT UP for the studio’s upcoming game, Project Spirits.
SHIFT UP is best known for being the studio behind Goddess of Victory: NIKKE and Stellar Blade, with each being published by a different company. NIKKE is published by Level Infinite, while Stellar Blade is by PlayStation, explaining the fact that the game was initially launched only on PS5.
Given that SHIFT UP’s next title is a cross-platform game (confirmed to launch on PC, consoles, and mobile), it makes sense that SHIFT UP has teamed up with Level Infinite again for Project Spirits. What’s more, this isn’t just a publishing deal, as the game is being co-developed with Tencent’s affiliate, Yongxing Interactive. For those who didn’t know, Level Infinite is Tencent’s global publishing brand, explaining the collaboration with Yongxing.
Project Spirits is being developed on Unreal Engine 5, and while the game is still early in its development, Level Infinite shared a new teaser visual for it:
Based on the visual, fans of NIKKE should definitely check this out, given the rather striking looks of the characters. Interestingly, while SHIFT UP’s NIKKE and Stellar Blade have sci-fi settings, Project Spirits seems to be more of an East Asian fantasy title.
For now, we have to wait a bit longer for more details about this game. Aside from this project though, SHIFT UP is also working on the sequel to Stellar Blade, for which the studio has job openings right now.