Elden Ring is getting a board game adaptation, thanks to a collaboration between Bandai Namco and Steamforged Games. Bandai Namco, the publisher of Elden Ring, and board game developer Steamforged previously worked together on a Dark Souls board game, and Steamforged has also created adaptations of Horizon, Resident Evil, Monster Hunter, and more.

According to Steamforged, the board game's Kickstarter campaign will launch very soon. We don't know quite yet exactly how the board game will play, but it will support between 1 and 4 Tarnished players visiting iconic locations of Elden Ring's giant world, The Lands Between.

Players will also face off against enemies and bosses from the game, with "dice-free combat, requiring players to strategise and adapt their plans during each encounter". The announcement said players will have to deal with foes including a "lowly Godrick Soldier or the Grafted King himself."

Back in 2018, Steamforged Games' Dark Souls board game reached its Kickstarter funding goal in just three minutes. We'll have to wait and see if Elden Ring can break that record, given how ridiculously fast the game itself has sold this year.

This isn't the only adaptation of FromSoftware's smash hit we've seen recently. Earlier this month, Elden Ring got an official manga with a comedic slant on the Tarnished and The Lands Between.

Elden Ring has easily been the most-discussed game of 2022. We awarded it a 10 in our review, and Elden Ring also tops our lists of both the best PlayStation 5 games and the best Xbox Series X|S games. Elden Ring also became a Twitch phenomenon thanks in part to the iconic player, Let Me Solo Her.

Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN covering video game and entertainment news. He has over six years of experience in the gaming industry with bylines at IGN, Nintendo Wire, Switch Player Magazine, and Lifewire. Find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.

Elden Ring is getting a board game adaptation, thanks to a collaboration between Bandai Namco and Steamforged Games. Bandai Namco, the publisher of Elden Ring, and board game developer Steamforged previously worked together on a Dark Souls board game, and Steamforged has also created adaptations of Horizon, Resident Evil, Monster Hunter, and more.

According to Steamforged, the board game's Kickstarter campaign will launch very soon. We don't know quite yet exactly how the board game will play, but it will support between 1 and 4 Tarnished players visiting iconic locations of Elden Ring's giant world, The Lands Between.

Players will also face off against enemies and bosses from the game, with "dice-free combat, requiring players to strategise and adapt their plans during each encounter". The announcement said players will have to deal with foes including a "lowly Godrick Soldier or the Grafted King himself."

Back in 2018, Steamforged Games' Dark Souls board game reached its Kickstarter funding goal in just three minutes. We'll have to wait and see if Elden Ring can break that record, given how ridiculously fast the game itself has sold this year.

This isn't the only adaptation of FromSoftware's smash hit we've seen recently. Earlier this month, Elden Ring got an official manga with a comedic slant on the Tarnished and The Lands Between.

Elden Ring has easily been the most-discussed game of 2022. We awarded it a 10 in our review, and Elden Ring also tops our lists of both the best PlayStation 5 games and the best Xbox Series X|S games. Elden Ring also became a Twitch phenomenon thanks in part to the iconic player, Let Me Solo Her.

Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN covering video game and entertainment news. He has over six years of experience in the gaming industry with bylines at IGN, Nintendo Wire, Switch Player Magazine, and Lifewire. Find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.

Star Wars: Andor showrunner Tony Gilroy wasn’t too bothered about pleasing the fans.

During an interview with IGN, the 66-year-old filmmaker revealed that he was more concerned about telling a good story.

“We didn’t want to do anything that was fan service,” he explained. “We never wanted to have anything… the mandate in the very beginning was that it would be as absolutely non-cynical as it could possibly be, that the show would just be real and honest.”

Star Wars: Andor tells the story of Cassian Andor – the rebel intelligence officer we first met in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

It’s essentially a tale of one man’s journey to find out where he fits into a world that’s struggling with Imperial occupation and all the oppression that comes with it. Aside from Andor himself, the focus is on the ordinary people living under Imperial rule – giving a voice to the oppressed in the galaxy far, far away.

But that doesn’t mean there won’t be the occasional cameo.

“We will be introducing people along the way,” he added. “I don’t think it’s any secret that Forest Whitaker is in the show… Saw Gerrera is in the show. There will be some other people. But when we bring them, we bring them because we need them and because there’s really some protein there, there’s something for them to really do.”

It’s no secret that Rebel Alliance leader Mon Mothma (Genevieve O’Reilly) returns in the series.

When it comes to Saw Gerrera, it’s obvious why Gilroy chose to lean on the legendary resistance fighter. We first met Gerrera in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and he later appeared in Rogue One, played by Forest Whitaker, as well as several episodes of Star Wars Rebels.

Gerrera is considered by Star Wars producer Dave Filoni to be “the first rebel”.

In a story charting the rise of the rebellion in the years before its attack on the original Death Star, Gerrera is perhaps an obvious choice. But don’t expect those cameos to be purely at the service of the fans.

“This was a fresh canvas,” explained Gilroy. “Let’s go down on the street.”

If you ask me, Gilroy does just that. From the very first episode, Star Wars: Andor, gives us a glimpse of what life is like down on the streets, for the ordinary folk kept under the watchful eye of the ever-present Empire.

How Andor and Gerrera will make a difference to them remains to be seen.

Star Wars: Andor stars Diego Luna as Cassian Andor alongside Genevieve O’Reilly, Stellan Skarsgård, Forest Whitaker, Adria Arjona, Denise Gough, Fiona Shaw, and Kyle Soller.

Want to read more about Star Wars: Andor? Check out the final trailer for Star Wars: Andor as well as how the show brings a new level of maturity to Star Wars.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

Star Wars: Andor showrunner Tony Gilroy wasn’t too bothered about pleasing the fans.

During an interview with IGN, the 66-year-old filmmaker revealed that he was more concerned about telling a good story.

“We didn’t want to do anything that was fan service,” he explained. “We never wanted to have anything… the mandate in the very beginning was that it would be as absolutely non-cynical as it could possibly be, that the show would just be real and honest.”

Star Wars: Andor tells the story of Cassian Andor – the rebel intelligence officer we first met in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

It’s essentially a tale of one man’s journey to find out where he fits into a world that’s struggling with Imperial occupation and all the oppression that comes with it. Aside from Andor himself, the focus is on the ordinary people living under Imperial rule – giving a voice to the oppressed in the galaxy far, far away.

But that doesn’t mean there won’t be the occasional cameo.

“We will be introducing people along the way,” he added. “I don’t think it’s any secret that Forest Whitaker is in the show… Saw Gerrera is in the show. There will be some other people. But when we bring them, we bring them because we need them and because there’s really some protein there, there’s something for them to really do.”

It’s no secret that Rebel Alliance leader Mon Mothma (Genevieve O’Reilly) returns in the series.

When it comes to Saw Gerrera, it’s obvious why Gilroy chose to lean on the legendary resistance fighter. We first met Gerrera in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and he later appeared in Rogue One, played by Forest Whitaker, as well as several episodes of Star Wars Rebels.

Gerrera is considered by Star Wars producer Dave Filoni to be “the first rebel”.

In a story charting the rise of the rebellion in the years before its attack on the original Death Star, Gerrera is perhaps an obvious choice. But don’t expect those cameos to be purely at the service of the fans.

“This was a fresh canvas,” explained Gilroy. “Let’s go down on the street.”

If you ask me, Gilroy does just that. From the very first episode, Star Wars: Andor, gives us a glimpse of what life is like down on the streets, for the ordinary folk kept under the watchful eye of the ever-present Empire.

How Andor and Gerrera will make a difference to them remains to be seen.

Star Wars: Andor stars Diego Luna as Cassian Andor alongside Genevieve O’Reilly, Stellan Skarsgård, Forest Whitaker, Adria Arjona, Denise Gough, Fiona Shaw, and Kyle Soller.

Want to read more about Star Wars: Andor? Check out the final trailer for Star Wars: Andor as well as how the show brings a new level of maturity to Star Wars.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

Tokyo Game Show 2022 was filled with updates, announcements, interviews, and other brand new reveals about some of the highest-profile games coming from Japanese developers and other studios around the world. From the first interview with Tekken series lead Katsuhiro Harada about Tekken 8, to a ton of new details about the newly rebranded Like A Dragon series, read on to learn everything announced at TGS 2022.

Tekken 8 Is 'A Turning Point' for the Series

Tekken 8 was properly revealed during Sony's State of Play last week, but we learned more about the game at TGS. In Katsuhiro Harada's exclusive first interview with IGN, we learned plenty about the upcoming fighting game, including how it will showcase the faceoff between Jin Kazama and Kazuya Mishima. Harada also praised Nintendo's Masahiro Sakurai for his work on Smash Bros., and said he would consider bringing guest characters back into the fold for Tekken 8.

Street Fighter 6: Full Launch Roster Revealed

Street Fighter 6's launch day roster will feature 18 characters, and Capcom pulled back the curtain on the full list of playable fighters on day one. From returning classics like Ryu, Ken, and Chun-Li, to new challengers including the custom character creator for the game's World Tour mode. The game is also set to get a closed beta in October, with details on how to sign up still to come.

Resident Evil Village's DLC Will Say Goodbye to the Winters Family

Ethan Winters has been the main character of the Resident Evil series for the last two entries, but next month's Shadows of Rose story DLC will mark the final chapter of the Winters' time in the franchise. Elsewhere in the Resident Evil-verse, we learned that the upcoming Resident Evil 4 remake is also in development for PlayStation 4, alongside the previously-announced PS5 and Xbox Series consoles.

Yakuza Series Rebrands to Like A Dragon, Reveals Three New Games for 2023 and Beyond

RGG Studio's Yakuza series has always been called Like a Dragon in Japan, and now the localized versions of future games in the series will follow suit. Beyond the name change, we learned of three new titles in the Like a Dragon series: Ishin!, the long-awaited localization of Yakuza's samurai spinoff, Like a Dragon 8, and a spinoff starring Kazuma Kiryu. The series also probably isn't coming to Nintendo Switch. Finally, we learned the series isn't committed to stick with turn-based gameplay, and the combat style could change depending on each individual game's story.

Sonic Frontiers: Sega Details Super Sonic Boss Fights

Sonic Frontiers is bucking a lot of trends the Sonic franchise is known for, and Super Sonic is no exception. Usually not appearing until the final moments of each Sonic game, Super Sonic will instead be used more frequently throughout the open-zone areas in Sonic Frontiers. In fact, some bosses will be practically untouchable until you unlock Super Sonic, which will also unlock an entirely new set of combat options.

Suikoden Highlights the Return of Classic Konami Games

Beloved Konami RPGs Suikoden and Suikoden 2 are getting new HD remasters for PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, and PC next year. The two games will come packaged in one collection titled Suikoden I&II HD Remaster Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars. Along with the announcement, Konami developers said they'd like to keep making more Suikoden games in the future. In addition to Suikoden, we also learned about revivals of classic Konami franchises including The Maze of Galious, Star Soldier, Parodius, Twinbee, and Pooyan.

Star Wars Eclipse Will Merge Action-Adventure with the 'Fundamentals' of Quantic Dream Games

Quantic Dream games are known for their focus on storytelling and branching paths, but the studio's upcoming Star Wars project will attempt to merge these pillars with a more action-adventure focused game. Speaking to IGN Japan, Quantic Dream CEO Guillaume de Fondaumiere said "action elements are also going to be very important,” in addition to a "very strong story, very strong characters, multiple playable characters, and of course, giving the players the possibility to change, through their actions and decisions, how the story unfolds.”

One Piece Odyssey Gets a 2023 Release Date

One Piece Odyssey will arrive in the west for PlayStation, Xbox, and PC on January 13. This is just a slight delay, as the game was originally supposed to launch sometime this year. The game features an original story written by Eiichiro Oda, author of the One Piece manga.

Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Adds Three New Monsters

More monsters are on the way to Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, including the Violet Mizutsune, Flaming Espinas, and Risen Chameleos. A new update launching on September 29 will also bring unlockable layered wespons, new Qurios investigations, and more.

Try Out New Soulslike Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty

Team Ninja's new Soulslike Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty has a new demo out now on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. The game is also coming to last-gen consoles, but the demo is only available to current-gen console owners. The gaame is set to be just as challenging as the studio's Nioh titles.

The Awakener: Risen Is a New RPG from a Chinese Indie Developer

This trailer for Taner Games' The Awakener: Risen shows off four classes: Warrior, Sword Dancer, Soldier and Lancer. In the game, you play as an adventurer born in the Third Era, who sets off on an exciting adventure into the world of Sylvalond. The game is set to come to PS5, PS4, and PC in 2023.

Exoprimal Gets a Story Trailer

Capcom's upcoming dinosaur survival game, Exoprimal, got a new trailer at TGS 2022. The trailer shows off Exofighters wearing powerful Exosuits, and their goal to eliminate the origins of the dinosaur threat.

Deathloop Update Will Extend the Ending, and More Game Pass News

Xbox announced that Deathloop is coming to Gamepass this week, and it will come with a newly extended ending. In addition, Game Pass subscribers can look forward to a new Forza Horizon 5 update, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, Guilty Gear Strive, and Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Remastered.

Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN covering video game and entertainment news. He has over six years of experience in the gaming industry with bylines at IGN, Nintendo Wire, Switch Player Magazine, and Lifewire. Find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.

Tokyo Game Show 2022 was filled with updates, announcements, interviews, and other brand new reveals about some of the highest-profile games coming from Japanese developers and other studios around the world. From the first interview with Tekken series lead Katsuhiro Harada about Tekken 8, to a ton of new details about the newly rebranded Like A Dragon series, read on to learn everything announced at TGS 2022.

Tekken 8 Is 'A Turning Point' for the Series

Tekken 8 was properly revealed during Sony's State of Play last week, but we learned more about the game at TGS. In Katsuhiro Harada's exclusive first interview with IGN, we learned plenty about the upcoming fighting game, including how it will showcase the faceoff between Jin Kazama and Kazuya Mishima. Harada also praised Nintendo's Masahiro Sakurai for his work on Smash Bros., and said he would consider bringing guest characters back into the fold for Tekken 8.

Street Fighter 6: Full Launch Roster Revealed

Street Fighter 6's launch day roster will feature 18 characters, and Capcom pulled back the curtain on the full list of playable fighters on day one. From returning classics like Ryu, Ken, and Chun-Li, to new challengers including the custom character creator for the game's World Tour mode. The game is also set to get a closed beta in October, with details on how to sign up still to come.

Resident Evil Village's DLC Will Say Goodbye to the Winters Family

Ethan Winters has been the main character of the Resident Evil series for the last two entries, but next month's Shadows of Rose story DLC will mark the final chapter of the Winters' time in the franchise. Elsewhere in the Resident Evil-verse, we learned that the upcoming Resident Evil 4 remake is also in development for PlayStation 4, alongside the previously-announced PS5 and Xbox Series consoles.

Yakuza Series Rebrands to Like A Dragon, Reveals Three New Games for 2023 and Beyond

RGG Studio's Yakuza series has always been called Like a Dragon in Japan, and now the localized versions of future games in the series will follow suit. Beyond the name change, we learned of three new titles in the Like a Dragon series: Ishin!, the long-awaited localization of Yakuza's samurai spinoff, Like a Dragon 8, and a spinoff starring Kazuma Kiryu. The series also probably isn't coming to Nintendo Switch. Finally, we learned the series isn't committed to stick with turn-based gameplay, and the combat style could change depending on each individual game's story.

Sonic Frontiers: Sega Details Super Sonic Boss Fights

Sonic Frontiers is bucking a lot of trends the Sonic franchise is known for, and Super Sonic is no exception. Usually not appearing until the final moments of each Sonic game, Super Sonic will instead be used more frequently throughout the open-zone areas in Sonic Frontiers. In fact, some bosses will be practically untouchable until you unlock Super Sonic, which will also unlock an entirely new set of combat options.

Suikoden Highlights the Return of Classic Konami Games

Beloved Konami RPGs Suikoden and Suikoden 2 are getting new HD remasters for PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, and PC next year. The two games will come packaged in one collection titled Suikoden I&II HD Remaster Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars. Along with the announcement, Konami developers said they'd like to keep making more Suikoden games in the future. In addition to Suikoden, we also learned about revivals of classic Konami franchises including The Maze of Galious, Star Soldier, Parodius, Twinbee, and Pooyan.

Star Wars Eclipse Will Merge Action-Adventure with the 'Fundamentals' of Quantic Dream Games

Quantic Dream games are known for their focus on storytelling and branching paths, but the studio's upcoming Star Wars project will attempt to merge these pillars with a more action-adventure focused game. Speaking to IGN Japan, Quantic Dream CEO Guillaume de Fondaumiere said "action elements are also going to be very important,” in addition to a "very strong story, very strong characters, multiple playable characters, and of course, giving the players the possibility to change, through their actions and decisions, how the story unfolds.”

One Piece Odyssey Gets a 2023 Release Date

One Piece Odyssey will arrive in the west for PlayStation, Xbox, and PC on January 13. This is just a slight delay, as the game was originally supposed to launch sometime this year. The game features an original story written by Eiichiro Oda, author of the One Piece manga.

Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Adds Three New Monsters

More monsters are on the way to Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, including the Violet Mizutsune, Flaming Espinas, and Risen Chameleos. A new update launching on September 29 will also bring unlockable layered wespons, new Qurios investigations, and more.

Try Out New Soulslike Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty

Team Ninja's new Soulslike Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty has a new demo out now on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. The game is also coming to last-gen consoles, but the demo is only available to current-gen console owners. The gaame is set to be just as challenging as the studio's Nioh titles.

The Awakener: Risen Is a New RPG from a Chinese Indie Developer

This trailer for Taner Games' The Awakener: Risen shows off four classes: Warrior, Sword Dancer, Soldier and Lancer. In the game, you play as an adventurer born in the Third Era, who sets off on an exciting adventure into the world of Sylvalond. The game is set to come to PS5, PS4, and PC in 2023.

Exoprimal Gets a Story Trailer

Capcom's upcoming dinosaur survival game, Exoprimal, got a new trailer at TGS 2022. The trailer shows off Exofighters wearing powerful Exosuits, and their goal to eliminate the origins of the dinosaur threat.

Deathloop Update Will Extend the Ending, and More Game Pass News

Xbox announced that Deathloop is coming to Gamepass this week, and it will come with a newly extended ending. In addition, Game Pass subscribers can look forward to a new Forza Horizon 5 update, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, Guilty Gear Strive, and Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Remastered.

Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN covering video game and entertainment news. He has over six years of experience in the gaming industry with bylines at IGN, Nintendo Wire, Switch Player Magazine, and Lifewire. Find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.

Resident Evil Village's story DLC arrives on October 28, and we're now learning that Shadows of Rose's roughly four-hours of content will wrap up the Winters family's major role in the Resident Evil series.

Spoiler Warning: This story contains spoilers for Resident Evil Village.

Speaking to IGN Japan at Tokyo Game Show, Director Kento Kinoshita said Capcom is "creating the Shadows of Rose story to conclude the Winters family saga." This means that wherever Resident Evil goes for the next main entry will likely introduce a new set of faces, or return to characters we haven't seen in some time.

As for what fans can expect from future RE entries, Producer Masachika Kawata just laughed after saying they could "absolutely not" share any of their future plans.

The Winters family consists of Ethan Winters, who is the primary protaganist of Resident Evil VII and Village, as well as his wife, Mia, and their daughter, Rose. In Resident Evil Village's post-credits scene, we see that Rose is now a teenager, and is working with Chris Redfield. There was also a tease that Ethan is still alive at the end of the game, so it seems the upcoming DLC will provide answers on that front as well.

Kawata and Kinoshita also spoke about the new third-person mode coming to Resident Evil Village's Gold Edition, saying they wanted fans to look at the mode and wonder "did they make this in third-person from the beginning?"

"That took about as much effort as creating a new game," Kawata said. "Even the same game can be a very different experience when played in third-person."

Kinoshita also spoke to the work involved in the third-person mode, pointing out details that make it clear that Village's third-person gameplay should stand up to other entries in the series.

"You know, we felt we had to make something as good or better than Resident Evil RE: 2 and RE: 3," Kinoshita said. "Compared to the previous games in the series, Resident Evil Village has an exceptionally large variety of player actions. You can guard, you can move while crouching, and there is a lot of examining objects. We made thorough adjustments to ensure that those unique animations would look completely connected, and that it would be playable at a good tempo."

For more on Resident Evil, check out the series of cloud-based RE games heading to Nintendo Switch. Or, learn about everything else Resident Evil from TGS.

Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN covering video game and entertainment news. He has over six years of experience in the gaming industry with bylines at IGN, Nintendo Wire, Switch Player Magazine, and Lifewire. Find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.

Resident Evil Village's story DLC arrives on October 28, and we're now learning that Shadows of Rose's roughly four-hours of content will wrap up the Winters family's major role in the Resident Evil series.

Spoiler Warning: This story contains spoilers for Resident Evil Village.

Speaking to IGN Japan at Tokyo Game Show, Director Kento Kinoshita said Capcom is "creating the Shadows of Rose story to conclude the Winters family saga." This means that wherever Resident Evil goes for the next main entry will likely introduce a new set of faces, or return to characters we haven't seen in some time.

As for what fans can expect from future RE entries, Producer Masachika Kawata just laughed after saying they could "absolutely not" share any of their future plans.

The Winters family consists of Ethan Winters, who is the primary protaganist of Resident Evil VII and Village, as well as his wife, Mia, and their daughter, Rose. In Resident Evil Village's post-credits scene, we see that Rose is now a teenager, and is working with Chris Redfield. There was also a tease that Ethan is still alive at the end of the game, so it seems the upcoming DLC will provide answers on that front as well.

Kawata and Kinoshita also spoke about the new third-person mode coming to Resident Evil Village's Gold Edition, saying they wanted fans to look at the mode and wonder "did they make this in third-person from the beginning?"

"That took about as much effort as creating a new game," Kawata said. "Even the same game can be a very different experience when played in third-person."

Kinoshita also spoke to the work involved in the third-person mode, pointing out details that make it clear that Village's third-person gameplay should stand up to other entries in the series.

"You know, we felt we had to make something as good or better than Resident Evil RE: 2 and RE: 3," Kinoshita said. "Compared to the previous games in the series, Resident Evil Village has an exceptionally large variety of player actions. You can guard, you can move while crouching, and there is a lot of examining objects. We made thorough adjustments to ensure that those unique animations would look completely connected, and that it would be playable at a good tempo."

For more on Resident Evil, check out the series of cloud-based RE games heading to Nintendo Switch. Or, learn about everything else Resident Evil from TGS.

Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN covering video game and entertainment news. He has over six years of experience in the gaming industry with bylines at IGN, Nintendo Wire, Switch Player Magazine, and Lifewire. Find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.

The search has ended: After a year-long process, Konami announced the grand prize winner of an open call for indie developers to revive older series from the company's back catalog. At Tokyo Game Show, we learned first place will go to Takumi Naramura, director of La Mulana and La Mulana 2, as he plans to remake Konami's The Maze of Galious.

Originally released as a sequel to Knightmare for the MSX computer platform in Japan in 1987, Konami brought The Maze of Galious to the Famicom later that same year. The side-scrolling platform RPG featured two heroes with their own unique skills, Popolon and Aphrodite, trying to fight their way out of a castle filled with monsters.

The Maze of Galious could be described in modern terms as a Metroidvania, since the player explores a series of interconnected rooms, gains experience points for defeating enemies, and searches for power-ups and keys. The MSX version made it to Europe, but the Famicom version was never localized for the NES.

In a press release announcing the winners, representatives from the panel of contest judges wrote that they "could feel tremendous passion for The Maze of Galious" in Naramura's initial proposal, as he outlined the original game's strengths and the challenges involved in bringing it to modern audiences. The release also had a comment from Naramura wherein he stated that if he hadn't won the contest, "I'd probably just stay quiet and make the game anyway." Years before this contest ever took place, Naramura was open about his fandom for The Maze of Galious, citing it as a primary influence for La Mulana.

Naramura was on hand at Tokyo Game Show when the announcement was made, and he visited the IGN livestream to speak to us and show us a glimpse of what his version of The Maze of Galious might look like. "I was watching last year's TGS when this contest was announced," Naramura said, "and I thought 'there's no way The Maze of Galious will be on the list.' But there it was! I hurriedly contacted my teammates to find out what we should do." Naramura acknowledged that his interest in this particular title was a bit outside the norm. "I think most people saw that list and said 'Gradius, that's cool, Goemon, I like that,' so they might be disappointed that Galious was selected."

While Naramura's entry won the top spot, four more developers were also awarded prizes for their ideas. The runners-up included new versions of Star Soldier, Parodius, Twinbee, and Pooyan. Elsewhere, we learned that Konami RPGs Suikoden 1 and 2 are returning with new HD remasters.

The search has ended: After a year-long process, Konami announced the grand prize winner of an open call for indie developers to revive older series from the company's back catalog. At Tokyo Game Show, we learned first place will go to Takumi Naramura, director of La Mulana and La Mulana 2, as he plans to remake Konami's The Maze of Galious.

Originally released as a sequel to Knightmare for the MSX computer platform in Japan in 1987, Konami brought The Maze of Galious to the Famicom later that same year. The side-scrolling platform RPG featured two heroes with their own unique skills, Popolon and Aphrodite, trying to fight their way out of a castle filled with monsters.

The Maze of Galious could be described in modern terms as a Metroidvania, since the player explores a series of interconnected rooms, gains experience points for defeating enemies, and searches for power-ups and keys. The MSX version made it to Europe, but the Famicom version was never localized for the NES.

In a press release announcing the winners, representatives from the panel of contest judges wrote that they "could feel tremendous passion for The Maze of Galious" in Naramura's initial proposal, as he outlined the original game's strengths and the challenges involved in bringing it to modern audiences. The release also had a comment from Naramura wherein he stated that if he hadn't won the contest, "I'd probably just stay quiet and make the game anyway." Years before this contest ever took place, Naramura was open about his fandom for The Maze of Galious, citing it as a primary influence for La Mulana.

Naramura was on hand at Tokyo Game Show when the announcement was made, and he visited the IGN livestream to speak to us and show us a glimpse of what his version of The Maze of Galious might look like. "I was watching last year's TGS when this contest was announced," Naramura said, "and I thought 'there's no way The Maze of Galious will be on the list.' But there it was! I hurriedly contacted my teammates to find out what we should do." Naramura acknowledged that his interest in this particular title was a bit outside the norm. "I think most people saw that list and said 'Gradius, that's cool, Goemon, I like that,' so they might be disappointed that Galious was selected."

While Naramura's entry won the top spot, four more developers were also awarded prizes for their ideas. The runners-up included new versions of Star Soldier, Parodius, Twinbee, and Pooyan. Elsewhere, we learned that Konami RPGs Suikoden 1 and 2 are returning with new HD remasters.