Earlier today, we reported how NieR Automata surpassed nine million sold units. While nothing has been announced regarding the franchise's future, that might be changing very soon.
Square Enix developer and NieR Automata producer Yosuke Saito seems to be teasing that a NieR-related announcement is on the cards in 2025, which marks the franchise's 15th anniversary.
NieR's 15th Year Anniversary In 2025 Will Have An Important Announcement Tied To It
This interesting bit of info comes from Japanese gaming site 4Gamer (via Gematsu), which published the 2025 edition of its annual end-of-year interviews with Japanese game developers. The publication interviewed 164 game developers and one of them was Yosuke Saito, who had the following to share:
I don't know about you, but that sure seems like a confirmation that we'll be hearing more about the next entry in the NieR franchise, right?
For those keeping score, the latest NieR game released was NieR Replicant ver. 1.22474487139, which was released on April 23, 2021, on the PS4, Xbox One, and PC. It was received fairly well, with our sister site's TheGamer review giving it a perfect score, stating, "When I wrapped up my experience with...