Sega to co-publish Operation Darkness
Posted by JamesC. Filed under James, Microsoft Xbox 360.
News has reached Sega Nerds that Segais teaming up with Atlus to bring Operation Darkness to a western audience this summer.
The title, a strategy/RPG with a twist, is developed by Japanese developer Success, and was released in Japan late last year.
In Operation Darkness the player is thrown into the midst of an alternate World War II in which the supernatural forces of the occult are playing a massive role. Werewolves, vampires, and authentic World War weaponry will mesh together into an intriguing package.
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The strategy title uses an innovative cover system in conjunction with some of the more traditional squad-based strategy elements gamers have come to expect from the genre.
Operation Darkness is scheduled to release in the U.S. on June 24th.
A demo of the game will be hitting XBOX Live on May 5th. Stay tuned for our in-depth demo analysis.
Comments on this article
There have been 12 responses to this article.
Werewolf Hitler > Werewolf Sonic
Though I’m surprised they’re getting away with putting a swastika on the case, usually people have a retarded fit about that.
Kogen
Posted April 7th, 2008 at 6:02 pm.
Reminds me of Valkrie, Do want to try the demo!
George
Posted April 7th, 2008 at 6:03 pm.
“Though I’m surprised they’re getting away with putting a swastika on the case, usually people have a retarded fit about that.”
Well, you actually ARE fighting Nazis and Hitler in this game. It’s when that sort of thing is randomly tossed in without context that people throw (the biggest) fits, really.
Angelo
Posted April 7th, 2008 at 6:20 pm.
looks sweet
ratix240sx
Posted April 7th, 2008 at 10:39 pm.
Any chance of a european release, since Sega is co-publishing this?
And what about Spectral Force 3?
yusaku
Posted April 8th, 2008 at 3:20 am.
Spectral Force 3 is being released in the US by Atlus, not sure about Europe, though. Do Atlus titles usually have or lack region encoding? I’m not sure.
Angelo
Posted April 8th, 2008 at 5:55 am.
Sega already kinda published this in Japan under the Sega freinds network in japan. That’s the second title from that umbrella to be published by Sega in the west, the first being ARMOURED CORE 4.
ROJM
Posted April 8th, 2008 at 10:04 am.
This is a good move… Sega needs to get buddy buddy with ATLUS they are a good company.
The game looks pretty sweet too.
Ryan
Posted April 8th, 2008 at 11:31 am.
I love the Segatlus teamup, but I also find it hilarious how even the 360’s strategy RPGs are completely generic shooters.
Kijuna
Posted April 8th, 2008 at 12:25 pm.
Name one other WW2 shooter with vampires, werewolves, and the undead in it.
Kogen
Posted April 8th, 2008 at 2:03 pm.
Return to Castle Wolfenstein? Not sure if that was WW2
James
Posted April 8th, 2008 at 4:52 pm.
You are correct James. Wolfenstein was WWII.
George
Posted April 8th, 2008 at 5:14 pm.