Manga Masterpiece Death Note Is Getting a PS5, PS4 Adaptation | Push Square
The gaming industry’s greatest leaker, the Taiwan ratings board, has outed another unannounced title. This time it’s an adaptation of the wildly popular Death Note manga, which had a hugely successful run in Shonen Jump between 2003 and 2006. It was later adapted into an anime.
The game, published by Bandai Namco, will release on PS5 and PS4 – but no further information about it is known right now. Gematsu hypothesises that it could be named Death Note: Killer Within, as Shueisha – the manga’s original publisher – registered that trademark earlier in the year.
Konami did adapt Death Note into a series of titles on the Nintendo DS, but they were never localised and subsequently didn’t release overseas.
It’ll be interesting to see what Bandai Namco’s come up with here; titles like Spy x Anya: Operation Memories have shown it getting a little more experimental with its licensed anime content of late, so let’s hope it’s cooking something similarly suitable in this instance as well.
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A visual novel perhaps?
I can't think it's an action game or fighting game lol
Adapting manga to the PS5.
Use the touchpad to swipe through pages.
Eyes flash red
Just according to keikaku.
Watch them turn Death Note into yet another arena brawler somehow. I would laugh so damn hard.
Not sure what kind of game can be made.
A new story with a visual novel? That's what was done with Psycho pass.
Death note is not an action series. So besides a graphic novel or a puzzle game, it doesn't really suit itself well for gaming.
A top 5 manga series right here. Will be interesting to see how this turns out. Always wanted to play the DS games of Death Note, but those never
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