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Phantom Breaker: Omnia will launch for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam on March 15, 2022 for $39.99, publisher Rocket Panda Games and developers MAGES. and GameLoop announced.

Here is an overview of the game, via Rocket Panda Games:

About

Phantom Breaker Omnia is a massive update to Phantom Breaker: Extra, a 2D anime fighting game released only in Japan in 2011. For the first time in the series’ history, this chapter will be available to western audiences including new characters, full HD graphics, and much more!

Phantom Breaker: Omnia will be the first fighting game title in the franchise to see a western release after the successful 2013 launch of the 2D side-scrolling beat ’em up spin-off Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds, which sold over 400,000 copies.

Story

A mysterious man, known only as “Phantom” appeared in Tokyo—the capital city of Japan—and manipulated vulnerable adolescents into fighting each other, bestowing upon them mystical weapons of great strength known as “Fu-mension Artifacts.” In exchange, he promised to grant their wish if they survive.

Unbeknownst to the combatants, the fierce clashes between Fu-mension Artifacts caused distortions in space-time, which compromised the boundaries between parallel universes. The collapse of these parallel universes would ultimately break the seal, unleashing Phantom’s destructive powers.

Key Features

20 Character Roster – Includes all the characters and guest characters from Phantom Breaker: Extra like Kurisu Makise from Steins;Gate and two brand new characters created specifically for Phantom Breaker: Omnia.

Choose from Three Different Fighting Styles: Quick, Hard, and Omnia – The three different styles in the game can drastically change your characters’ speed, power, and mechanics.

Retuned and Rebalanced – The ability to pull off amazing combos and special attacks has never been easier as Phantom Breaker: Omnia‘s fighting system has been overhauled and rebalanced.

Dual Language Audio and More – A Phantom Breaker series first, all the characters will have English voice acting. The game’s text will be also translated into English, Japanese, French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Simplified and Traditional Chinese.

Modern, Remixed Soundtrack – The background music for each character has been redone and remixed with the option to play the original background music.

The Complete Experience – Players can immerse themselves with the stories from both the original Phantom Breaker and Phantom Breaker: Extra.

Watch a new trailer below.

Publisher Rocket Panda Games and developers Mages. and GameLoop have delayed Phantom Breaker: Omnia from its previously planned 2021 release window to early 2022. It will be available for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam.

Here is a message from producer Masaki Sakari on the delay:

I’m Sakari “P,” the director / producer for Phantom Breaker: Omnia. Today, I confess we have a rather unfortunate announcement to make.

Phantom Breaker: Omnia, for which we have been targeting a late 2021 release, must inevitably be delayed to early 2022. We understand that a lot of you have been waiting to play this game, and to those long-enduring fans I owe a huge apology.

The truth is that the porting and localization processes have taken longer than I anticipated… and I take full responsibility for underestimating the scope of these very important tasks.

However, I am pleased to say that as of right now, the game is running on all of our target platforms (the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC), and we will begin QA very soon. We should be able to announce a release date in the coming months as we keep an eye the debut process.

I promise everyone that you WILL be playing this game in the first few months of 2022. I realize that this delay may be concerning to some of the fans out there, but there is no scenario in which this game will not be released, so please be patient with us as we continue to work hard on bringing this game to you.