Compile Heart has announced a new management structure as of October 1, with Naoto Tominaga serving as president and Hikaru Yasui as director. In addition, the company has announced six new titles currently in development.
With regards to its new management structure, Compile Heart aims to maintain its same stance of chasing the niche market, but also plans to expand its scope to include not only Japan but overseas markets, as well as multiplatform development and plans to create games in more genres than ever before.
The six new titles announced are as follows:
TODOKERO! TATAKAE! CALAMITY ANGELS
Todokero! Tatakae! Calamity Angels is a delivery-themed RPG for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC. It will launch for consoles in Japan in summer 2024, followed by PC via Steam a little later.
The slapstick-style game will feature voluptuous, cute, and comical characters designed by Kei Nanameda, and story and gameplay that revolves around various personality types like moe and airheads.
TOUHOU SPELL CARNIVAL
Touhou Spell Carnival is a strategy role-playing video game developed in cooperation with Sting for multiple platforms. It will launch in spring 2024 in Japan.
The game features character illustrations from Touhou Project reborn with a Compile Heart-like aura by Katsuyuki Hirano.
The story revolves around a 30-day Spell Card Battle in which many character participate, with battle and story parts alternating.
The game itself will combine the bullet hell shoot ’em ups with tactical battles. This includes incorporating familiar elements from shoot ’em up games, such as high-powered bombs. Combat itself is real-time.
UNTITLED SHOOT ‘EM UP GAME
A genuine shoot ’em up game developed in cooperation with M2. It will launch for unannounced platforms in late summer 2024 in Japan.
Character designs for the pilot and company have a Compile Heart-like aura.
This will be a brand-new title with some never before seen challenge elements.
MADOU MONOGATARI 4
Madou Monogatari 4 is the first new numbered title in the puzzle game series Mado Monogatari after several decades, developed by Sting in cooperation with intellectual property holder D4 Enterprise. It will launch for unannounced platforms in summer 2024 in Japan.
Many former Compile staff are involved in the game’s development, including Sting’s president. SEGA is also cooperating, allowing the use of familiar characters such as those from the Puyo Puyo series.
DEATH END RE;QUEST CODE: ZION
Death end re;Quest Code: Zion is a spin-off entry in the Death end re;Quest series due out for unannounced platforms in summer 2024 in Japan.
The story is connected to Death end re;Quest and Death end re;Quest 2, and will feature new elements Compile Heart are able to challenge due to the fact that it is a spin-off.
UNANNOUNCED NUMBERED NEPTUNIA TITLE
A new, numbered entry in the Neptunia series is currently in development for unannounced platforms.
As Compile Heart’s flagship series, it is taking its time on development. For about two years, key staff such as producer Naoko Mizuno and illustrator Tsunako have been shaping the game’s content, and a direction has finally been determined.
