Jun 202022
Today is the 20th anniversary of the .hack series, which most recently saw its second trilogy remastered as .hack//GU Last Recode.
Since Bandai Namco is celebrating the anniersary, fans were hoping it might include a game announcement, either a collection of the original quadrilogy or an all-new title.
So far, however, that hasn’t happened. Bandai Namco released a video celebrating the series with a 20th Anniversary book, an art compendium, a commemorative soundtrack CD, and digital publications that will be available in Japan.
They also announced a 20th Anniversary exhibit that will be held from August 9-28.
That doesn’t necessarily mean we’re out of luck for a new game announcement, though.
As reported by Gematsu, Bandai Namco trademarked the name “Last Recollection” back in April. Due to the similarity with the title Last Recode, there’s some speculation Last Recollection will be a collection of the first four games.
.hack//GU Last Recode also had a line in Vol. 4 (an epilogue story added for the collection) that could have been a tease for a future .hack game, although it’s been several years now since Last Recode came out.
Anyway, since they’re opening the exhibit in August, it doesn’t sound like they consider today to be the conclusion of the anniversary celebration. Maybe in the weeks ahead, we’ll hear about a new .hack title after all. What do you think?
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