Returning from the dead with a remaster, this iconic portable PlayStation franchise has announced a new PS5 game recently which will be available in 2025.
Nostalgia will not leave Sony Interactive Entertainment and even other manufacturers or publishers who often look back to bring back more or less old games. Whether through remasters, remakes or unpublished episodes of old sagas, there is a choice, especially on the Playstation side and its 30 years of history. During a State of Playthe Japanese firm has formalized the return of a cult license from the PSP … but on PS5.
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During her last state of play, Sony Interactive Entertainment surprised the players with a trailer Lumines Arise. A new PS5 game of the franchise created by Tetsuya Mizuguchi (Rez Infinite, Tetris Effect, Child of Eden…). It’s what ? A very simple concept of rhythm. Bloc squares or rectangles fall from the top of the screen and you have to match one of the two colors each time, and create as many combos as possible. But the attraction of the license, which makes it addictive, it is especially this superposition of the audio, the visuals and the gameplay.
And according to Takashi Ishihara, the director, this PS5 episode “Has been developed from A to Z to repel this synergy” Among all these elements. « And each stopover during the journey of more than 30 levels evokes a distinct and complex emotional response. Lush jungles, oceans abundant with life, snakes that are preparing to strike, electronic borders such as the crowded streets of Tokyo, the infinite extent of space … Prepare to live an epic trip sublimated by visual chips that encourage synesthesia » he explains on the PlayStation Blog.
Compared to Lumines Remastered On PS4, or the PSP games, Lumines Arise will go even further thanks to its PSVR 2 compatibility. When we already know the success that Tetris Effect was on the PSVR 1, we are curious to see how the studio will exploit the new virtual reality headset of the PS5.
Lumines Arise arrived in the fall of 2025 on PlayStation 5 and PSVR2
The other novelty of Lumines Arise, who arrives on Ps5 And his VR helmet is the mechanics of “burst”. « As you go, you load a gauge displayed at the top of the time line. When you are ready, press a trigger. Burst will activate and the square you will have formed on the play area will lock. Then add a maximum of blocks before the end of the time allocated. Then look at the combos empty the screen and increase your score to tense when the burst ends and the time line starts to remove this color. Eliminate enough squares to reach the level quota, and you will be propelled to the following environment ». There is no release date, but Lumines Arise will be available in the fall of 2025 on PS5 and PS VR 2.
Source : PlayStation Blog.
