EA Original offers a different hunt with Wild Hearts

Electronic Arts recently unveiled its next game, Wild Hearts, a hunting game that’s a bit different from what we’re used to.

The game is being developed by Omega Force in collaboration with the EA Originals initiative.

Electronic Arts and KOEI TECMO recently announced the development of Wild Hearts, a new type of hunting game with a unique crafting mechanic. The game is scheduled to release on February 17, 2023 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and PC via Origin, Steam, and the Epic Game Store.

Published under the EA Originals label and developed by Omega Force, the team behind the popular Warriors series, Wild Hearts invites players to take part in an epic adventure set in feudal Japan. Japan is full of fantasy and mysticism. And on Japanese lands, they will have to fight hordes of natural beasts named Kemono.

But they will not be alone, because Karakuri, who has complex mechanisms created on the basis of ancient and long-lost technologies, will help them in the fight against Kemono.

Wild Hearts is set in Azuma, a fantasy landscape inspired by feudal Japan now rammed by the once-peaceful Kemono, altering the environment at the cost of citizens' lives. Kemono ranges from plant-filled squirrels to a massive fanged wild boar. After a terrible fight with a winter wolf hunter, players become carriers of life support technologies and are forced to restore balance throughout the region.

In Wild Hearts, players travel through Azuma as a lone wolf or hunt with up to two friends through cross-platform play and co-op features across all platforms. Players can expand their combat plans and participate in special missions by hunting in a group, teaming up with other hunters in the world, or fighting Kemono alone. The game will have voices in English, Japanese, French, Italian, German and Spanish.

"Wild Hearts opens up a vibrant fantasy world to players who are as indomitable as they are beautiful." said Yosuke Hayashi, Executive Vice President of KOEI TECMO GAMES.With Wild Hearts, we not only wanted to show the evolution, infusion, and real threat posed by Kemono, we also wanted to create a game that puts creation at the center of the experience, redefining what could be possible in a game about hunting wild animals. . We've thought a lot about making our karakuri fit for combat, and we're excited that players will be able to use this powerful mechanic to fight giant beasts and travel the world."

"EA Originals is the label for those who dare to explore", - says Stuart Lang, vice president of global brand Electronic Arts.We're thrilled to be following Hazelight Studios' critically acclaimed It Takes Two with ingenious mechanics, giant nature-inspired beasts, and epic battles in WILD HEARTS, the first AAA hunting experience for a new generation."

Wild Hearts will release on February 17, 2023 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and PC via Origin, Steam, and the Epic Game Store.