Indie Japanese developer Surume Manju revealed that its promising mecha game Omega Phenex: Commenced Project Six is targeting a 2027 release.
The announcement was made alongside an update to the alpha build of the game that can already be purchased on Booth, adding the “Exduel” feature.
While the alpha build is a small vertical slice of the game, it’s quite affordable, costing only 500 yen (a little more than $3).
There’s also a contest going on, challenging players to use the Exduel feature to fight the Rosemary and upload a video of the fight. The winner will be implemented as an NPC in the game.
You can check the video showing gameplay and announcing the contest below.
If you’re unfamiliar with Omega Phenex: Commenced Project Six, it’s coming to PC via Steam.
The game promises “tactile mech action at overwhelming speed,” and that has certainly been reinforced with what we saw today. The iconic “missile clouds” that you may have seen in many sci-fi anime are really cool.
You can customize your mecha, named “Icarus” with different parts and paints. While parts change your stats slightly, the “Tune” function is what does the heavy lifting of the functional customization.
Basically, you can use a pre-defined amount of points to modify stats like durability, mobility, or weapon performance. This means that you can decouple function from looks and achieve both the performance and the appearance that you prefer.
Omega Phenex will include over 30 missions plus an Arena Mode for 1 vs 1 battles. You can expect a variety of missions like extermination, exploration, boss battles, and escort missions.
If you’re interested in more mecha games, you can check out Mecha Knights: Nightmare 2, Muv-Luv Tactics: Nightmare of Kalidasa, and Front Mission 3: Remake.