FREEDOM WARS REMASTERED announced for Switch, due out Jan. 10th, 2025 (UPDATE)
Good morning, Sinner. For the crime of existing, your 1,000,000-year sentence begins today. Fulfill your duty to the Panopticon. In celebration of its 10-year anniversary, Freedom Wars returns with FREEDOM WARS REMASTERED, and it’s coming to Switch Jan. 10th, 2025.
Create and customize your character and accessory partner to take on enormous bioweapons called Abductors in high-flying, three-dimensional combat – all while whittling down your million-year prison sentence to become a full-fledged Citizen in a dystopian future where being born is a sin.
Every beloved feature of Freedom Wars returns:
- Master three-dimensional combat using the Thorn to quickly traverse the battlefield and latch onto towering Abductors
- Dismantle Abductors to harvest parts to craft and upgrade your equipment
- Deep character customization with dystopic chic clothing designs
- Create your own “Accessory” – a customizable android companion who will join you on your missions and aid in battle
- Take it online to hunt Abductors with friends in co-op gameplay
The HD Remaster features new and improved features from the original PS Vita version:
- Improved visuals
- Adjusted game balance and difficulty options
- Updates to weapon crafting and upgrading
The producer behind the game, Takashi Tsukamoto, shared some insight into why this remaster came about in a PlayStation Japan blog, and you can see his comments below.
I’ve wanted to make a sequel since it was released 10 years ago, but the opportunity never came. This time, we were blessed with the opportunity to develop it and have Bandai Namco Entertainment produce it, and since it was also the turning point of the 10th anniversary, we decided to do it at this timing. – Takashi Tsukamoto, Producer
UPDATE: While FREEDOM WARS REMASTERED won’t be getting a physical Switch release here in the states, one has been announced for Asia. Best of all, that version will indeed include English language support, so if you’re big on physical copies, you can import this one and play it without any language issues.
