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Mystery adventure game Urban Myth Dissolution Center will launch for PlayStation 5, Switch, and PC via Steam on February 13, 2025, publisher Shueisha Games and developer Haka Bunko announced. It will support English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, and Hindi language options.
In Japan, the PlayStation 5 and Switch versions will be available both physically and digitally for 3,740 yen. A 6,930 yen limited edition will also be available, which includes a copy of the game, an original board game for up to six players, the one-disc original soundtrack, a booklet, and a special box.
About This Game
The Urban Myth Dissolution Center – your one-stop solution for researching and (dis)solving monstrous oddities, cursed relics, and dimensional anomalies!
Take on urban myth cases as heroine Azami Fukurai, under the supervision of Ayumu Meguriya, Level S psychic and Center Director.
The game is an episodical digital mystery adventure themed on multiple urban myths that roam the internet and presented in stunning psychedelic pixel art.
The player takes control of Azami for the detective legwork, collecting circumstantial evidence and social network posts to unravel the truth behind each urban myth, the hidden pasts of each client, and why they came to encounter each oddity. Dis(solve) each myth and case to discover each episode's resolution and unexpected consequences.
The Urban Myth Dissolution Center is a privately owned institution specializing in adaptive research (both onsite and online) and collection, as well as psychic divination by Center Director Ayumu Meguriya, of the numerous urban myths that dot the offline and online worlds.
Azami Fukurai
The game's heroine is a newly hired full-time, part-time member of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center's staff. Working the Center's cases inevitably makes anomalies and oddities part of her working day. She is able to see others' intentions and residual thoughts through her glasses.
"Anything to help a friend!"
Ayumu Meguriya
Center Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and Level S psychic. He avoids onsite research due to his wheelchair but can divine oddities' true forms with his clairvoyant abilities.
"Another oddity, seeping through"
Jasmine
Real name: Yasumi Tomarigi. Onsite Operative at the Urban Myth Dissolution Center. Her unmotivated part-timer attitude hides an unexplained wealth of skills including driving, close combat and surveillance ops.
"Who'da thunk, I'm actually serious about this one."
Hakaba-Bunko（ ）
A game creator team based in Japan, whose core members are long-time aficionados of mystery-themed content. The team creates adventure games and explores innovative forms of pixel art.
Known for their game series, "Makoto Wakaido's Case Files".
Awarded the Shueisha Game Creators CAMP award at Google Play Indie Games Festival 2021 and now working on "Urban Myth Dissolution Center" in close collaboration with Shueisha Games.
[From the Creators]
Do you believe in urban myths? Some may be mere rumors, but some might be true. It's that ambiguity that keeps us coming back. We've tried to recreate that feel for this game, aiming to create a game that spreads through word of mouth and lives on in the public mind beyond individual lives and memories.
Do you enjoy exploring urban myths? Are you good at telling the truth from fallacy? The Urban Myth Dissolution Center would love to hear from you! Join our fun and friendly team. Prior ExpeRIence is optional. Great welfare perks! Just show up and smile! TraiNing sessiOns Widely available.
