During Indie Live Expo 2020, a digital Japanese event dedicated to independent games, Japanese studio Gemdrops unveiled a curious old-school pixel platformer - Cogen: Sword of Rewind. Screenshots were shown, a trailer was released, and a 2020 launch on Sony PS4, Nintendo Switch, and PC was announced (Steam, no page yet).
The full Japanese title of the game is Cogen: Ootori Kohaku to Toki no Ken ("Kogen: Kohaku Ootori and the Sword of Time"). So the official English title of Cogen: Sword of Rewind is noticeably simplified. Kohaku Ootori is the name of the main character, and the sword is her main weapon, which she uses to crush opponents, reflect enemy shots, and use time-related abilities.
Cogen is a stylish action game where Kohaku can briefly reverse time using his sword and a mechanic called the Ouroboros System (activated upon death). The action takes place on Earth in the distant future, where the heroine will have to uncover the secrets of the city of Cogen. The project is clearly inspired by games like Rockman Zero and Azure Striker Gunvolt from Inti Creates. Russian localization has not yet been announced - there will be only English, Japanese, Chinese and Korean.
One of the significant parts of Cogen: Sword of Rewind is the music composed by Motoi Sakuraba, whose style is well recognized in the trailer. Previously, this composer was responsible for the soundtracks for the series Tales of, Star Ocean, Golden Sun, Dark Souls and others.
By the way, the Gemdrops studio also deals with games for virtual reality helmets and, in particular, created an interactive VR game Spice and Wolf:
Source: 3dnews.ru