Spike Chunsoft has issued astatementto announce the cancellation of the upcoming Chaos;Head Noah release on Steam due to guideline regulations. They also added that this will not hinder the release of the Nintendo Switch version, ensuring that it will arrive on October 7th 2022, as originally intended.Chaos;Head Noah is an enhanced version of Chaos;Head, the first entry in the science adventure series of visual novels, encompassing other games such as Steins;Gate, Occultic;Nine, Robotics;Notes, Chaos;Child, and Anonymous;Code. However, the Chaos; entries were the ones with the most grotesque and trigging themes in the franchise.Related:Chiyomaru Shikura Explains Anonymous;Code and Its Protagonist Who Can Save and Load Like PlayersIn the announcement by Spike Chunsoft, they state that Steam’s guidelines would require them to change core elements of the game, which they believe would not allow them to release the game at the standard they would like. Both Chaos;Head and Chaos;Child leans towards mystery as they depict a serial killing case that the players have to solve alongside the main cast, and this case will involve the murder of many figures of various backgrounds in varying distorted ways, like mutilation, decapitation and other gorey scenes of similar structure.
Spike Chunsoft is currently considering alternative platforms for the distribution of the game on PC. Nevertheless, it is still considered a major hit for the franchise considering Chaos;Head establishes many important ground points that the other entries in the series take from in some way or another.
Chaos;Head Noah, along with Chaos;Child will be released for the first time on the Nintendo Switch console both separately and as adouble packon October 7th this year. Other entries like Steins;Gate and Robotics;Notes were made available on the console in the previous years.
The Science Adventure series currently has two games in store, The newest entry Anonymous;Code has already received a Japanese release last July and is slated for a worldwide release this year. The other upcoming entry is Steins;???, a true thematic sequel to the popular Steins;Gate.
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