The live stream, which will broadcast live from Tokyo, will feature a variety of interveiws, special guests, creator challenges, and new music. Additionally, extremely rare signed editions of the “Composer’s Dream” CD will also be made available via the Double Kickstrter campaign at 30-minute interviews. Only 10 signed copies will be made in total.

The companies will also host a special backer-exclusive “Golden Ticket” concert on October 1 at 3:00 a.m. PT / 6:00 a.m. ET / 19:00 JST. It will feature a special band by Yoshitaka Hirota and Akari Kaita, a performance by Shoji Meguro (Persona series, Guns Undarkness), a surprise special guest, and even more creator challenges. Details regarding how to watch the stream will be provided in a backer-only update prior to the event.

Double Kickstarter Campaign Success

Having raised over 260,000,000 yen with the support of more than 13,000 backers at the time of this writing, the campaign has allowed backers to purchase combo packs of both games, with additional digital and physical rewards, allowing them to receive two high quality JRPGs at a competitive price compared to that of most AAA JRPGs.

Music

Both games will feature music by composers who are no stranger to the genre, with Armed Fantasia: To The End of the Wilderness‘s huge 100-plus track soundtrack set to capture the essence of “Westernpunk” by Elements Garden (Wild Arms series) and Michiko Naruke (Wild Arms series), and Penny Blood‘s soundtrack incorporating the sound of various international locales in the 1920s from Yoshitaka Hirota (Shadow Hearts series) and Akari Kaida (Breath of Fire series).

Famed Final Fantasy series composer, Nobuo Uematsu, has already officially joined the project, and will assist with research and insight into authentic Irish music for Penny Blood‘s American locales. In addition, SaGa series legend, Kenji Ito, is now officially on board to help create the authentic sounds of Japanese locales in Penny Blood. Uematsu, Ito, and Hirota share roots at Square Co., Ltd. (currently Square Enix), and Hirota is the bassist in Uematsu’s band “Earthbound Papas,” where he often arranges songs from SaGa series composed by Mr. Ito.

“Composer’s Dream” CD

A special “Composer’s Dream” CD featuring special arrangements, remixes, and original music from the two games’ key music collaborators, along with additional collaborations by Persona series composer, Shoji Meguro, and Lufia series composer, Yasunori Shiono, will be available to backers of the campaign. Only 500 copies will be produced and there are no current plans to release the album after the campaign. Since it is an add-on item, only backers qualify for purchase.

Armed Fantasia: To the End of the Wilderness and Penny Blood are in development for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC.

Watch a new set of gameplay videos below.

Armed Fantasia: To the End of the Wilderness

Field Test #3 Gameplay

Penny Blood

Emilia Standard Attack Gameplay

Sigil Slaughter Combo Attack Gameplay