Acttil, the Los Angeles-based company formed by former NIS America employees in May, has teamed up with Anaheim-based game developer Elemental Labs to develop a real-time, weapon-based 3D action RPG for PlayStation 4 and PS3 called Reborn.



In development for the past nine months at Elemental CEO Franz Tissera’s garage, Reborn is built on the Unreal Engine, and aims to “satisfy the action hero in all of us while recapturing the magic, imagination, depth, and nostalgia of the classic RPGs that we enjoyed growing up,” according to Tissera.



Elemental will seek $150,000 in funding for the project via a Kickstarter campaign set to launch next week to release the game digitally in fall 2014.



The game is a sci-fi action RPG with the real-time combat of action games and “the depth” of traditional RPGs. It will include “an experience and leveling system, progressive License Board, rare loot, and various character classes, and downloadable content (upon reaching higher stretch goals).” It is set in Neo-Tokyo 2188 and stars a futuristic version of the famed Japanese swordsman Musashi Miyamoto.



“The people of Japan once embraced a life of spirituality and harmony with nature, but now they’re obsessed with technology, forcing it intoevery aspect of their lives, becoming willing slaves,” reads a press release describing the game. “But some see the destruction of their culture, and rebel against the modern system. As Musashi, you will travel the streets of Neo-Tokyo, clashing with cyber-enhanced gangs and oppressive corporate overlords in your attempt to find ‘a better path.’”