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Team Asano’s Elliot: The Millennium Tales Launches June 18

The studio shifts from turn-based roots to real-time combat in its HD-2D style.

Overview

  • The action RPG, which drew new previews Monday, is set for June 18 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, and Xbox Series X.
  • Square Enix’s Team Asano makes its first real-time action game while keeping the studio’s signature HD-2D look.
  • The story moves across four eras of the same land via a Doorway of Time that lets Elliot witness how the world changes.
  • Hands-on reports describe on-field hack-and-slash combat with seven weapon types, two equipped at once, a controllable fairy companion named Faie, and no separate battle screens.
  • Developers highlight a 'somewhat gacha-like' magicite system for weapon builds, plus player-friendly features like fast travel even inside dungeons and difficulty that can be adjusted at save points.