Acquire Announces Game Set in Akihabara

Acquire, the Japanese developer behind theWay of the Samuraiseries, is changing things up a tad with their latest release.Akiba's Trip, revealed in Japanese game mags this week, is an action/adventure hybrid similar in style to the maker's samurai games, but with one difference -- it's set in modern-day Akihabara, the Tokyo neighborhood packed with game shops, anime outlets, maid cafes, and other otaku delights.

In Akiba's Trip, you play a typical 18-year-old nerd whose friend has recently gone missing. There's been a rash of disappearances around Akihabara lately, and rumor has it that the Kageyashi -- a shapeshifting vampire who can turn into anyone he wants -- is to blame. Hooking up with NIRO, an underground Akihabara group fighting the Kageyashi, you walk the streets of the famed"Electric Town"as you get to the bottom of this case.

Akiba's Trip takes place entirely within the streets of real-life Akihabara, which Acquire is reportedly taking great pains to recreate in 3D for this game. The developer has signed deals allowing for a large number of actual Akihabara shops to appear in the virtual neighborhood exactly where they are in real life, from hardcore game outlet Messe Sanoh to anime-goods dealer Tora no Ana.

The PSP title is due out April 14 in Japan; no retail price was given.

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