BANDAI NAMCO STUDIO establishes an indie game label, GYAAR Studio! First title is an online quiz action

Namco Bandai Studio announced today, October 15, 2021, the establishment of an indie game label called GYAAR Studio. The label's first title, "Survival Quiz CITY" (Publisher: Phoenixx Inc.), is currently in development for release.

Bandai Namco Studio is working on the development of titles with "creation of worldwide major titles" as one of its basic strategies. The "worldwide major titles" include the "Tekken" series, "Tales of" series, and "Ace Combat" series, which are loved not only in Japan but also in other parts of the world and have a passionate fan community. GYAAR Studio was created to nurture the "top creators" who will create such worldwide major titles.

GYAAR Studio plans to release one indie game title every year. The title to be released will be developed by a team of creators designated as "heroes" from among the young employees, and will be developed over a period of time and at a cost determined by the rules.

The label name, "GYAAR Studio," is named after "Gyaar-kun," the character of "Survival Quiz CITY," the first title under development. In order to maintain the original spirit and enthusiasm of the "Survival Quiz CITY" development team, the name and logo of the label are based on the character from the first title.

Comment from Daisuke Uchiyama, President and Representative Director, NAMCO BANDAI Studios
GYAAR Studio" is compact in size, but it was created to bring the unique and out-of-the-box ideas of the creators at Namco Bandai Studio to life together with our users.
We are a label that was created to work together with our users to create unique and out-of-the-box ideas from the creators of Bandai Namco Studio, including the slightly wild ways that only an indie game can be made. We want to make games in a lively and boisterous manner, including the slightly wild ways that only an indie game can be made.
It might be action, horror, or sound novels, but we don't know what will come out of it.
We don't know what the future holds, but we think it would be a great treat to have people say, "GYAAR Studio's titles are kind of fun," so please keep an eye out for future GYAAR Studio titles!

Label character "Gyaar-kun" comment
I want to make interesting games.
That's why we started a new game label, "GYAAR Studio"!
I haven't come up with anything yet, but I hope you all will be interested in it!

GYAAR Studio official website
#GYAARStudio official website (Japanese only)
GYAAR Studio official site (English version)
# GYAAR Studio official website (English version)
GYAAR Studio Official Twitter (@GYAAR_Studio)
# GYAAR Studio official website (English)

The first title under development, "Survival Quiz CITY
This title is a quiz action game played by a large number of players gathered online. Players challenge action stages from their respective standpoints as the correct/incorrect answer quiz takers, and aim to survive to the end and become the winner.

Survival Quiz CITY" is still in the development stage, but it has received a great response as an unprecedented quiz action game, including the "unreasonableness" of the correct answers to the quiz kicking out the incorrect answers and the system that allows players to survive by using weapons and items other than quizzes. The game has received a great response as an unprecedented quiz action game.

The third Steam Playtest (user participation test) is scheduled to be held from October 16 (Sat.) to 17 (Sun.)! For the latest information, check Twitter or the Steam page.

Survival Quiz CITY official website
#Survival Quiz CITY
Survival Quiz CITY Twitter account
# (@SQCGame_JP)
Survival Quiz CITY Steam page
#(@SQCGame_JP)

Comment from Yusuke Shigeta, producer of "Survival Quiz CITY
We have a limited budget and time frame, but that gives us the freedom to "just do it," and I feel that it also leads to opportunities for our development team members to grow and develop. We will do our best in development, aiming to create an interesting title that players will say, "This game was born because of GAR STUDIO!