A musical performance shown in a video game is nothing new, ranging from the Bardian tunes in The Witcher 3 To Raphael's Mid-Boss Fight Number In Baldur's Gate 3, But video games that are also complete musicals are still a relative niche phenomenon. As revealed on Tokyo Game Show 2025, publisher Annapurna Interactive can be included in the increasingly popular trend with People with note, Developed by Iridium Studios.
People with note connects to Stray Gods, Wandersong, And the coming There are no ghosts at Grand As a complete music video play-hybrid, complete with several musical numbers performed by the characters. It plays Cadence, a woman who dreams of winning the remarkable singing competition, the most important event in the city of Chordia. But her unwillingness to follow the competition's pop-most rules puts her into the sights of Smolder, Chordia's best boy/mercenarial group and forces Cadence to go into an adventure that will defy the genre.
People with Note are Clair Obscur meets KPOP Demon Hunters
Iridum Studios Creative Director, who spoke at a Pre-Tokyo Game Show Press event that participated in Game Rant, stated that he brought his and the team's “Theater Kid Energy” to the five-year development process for People with note. When he was asked to describe the game in one sentence was Wishnov's response “The battle of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 in combination with the frenetic energy of KPOP Demon Hunters. ” The game is a colorful celebration of all musical things, combined with classic tour-based RPG battle, Dungeon Exploration, Boss Batts and more.
IN People with note, Every battle is also a musical performance. When Cadence travels, she gathers allies who appear in different genres than Chordia's completely consumer pop from rock n 'roll to electronic and more. In turn-based battle, characters can work together to perform “genre-bending mashup attacks” in constantly developing combat conditions. Combat focuses strongly on the party that works together and creates not only a group that can fight as one but a coherent musical ensemble that can deliver a star production at the remarkable singing competition.
The Iridium Studios team promised that People with note Will be filled with “puzzle dungeons, party -based battle, many musical numbers and lots and lots of word games.” The game is currently scheduled for a 2026 edition on PC, Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. More information, including a concrete release date, is likely to be revealed in the coming months.
People with notes continue Annapurna's commitment to deliver unique games
Annapurna Interactive has developed a reputation for delivering unique and innovative indie games, and People with note is no exception. Former Annapurna titles that experimented with genre and form include the timing External wild, the cat -focused adventures of Stray, and the literary puzzle Narrator. People with note Continues this tradition through its use of music in both battle and story, its puzzle -heavy dungeons and its colorful, futuristic world.
The publisher also has experience of titles that strongly contain music, such as 2019 Sayonara wild hearts and 2021 The artificial escape. People with note, With its combination of genres and heavy use of music in its story is a perfect fit for Annapurna's 2026 directory, which also includes the puzzle title D-topi And the action adventure game Demi and the cracked dream, Both also revealed on the Tokyo Game Show. Players excitedly over People with note But looking for something to fight over them until 2026 can also check out Durstar and Mixtape, Two Annapurna titles that will be released later in 2025.
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December 1, 2016
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West Hollywood, California, USA
