Sup friends,
We have things and stuff to tell you! If you attended the Sekai Project panel at Anime Expo this year, or if you follow our Twitter (hint hint twitter.com/alienworksdev) you might have seen us announce HB: Remastered. If you didn't, well, there's a reason I'm writing this update.
The Remastered version will have a few new things. The most significant of these is full English voice acting! And yes, I mean full ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) We just posted a preview trailer on Youtube, so mosey on over there and check it out. We'll wait.
Back? Okay, good. As the girls explain, in addition to the voicing, there will be a remastered soundtrack including a couple new songs from Smoke Thief (formerly credited as Anna Logue), and with other tracks getting a few touch ups. We'll also be fixing some of the art, including the RV background that's currently kind of a void into the nether, as well as adding in one or two new CG's. There will be lots of other changes, too, including but not limited to some new language options.
Once the update's out, we'll be printing those physical copies we talked about like half a year ago. We announced those a little too early, because we're really good at planning (and because we hadn't settled on doing VA at that point, but of course once we did we chose to postpone the physicals until after the patch is out). So, if you love us enough to buy the game a second time and get a DVD copy, you'll be able to do that! We're gonna try to include a bonus item with 'em too, but nothing's settled there.
The patch itself will be delivered as a free update to everybody who already owns the game, and we're hooooooping to have it out by the end of this year. Which probably means sometime early next year. However! Although the patch will be free, we're probably going to be raising the base price of the game a couple bucks to compensate. So, if you don't already own Highway Blossoms, then... Well, first off, how are you reading this??? But also you should totally get the game now while it's cheaper rather than wait for the price increase. That is, of course, unless you feel like giving us more money. We're cool with that too.