After years of anticipation, the action-adventure RPG Lost Soul Aside has officially gone gold. This milestone confirms that there will be an August 29 release for the title. The announcement made on WeChat is good news for fans who have followed the project for almost a decade.
Lost Soul Aside was developed by Ultizero Games with backing from PlayStation’s China Hero Project. The game has had a long development cycle, with delays and complicated issues. It first started in 2014 as a truly independent endeavor by Yang Bing, who with a prototype of high-velocity, high-octane fighting made into the international limelight. Seeing the great potential, Sony quickly brought Lost Soul Aside into the China Hero Project incubator program, thus allowing Bing the opportunity to expand his vision and found Ultizero Games in 2017 to push the project forward.
Gone gold means that the final version of the game software is sent for manufacturing and distribution; for Lost Soul Aside, a particular sense of comfort to newly announce that it went gold would be the team having already iterated on the game past its initial delay date from an April 2025 launch. This shows that the essential content of the game has been fully developed, and the team is now concentrating on the final bits, which will ensure a totally seamless experience for the players on PC and PS5.
Lost Soul Aside has been compared to some of the genre’s biggest contenders. Its combat resembles that of Devil May Cry, while its visual style is best described as Final Fantasy. The director has also cited Ninja Gaiden and Bayonetta as important influences on his project. According to reports, a successful launch would be regarded as a watershed moment for the Chinese gaming industry and would build on the successes of other recent titles. With the finishing touches now applied, the indicators are all strongly leaning toward a successful release by the end of this month.
