Hello everyone! I’m Saori from Otaku Republic!

Well! This week...... some super super super super super super happy news has arrived! I played a lot of the past titles, so I was so excited when I heard about this information release! When is the release date! I want to know soon!

Speaking of the .hack series! It’s a cross-media project that started around 2002, and it’s a story about solving the mystery of the ”incident of consecutive unconscious victims” occurring within the online game ”The World”! Using online games as a theme, which is common nowadays, and approaching the mystery of the story through the two axes of the game and reality was quite innovative even back then. It appeared in the world a bit earlier than Sword Art Online, which also dealt with those unable to return from within an online game, and it is considered the game that built the foundation for that recognition!

So, this time, ”.hack//Z.E.R.O.” is a completely new work in the .hack series, and it has been revealed that it is set in the near future, 10 years from the present. At this point, the official announcement has already stated that for those who start playing the .hack series from this ”.hack//Z.E.R.O.,” they have intentionally avoided making connections to past works too deep so that it can be enjoyed without having played them. However, the appearance and demeanor of the characters in the released PV...... somehow, they seem to resemble those characters......?

.hack has Volume 1 to 3, or sometimes up to 4 for each series, but currently, complete versions that allow you to play everything together are released on the Switch and other platforms! Since gameplay screens for this latest work, ”.hack//Z.E.R.O.,” haven't been released yet, I have a feeling it might be around 2027...... why not take this opportunity to play or look back at the .hack series, as it is a real masterpiece?