Attack on Titan 3 officially launches this December

Outside of their musou-styled games, Koei Tecmo are perhaps known best for their work on the Attack on Titan anime game adaptations – with the first entry arriving a decade ago in 2016 and its follow-up launching a few years later. Representing the definitive and complete version of the entire anime’s narrative, Attack on Titan 3 has now gotten an official release date.

Officially unveiled during the Summer Game Fest showcase, Attack on Titan 3 is described as “the ultimate culmination of the Attack on Titan game series” letting fans experience “the story from beginning to end” in video game form.

Due to a bit of a miscommunication at the time, it seemed as though the game was set to launch this Summer. This turned out to not be the case, with the team simply promising more news during the Summer months.

That said, we now know when Attack on Titan 3 is actually launching, with Koei Tecmo sharing a lengthy trailer, concluding with its official release date: the 10th of December 2026.

For the uninitiated, 2016’s AoT: Wings of Freedom covered the earlier portions of the anime’s story while having players take on the role of various main/side characters. AoT 2 meanwhile retold the story once again from the beginning, but from the perspective of a custom player-made character while going further into Season 3’s events.

Given that the upcoming 3rd entry is set to cover the entire anime’s events, potential players will not need to have played either of the two prior games in order to understand what is happening.

Regardless, Koei Tecmo’s AoT games are known best for their fun, fast-paced and unique gameplay – making use of the Spider-Man-esque ODM gear to offer a bit of a power fantasy as players zipped through different regions trying to save various villages.

Whether you’ve watched the show, read the manga or have done neither, Attack on Titan 3 should offer a highly compelling gameplay loop when it arrives later this year on PC, PS5, Xbox and Switch 2.

KitGuru says: What do you think of the Attack on Titan games? How fun was the ODM gear in both previous entries? Let us know down below.

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