Enhance has announced the release date for highly anticipated PlayStation 5 exclusive, Lumines Arise, and it’s later this year.
November 11th is the release date, then, with pre-orders open now including a 10% discount if you’re a PlayStation Plus subscriber. However, you don’t have to wait until November 11th to play it, as a demo is out right now, but only until September 3rd.
Tetsuya Mizuguchi (Executive Producer, Enhance) explained via the official PlayStation blog: “Since we first announced Lumines Arise during the State of Play in June, we’ve been inundated with the same question from fans: When will the demo be available?! And the answer is…right now! You can play the limited-time Lumines Arise Demo on PlayStation 5 now through September 3 and try out three single-player stages and help us network test the all-new multiplayer Burst Battle mode.”
Mizuguchi added: “The Demo only features one difficulty (Easy – the final game will have four different levels), but you’ll also find robust options to fit every play style under “Accessibility” in the Options menu. Want to just groove to the music and not worry about time pressure, or a “Game Over” when you top out? Try the “No Stress Lumines” options for that! Want to strip away the visual flourishes to focus more on the gameplay? There’s options for that! Or playing on your PlayStation Portal and want to zoom in to get the most out of your portable screen real estate? There’s options for that, too!
The Demo features a taste of Burst Battle via matchmaking, but the full version of the game will offer friend / CPU matches, custom matches, and local play. And you’ll get to select your favourite stage music / block-visuals that you unlocked in the single-player Journey mode to use in multiplayer; it’s kind of like having your own theme song as you head into battle!”
The game is from the same team behind the wonderful Tetris Effect, so I’ll be grabbing that demo asap.
Lumines Arise is coming to PlayStation 5 on November 11th.