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STEINS;GATE 0 Gets PS4 Release Date

The wait is over! The highly anticipated STEINS;GATE 0 from MAGES.Inc. has an official release date, releasing on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita on the 25th of November 2016 in Europe and 29th of November 2016 in North America.

STEINS;GATE 0 is a brand new story in the acclaimed Science Fiction Visual Novel franchise. Praised by fans and critics alike for its incredible characterisation and storytelling, STEINS;GATE is widely considered to be the greatest Visual Novel ever made. STEINS;GATE 0 looks set to maintain this exceptionally high standard with a story which explores an alternative world line.

When a scientist Okabe Rintaro realises he is unable to save the love of his life, he sinks into a great depression. Giving up on his friends, his research and, crucially, time-travel itself, a series of events which looks set to endanger all of humanity takes place.

Can fan-favourite STEINS;GATE characters, Mayuri, Farris, Daru, Moeka, Luka and Suzuha bring him back from the brink?

Along with a brand new cast of characters and new scientific themes which fuse time travel and artificial intelligence, STEINS;GATE fans can prepare themselves for an all-new, darker storyline which will blow their minds.

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John Breeden II

John has spent his journalism career covering just about everything, from small-town meetings and crime scenes to Capitol Hill and the U.S. Congress. He got his start writing about games and technology with a computer column called On the Chip Side, which grew to more than 1 million in circulation and ran in newspapers across several states. Today, John is an award-winning journalist with more than 25 years of experience. His work has appeared in The Washington Post, Newsweek and many other publications, and he writes a regular technology and government column for Nextgov/FCW and hosts security and educational webinars for FedInsider. He is also the founder of the Tech Writers Bureau and the chief editor of GameIndustry.com. He still loves disappearing into games, whether that means crawling through Baldur’s Gate dungeons deep into the night or planning one more big offensive in the latest wargame.