We’ve got a long way to go

Sukeban Games had something of a niche hit on its hands when it releasedVA-11 HALL-Aon Steam in 2016. The dystopian bartending sim has sold more than 200,000 copies on PC and Vita, where it saw release last fall, and will be ported to PlayStation 4 and Switch early next year. Hopefully, these two ports will introduce thousands more to the mysteries of Glitch City and prepare them for the next entry in the franchise, the exquisitely namedN1RV Ann-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action.

Tentatively scheduled for a 2020 release,N1RV Ann-Awill take players off the gritty streets of Glitch City and introduce them to the idyllic Saint Alicia. The game will star bartender Sam, who is having issues with her Yakuza partner Leon as she works to take care of their eight-year-old son. Like inVA-11 HALL-A, players will tend bar at the titular watering hole, branching the story in multiple directions with each drink they mix. Saint Alicia may seem like an absolute paradise, but underneath its sheen lies a sickness players will uncover with every patron they serve.

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N1RV Ann-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Actionis slated for release in English and Chinese on Switch, PlayStation 4, and PC. To see the first screenshots of the game, check out the gallery below.

The ghost at the end of the hallway

Picking up the smiley face post-it off the broken mirror

John and Molly sitting on the park bench

Close up shot of Marissa Marcel starring in Ambrosio

Kukrushka sitting in a meadow

Lightkeeper pointing his firearm overlapped against the lighthouse background

Overseer looking over the balcony in opening cutscene of Funeralopolis

Edited image of Super Imposter looking through window in No I’m not a Human demo cutscene with thin man and FEMA inside the house

Looking at the ghost of Jackie inside the lighthouse