Saito had said earlier this year that he was once again working with NieR series creator Yoko Taro and NieR composer Keiichi Okabe on a new project, cryptically teasing it ‘might be NieR, it might not be NieR.’.
NieR: Automata hits 9,000,000 sales milestone as sequel announcement is teased It will be the NieR series’ 15th anniversary next year and the series producer hopes to have something new to share for the occasion.
A NieR 3 is bound to happen, though, considering NieR: Automata is still selling well over seven years later, and fans have been given a glimmer of hope that an announcement or teaser for it could happen in 2025.
While Saito left enough room for doubt, his teasing comments to 4Gamer suggest he’d like to share something on ‘the next [NieR] game’ in 2025, especially since that year marks the 15th anniversary of the series.
Despite it being a sequel to a cult classic from 2010 that not many people played, 2017’s NieR: Automata far exceeded everyone’s expectations, especially those of publisher Square Enix.
