On the Neon Genesis Evangelion thirtieth Anniversary occasion in Tokyo this weekend, Pixelity confirmed off its upcoming XR recreation EVANGELION: Δ CROSS REFLECTIONS, revealing it’s going all-in on hand-tracking.
The Information
On stage on the occasion, recreation director MK Choi gave a fast overview of the sport, noting that Evangelion: Cross Reflections will function “controller-free interplay, using hand-tracking know-how that enables gamers to carry out all actions utilizing solely hand and finger actions.”
Demo cubicles had been out there on-site, giving just a few fortunate event-goers a primary public hands-on with the sport. We haven’t seen a full demo session in motion but, though X consumer ‘togepytogepi‘ confirmed off a little bit of the hand-tracking-based interactions, seen within the movies under:
EVANGELION: Δ CROSS REFLECTIONS demo, courtesy @togepytogepi pic.twitter.com/0qIxhauyvJ
— Scott Hayden (@vrbosenet) February 24, 2026
From the video, it seems the consumer is punching, taking pictures and choosing particular buffs that set off quick-time occasions, requiring the consumer to punch a sequence of stars so as.
Whereas the demo seems to concentrate on fight and fewer on story parts, X consumer ‘EVA_Armaros‘ additionally managed to seize what seems to be the sport’s first official hype video:
エヴァゲー最新作たのしみすぎる！！！
VRデバイス買わなきゃ pic.twitter.com/6glGNkXbJZ— アルマロス@エヴァフェス1,3日目参戦 (@EVA_Armaros) February 21, 2026
Evangelion: Cross Reflections is slated arrive as a three-part sequence primarily based on the story of all 26 episodes of the unique anime, with the primary instalment anticipated to reach in 2026. The studio hasn’t detailed goal platform but, nevertheless it appears pretty clear we are able to depend no less than on the Quest platform.
There are set to be new characters nevertheless, as following Choi’s presentation, 4 voice actors portraying the sport’s newly created characters took the stage: Gakuto Kajiwara as Martin Dason Holloway, Hana Hishikawa as Rimi Okada, Tasuku Hatanaka as Tomohito Yagi, and Manaka Iwami as Erisa Nozaki.
On stage, it was additionally introduced that world hands-on occasions are scheduled to happen all year long main as much as launch this yr. We’ll be following the studio’s X profile for extra data within the meantime.
My Take
Though Evangelion: Cross Reflections may embrace help for normal VR controllers, the choice to primarily depend on hand-tracking primarily indicators that it’s focusing on a lot informal gameplay.
At the very least from the restricted gameplay we’ve seen—which rightfully may even be in-progress tutorial stuff—it’s suggesting that Evangelion followers ought to in all probability count on one thing extra within the vein of a VR narrative expertise, much like what we noticed with Cell Swimsuit Gundam: Silver Phantom.
Personally talking, I’m not precisely enthusiastic about taking part in on-rails experiences like Cell Swimsuit Gundam: Silver Phantom, which felt prefer it was straddling a passive film-watching expertise with some token gameplay stuff. For me, it ended up feeling extra like an prolonged demo (or model activation) than one thing that basically tapped into the immersive risk of getting your individual mecha preventing robotic.
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