The legendary musical puzzle game is back, and more emotional too
Enhance Experience, the company behind Humanity and Tetris Effect: Connected and Rez Infinite, took to Sony’s latest PlayStation State of Play to reveal the next installment in the Lumines series, Lumines Arise.
The game, billed as a sort of emotional journey, takes the series’ puzzle roots of 2×2 square manipulation through sound and focuses it on the sensory and almopst metaphysical aspects. Sure, we’re still matching blocks to make bigger blocks to the beat, but now the 30 different stages will use themes and designs and audio to invoke a specific mood.
Additionally a new gameplay mechanic will allow players the ability to pause the beat wave in order to build up a larger burst as more is cleared. The music itself is composed by long-time Enhance collaborator Hydelic. The first single from the game’s musical album is available on Bandcamp.
Lumines Arise lands on PlayStation 5 and PC Steam in Fall 2025, with VR support for both platforms.
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