Lost Soul Aside
A lone hero and his dragon companion battle interdimensional invaders.
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Bret Harte · Public domain
In Lost Soul Aside, a single-player action-adventure role-playing game, the camera shows the action from behind the character.[1] The main character, Kaser, receives help from Arena, a companion who can change into weapons and other forms.[2]
Making and release
After the initial reveal, Sony took notice and reached out to Yang, leading to a meeting in Shanghai in 2016 that marked the start of their partnership.[3] While studying as a graduate student at South Korea's Dongguk University in 2014, Yang Bing began work on Lost Soul Aside.[3] Sony included Lost Soul Aside in its China Hero Project in October 2016, which gave the project both money and technical help.[3] At the February 2025 State of Play event, the release date was given as 30 May 2025.[4]
What the cited sources add
The KrASIA article notes that among the nine titles revealed in the third phase of the China Hero Project, a trend is the rise of action roleplaying and soulslike games.[5] According to the KrASIA article, a media roundtable with Yang Bing and other developers took place after the December anniversary event, focusing on the China Hero Project.[5] The KrASIA article quotes the game's creator saying that the game's overall feel was set in 2021 when a ten-minute video was shown.[5] The creator mentioned that after moving development to PS5, the team improved the graphics and did a large art overhaul, helped by the China Hero Project team.[5]
References
- Wikipedia, "Lost Soul Aside" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "中國之星計畫《失落之魂》確定 5 月推出 公開預購宣傳影片與各版本內容", 巴哈姆特, 13 February 2025; Williams, "First revealed way back in 2016, action RPG Lost Soul Aside finally has a release date and it's dropping the same day as Elden Ring: Nightreign", TechRadar, 13 February 2025; Blake, "Lost Soul Aside Dev Acknowledges Performance Issues, Assures Players It is 'Actively Working on Optimizations'", IGN, 29 August 2025; "中國之星計畫《失落之魂》確定 5 月推出 公開預購宣傳影片與各版本內容", 巴哈姆特, 13 February 2025; Williams, "First revealed way back in 2016, action RPG Lost Soul Aside finally has a rel en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Lost Soul Aside" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Van Allen, "PS5 and PC Single-Player Action Game Lost Soul Aside: The Big Interview", IGN, 2025-02-20; Sinha, "Lost Soul Aside Showcases All Weapon Types in New Trailer", GamingBolt, 3 August 2025; Romano, "Lost Soul Aside ‘Weapons’ trailer", Gematsu, 2 August 2025; Wacholz, "Lost Soul Aside Review", IGN, 8 September 2025; Fernández Loyarte, "Lost Soul Aside: 8 Best Arena Powers, Ranked", Game Rant, 1 September 2025 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Lost Soul Aside" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Fami 通专访《失落之魂》导演杨冰：将现实与幻想融为一体", Game Bonfire, 20 February 2025; "1인 개발자의 꿈이 현실로… 중국풍 데메크 '로스트 소울 어사이드'가 온다!", This Is Game, 7 August 2025; Van Allen, "Lost Soul Aside - TrailerHD", IGN, 30 July 2016; Van Allen, "PS5 and PC Single-Player Action Game Lost Soul Aside: The Big Interview", IGN, 2025-02-20; Romano, "Lost Soul Aside to be published by Sony Interactive Entertainment", Gematsu, 12 November 2022; "【China Hero Project】『Lost Soul Aside』『Convallaria』中国気鋭のクリエイターに聞く。家庭用ゲーム機向け中国産ゲームの到達地点", Famitsu, 23 December 2022; Romano, "Lost Soul en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Lost Soul Aside" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Eight years on, has Sony’s China Hero Project delivered on its promise?", KrASIA, 20 January 2025; "PlayStation中国10周年庆典，”玩翻夜”派对燃爆玩家热情", GameLook, 19 December 2024; "中國之星計畫《失落之魂》確定 5 月推出 公開預購宣傳影片與各版本內容", 巴哈姆特, 13 February 2025; Bankhurst, "PlayStation State of Play February 2025: Everything Announced", IGN, 12 February 2025; "《失落之魂》官宣5月30日发售！超帅新预告放出", GamerSky, 13 February 2025; "《失落之魂》宣布延期至 8 月底發售 融合高速動作戰鬥玩法與華麗視覺的動作冒險角色扮演遊戲", 巴哈姆特, 30 April 2025; "国产动作RPG《失落之魂》官宣跳票至今年8月29日发售", 游侠网, 30 April 2024 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "Eight years on, has Sony’s China Hero Project delivered on its promise?", KrASIA, 20 January 2025. facts only, no text reused. kr-asia.com
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