On November 2, Koei Tecmo and Gust held a live stream forAtelier Ryza 2andSurge Concerto DX(PCvia Steam,PS4,Switch), revealing new gameplay for the remasters ofCiel nosurgeandAr nosurge. Both games will be sold separately. The stream featured two seiyuu: Ai Kakuma (Ion), and Yuri Noguchi (Ryza inAtelier). Weâll be covering theSurge Concerto DXpart of the stream in this article.Read about theAtelier Ryza 2parts here.First things first, a new gameplay trailer forSurge Concerto DXwas revealed. Koei Tecmo most notably announced bothCiel nosurge DXandAr nosurge DXare fully voiced unlike the originals. Ai Kakuma said live on stream that recording everything took a very long while, to the point she wondered if they might have hit a Guiness world record. All of the original games' DLCs will be included too.
Next up on stream, after a quick intro of theSurge Concertoseries, we first got to see some gameplay forCiel nosurgeat 50:06, and 53:20. Some of the numerous events with Ion, like how you may sleep together:
Next up was some gameplay fromAr nosurge DX, at the 58:32 and 1:02:38 timestamps. With some story cutscenes with Ion, and some field exploration + battles.
Following that point, while the YouTube stream ended, those with Niconico Premium account got to see some extra gameplay. We have one more scene fromCiel nosurge DX, and two more gameplay sequences fromAr nosurge DX, most notably with Casty fighting:
Surge Concertowas directed by Akira Tsuchiya, who also directed theAr TonelicoJRPGs. Both series are linked.
Surge Concerto DXhas an incredibly highly priced limited edition that’s around 1000 burger dollars.You can read about it here alongside the latest details.Â
TheSurge Concerto: Ciel nosurgeremaster, and theAr nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Starremaster are coming in Japan on July 13, 2025. Koei Tecmo didn’t announce either in the west yet. If it happens, it’ll be the first time the first game,Ciel nosurge, is localized. At the very least,Ar nosurge DXshould be announced at some point seeing it already has a localization. We’ll be sure to tell you as soon as possible when we learn more.
Yuri Noguchi and Kakuma Ai after the stream:
