Sq. Enix is lending out the forged of Nier: Automata for an additional crossover. This time, three members of the acclaimed RPG’s forged are coming to uneven multiplayer survival horror sport Useless by Daylight. If that sounds thrilling, then excellent news, the collaboration is offered as of at the moment, Oct. 6.
Useless by Daylight developer Behaviour Interactive introduced the sport’s newest crossover in a reveal trailer posted to social media. On the partnership, artistic director Dave Richard had this to say:
Past the superb characters and unbelievable visuals, there is a particular connection between the themes of our two universes, each coping with cycles of violence and struggling. Bringing 2B, A2, and Emil into The Fog gave us an opportunity to assist rejoice what makes Nier: Automata so particular to us.”
Not like earlier collaborations, the characters might be reskins of current characters moderately than utterly new additions. On the Survivors’ facet, Feng Min is getting a 2B pores and skin and Yui Kimura is getting an A2 pores and skin. Each might be Legendary Outfits that include distinctive music, voice traces, HUD icons, menu idle animations, and extra. As for the Killer facet, The Legion is getting a Very Uncommon Outfit impressed by Emil. This will even form of make it really feel like Nier creator Yoko Taro is personally looking you down, in order that’s enjoyable. The gathering additionally consists of an look by Pod 042 and Legendary portraits of 2B and A2.
Is Sq. Enix engaged on a Nier: Automata sequel?
It has been nearly a decade since Sq. Enix launched Nier: Automata to widespread important acclaim, however there is no such thing as a information on a follow-up. Quite than a real sequel, Sq. Enix has as an alternative centered on crossovers with numerous titles. Taro beforehand joked in an interview that these crossovers proceed to occur as a result of he’s a “slave to capitalism, so I’ll do something so long as I’m paid and can do nothing if there is not any cash in it.”
Technically, Taro did make NieR 3 within the type of the cellular gacha sport Nier: Reincarnation. Die-hard followers (of which I’m one) insist that Reincarnation was an vital continuation of the collection’ overarching story that folks wrote off, but it surely was shut down in 2024. In 2025, Taro revealed that he is tried to work on a number of new initiatives, however all of them bought canceled, although it wasn’t made clear if one such challenge was a Nier sport. Whereas it does not seem to be a precedence for Sq. Enix, followers nonetheless maintain out hope that the collection will return.