On June 15, 2023, Grasshopper Manufacture released its own Grasshopper Direct 2023, an 11 minutes long video celebrating the company’s 25th anniversary. The video goes over games developed by the company, as well as teasing some of its future projects. Additionally, the company will hold an art exhibition in Japan, and a new Grasshopper online store was announced. The store will offer Grasshopper themed t-shirts, including 25 anniversary ones, and it will allow for overseas shipping in the future.
Here’s the link to the recent Grasshopper Direct 2023:
Grasshopper Manufacture also revealed that the company plans to bring Shadows of the Damned Remaster to “all current platforms.” The company added a tongue in cheek “probably” to the announcement, as the exact platforms haven’t been detailed yet.
You can take a look at the Shadows of the Damned Remaster announcement as well here:
The newly announced art exhibition will celebrate the works of Grasshopper artist Tadayuki Nomaru. It will be held at the TE TO KA Gallery in Kanda, Japan, between July 22, 2023 and August 6, 2023.
Throughout the direct, the hosts kept teasing and bringing attention to certain unannounced or unrevealed elements, such as footage for old Grasshopper scrapped games, as well as a new unknown character in the 25th anniversary character illustration drawn by Marvel Japanese comic book artist Peach Momoko.
At the end of the video, the next Grasshopper Manufacture game was teased, with SUDA51 making an appearance to thank players for their support while playing the game. The video only showed a short image of some woods at night, and a pause menu.
