arknights
明日方舟 アークナイツ 명일방주 Arknights ArknightsFanArt アークナイツバトルイラコン
A Chinese tower defense mobile game, developed by Hypergryph and published by Yostar. It is available in Google Playstore and iOS appstore.
The player is put in the role of the Doctor, in charge of Rhodes Island, an organization tasked with investigating disasters caused by a mysterious ore known as Originium, and aiding those infected by Oripathy, caused by exposure to Originium. As the amnesiac Doctor clad in protective suit, the player is put in control over the characters known as Operators, tasked to eliminate the threats lurking from the rebel group known as Reunion.
The game was first announced in 2017. Between 2017 and 2019, it was briefly available for several short beta tests. The game was officially released on May 1st, 2019. International versions in Japanese and English were released Jan. 16th, 2020. The game is available in its native Chinese, Japanese, English and Korean, each with their own app clients. For the first few years of the game's lifetime, character voices are exclusively in Japanese, regardless of region. Chinese character voices were introduced in September 2021, and English character voices are confirmed to be implemented into the game during the 2nd anniversary livestream of the International version of Arknights.
In 2022, a spinoff RPG game has been announced, Arknights: Endfield.
See also
- elite I (arknights)
- elite II (arknights)
- hannya_(arknights)
- lungmen dollar
- oripathy lesion
- infection monitor
- originium
- originium arts
- penguin logistics logo
- rhine lab logo
- ursus empire logo
- List of Arknights characters