The COA IX Grand Finals livestream revealed quite a bit of upcoming new content for the game. Let’s take a quick look at what to expect in the coming months.
In-game reward:
1000 inspirations for all players after the show will be sent to their in-game mailboxes in celebration of surpassing 400 million players around the world.
New Characters
Mime Artist, Cleo Decroux
She creates a new world through physical expression. Will she find someone who truly understands her at this manor?
Source: IDV English Twitter
She is a new Survivor who will be dropping sometime in June. Stay tuned for more details!
Patient’s identity switch, “Herztier”
The treatment didn’t heal him. Instead, it transformed him into a beast, attacking anything he perceives as a threat.
Source: IDV English Twitter
Emil will be receiving his hunter identity switch later on in the summer with the release of “Divergence,” the story of Game 0. A little more on that later.
“Prodigy,” Kai
Pretending to be foolish lets you survive.
Source: IDV English Twitter
Another new survivor, Kai, will be entering the manor later in the year. It was said during the livestream that he will have a slightly different physique than your average survivor. Looking forward to learning what exactly that means when he releases.
Team SRE revealed
Source: Official IDV Korean YouTube
Team SRE has finally been officially revealed and what a resplendent sight they are. Just as the community had predicted, the members of this IDV E-Sports team are Coordinator (the leader), Enchantress, Prospector, and “Knight.” We still don’t know yet when their costumes will be released but expect them to roll out within the year.
Here’s a better look at the members individually:
Charity Event
This year’s special charity event will be a Sponsorship for Children with Special Needs. The event details are sparse at the moment but we do know that players will receive a Free A-tier Costume for Meteorologist.
Crossovers:
Maltese
Come spend some healing time with these cute puppies!
Source: IDV English Twitter
This crossover was teased back in IDV’s March Reveal Show but they only provided us a picture of a picnic by grassy plains and a quaint manor house. The community was quick to reveal that the crossover was with Maltese. This crossover will give us A-tier Costumes for Norton (Golden Retriever) and Lily (White Maltese)
Paper Bride Pt. 2
A single script descends upon the Yellow Springs; two stages bridge the divide of Yin and Yang.
Source: IDV English Twitter
The second part of the Paper Bride crossover will arrive soon. This will focus on the story and characters of Paper Bride 7. The new costumes that will come with this part will be an S-tier costume for Antiquarian and A-tiers costumes for Patient and Psychologist.
B. Duck Part 3
Quack-Quack Alert! The B.Duck trend is back, and the fun never stops! The Identity V × B.Duck Crossover is launching its third wave! Get ready to have some happy gaming time with our all-new partners! QUACK!
Source: IDV English Twitter
B.Duck will also be returning and two new A-tiers for Archer and Embalmer. Stay tuned for more information later.
Shanghai Animation Film Studio Museum
There is always a memory of light and shadow that has embellished our childhoods. With misty ink wash and flowing lines, the Eastern aesthetics once etched onto film will soon converge in the Manor.
Source: IDV English Twitter
White Cat Legend
A cloud of mystery hangs over the Manor, and Minister White Cat and his team have been invited to investigate the case. Please look forward to their arrival!
Source: IDV English Twitter
Time Raiders
The Bronze Gate opens. The Qilin returns. After a ten-year journey through the night and the rain, a fateful reunion is at hand.
Source: IDV English Twitter
New Story Content:
Divergence: The Story of group 0
Source: Official IDV Korean YouTube
Morality, reason, fear, love, conscience. What truly shapes our humanity? This year’s new substory, Divergence, is now in production! Together with a familiar yet fresh “old friend”, the story of Group 0 is coming soon.
Source: IDV English Twitter
The next side story will drop soon sometime this summer and will tell us what happened in the manor game between Sculptor, The Mind’s Eye, “Psychologist,” and Patient. Oh, but let’s not forget that a certain novelist, “Orpheus,” and his editor, Roy Kafe, had a part in this game to play as well.
New Game Mode
Cryptic Notes
There are some special books, all authored by the mysterious mystery writer “Orpheus.” However, unlike the novels circulating in the market, these books contain familiar characters with new identities, unresolved mysteries with new clues, but the “truth” is hidden in an even more unpredictable and unpredictable ending.
Source: IDV Weibo
This game mode will release some time in June so stay tuned!
Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games (in-game event)
IDV will officially debut at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. To celebrate this globally significant sporting event, a “Games-Themed Event” will launch simultaneously in the game in September, where Survivors and Hunters will compete on the field in unexpected roles!
Source: IDV Weibo
The in-game event will release sometime in September of this year.
China Exclusive Collabs
The Polar Research Institute of China
Players will receive a free costume for Explorer.
Universal Beijing Resort
From September 4th to November 1st, visitors can experience an scare/escape room: “Identity V – Escape from White Sand Street.”
That concludes the content revealed during the livestream. More information on some of the things listed here will most likely come next month when IDV streams their June Reveal Show which will also include information on IDV’s Global Anniversary, one of the biggest events of the year. Until then, allow yourself to take in all this content (because it’s a lot!)