In today’s Nintendo Direct, Platinum Games revealed their latest action combat title: Astral Chain!

The designer of NieR:Automata, Takahisa Taura, is heading the project, which follows a special futuristic police in their efforts to thwart a massive terrorist plot.

The game will be launching exclusively for Nintendo Switch on 30 August 2019. Check out the reveal trailer below, along with an official synopsis!

ASTRAL CHAIN is a new action game from Platinum Games, directed by Takahisa Taura, known for his work as the game designer on NieR:Automata, and supervised by Hideki Kamiya, creator of the Bayonetta^™ series. As part of a police special forces unit in a multicultural futuristic city, players work together with a special living weapon, the Legion, in a synergetic action system of battle and exploration. More details about this Nintendo Switch exclusive will be revealed in the future. ASTRAL CHAIN launches exclusively for Nintendo Switch on Aug. 30.