Steins;Gate: El Psy Kongroo Edition

Release

Friday, June 5, 2015

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Inside Steins;Gate: El Psy Kongroo Edition

What it is

Steins;Gate is a Japanese visual novel developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus. It is the second game in the Science Adventure series following Chaos;Head. The game is described by the development team as a "hypothetical science ADV" and explores time and time travel in 2010 Akihabara. The gameplay follows non-linear plot lines which offer branching scenarios with courses of interaction.

The El Psy Kongroo Edition of Steins;Gate comes in a artbox and includes the following content:

- Base Game - Hardcover Artbook - Double Pin Badge Set for new Future Gadget Lab members - Metal Upa Replica

The premise

The story of Steins;Gate takes place in Akihabara and is about a group of friends who have customized their microwave into a device that can send text messages to the past. As they perform different experiments, an organization named SERN who has been doing their own research on time travel tracks them down and now the characters have to find a way to avoid being captured by them.