Akira Toryiyama’s Sand Land Game Announced

Today’s Summer Game Fest gave us a first look at Sand Land, the new game from Bandai Namco, based on a manga by celebrated artist, Akira Toriyama.

The new game boasts a gorgeous art style that is unmistakably rooted in Toryiyama’s style, and seems to mix action, vehicles, and fighting game mechanics together to tell a story set in a mysterious desert world.

It’s unknown at this point if the game will follow the same thread as the original manga. In that case, the game will feature a story about a former General named Sheriff Rao who fights a corrupted king alongside the demon Prince Beelzebub. Three people work together, including stealing tanks to help bring back water in a dry world.

There’s still much to learn about the video game adaptation, but the announcement trailer looked beautiful. Sand Land will be released on PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC. No release date has been announced yet.