refugees, and the protagonist may either evacuate with Yayoi, or return to the city with Kanae to assist with rebuilding efforts. Development The game was originally being developed and published by Irem for the PlayStation 3, it would have supported 3D output and PlayStation Move. Initially, the game was planned for release on March 10, 2011, a day before the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, but was pushed back to a Spring time frame. Chief producer, Kazuma Kujo said the reason for the delay was because the game could not be completed in time. The game was officially cancelled on March 14, 2011. In December 2014, Kujo revealed that his new company, Granzella, had acquired the intellectual property of the Disaster Report series; they planned to formally announce the game in Q3/Q4 2015. The new game was eventually announced in November 2015 with the title Disaster Report 4 Plus: Summer Memories. It is being developed for PlayStation 4. Kujo has also stated the re-branded title started development from scratch. A PlayStation VR demo was planned to be released in January 2017 but was postponed to be released after February 2017. A non-public VR Demo was shown to a Japanese video game magazine in December 2016 and produced quite positive reactions from the testers. The game was released on October 25, 2018, in Japan. The game's release was delayed and the new release date was announced to be on November 22, 2018. The Kobe Fire Bureau worked with Granzella to showcase the KFD's work in what civilians should do in case they're caught up in a disaster. It's announced that the game will see a release with Traditional Chinese language support. On June 20, 2019, NIS America announced their plans to localize the game in both North America and Europe. On January 7, 2020, they announced that the game will release for North America and Europe on April 7, 2020. In the end, the VR mode only allows to play selected areas and only after they have been cleared already in regular mode Reception The game debuted at 3rd place in the top 20 games sold with 42,272 copies sold as of November 25, 2018. It was reported on December 5, 2018, that the game sold a total of 47,483 copies. Sequel In November 2018, game director Kazuma Kujo mentioned that a sequel was being considered, and in December 2020, Granzella