After the Third Editions Kickstarter campaign reached its initial goal, the publisher announced a NieR book as a stretch goal. Reaching that threshold would add a fourth book to the project, titled The Work of Taro Yoko: From Drakengard to NieR: Automata. With just under a week to go until the conclusion of the campaign, Third Editions reached their stretch goal thanks to the help of nearly 1,500 backers to the project. The Work of Taro Yoko: From Drakengard to NieR: Automata features a forward written by the director himself and will be printed in both standard and collector edition covers (pictured above).
The Work of Taro Yoko: From Drakengard to NieR: Automata. With the massive success of NieR: Automata?selling more than 2.5 million copies and earning top spot as our game of the year for 2017?it makes sense to bring that book to an English-speaking audience quickly using the success of this Kickstarter campaign. Third Editions’ Kickstarter campaign is to fund English translations of their high quality and well-researched gaming history books, including books about Bloodborne, Zelda, and Final Fantasy VIII. The French publisher currently has a number of tomes in the French language, and they are slowly working on bringing that entire library to English speaking audiences. This is their second translation campaign, with the first translating books based on Final Fantasy VII, Dark Souls, Metal Gear Solid, BioShock, and Zelda.
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