Here's your first look at Death March Club, the new game from the Danganronpa and Zero Escape devs

Too Kyo Games, the new studio that brings together Danganronpa writer Kazukata Kodaka with Zero Escape creator Kotaro Uchikoshi, has unveiled its new game - a slight move away from visual novels towards 2D action called Death March Club.

It's a game that explores themes of childhood, mortality and morality, drawing upon the likes of Lord of the Flies as it pits children against each other in a deadly game - and it'll explore similar themes to Kodaka and Uchikoshi's previous work, being what they themselves refer to as a 'death game'.

But Death March Club won't strictly be a visual novel, instead implementing action sequences and puzzling that will come via the help of Grounding Inc - the development studio headed up by Panzer Dragoon creator Yukio Futatsugi.

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