New information about .hack's upcoming film and game has shown up, including a couple of screenshots of the game, showing off a change in art direction and building onto the already extensive mythos of the series.

Aura plays a major role either driving the plot forward or acting as a major mystery to be solved through both television and videogame. .hack//Link saw her infected by a virus and eventually stripped of most of her abilities. To what should be nobody's surprise, Matsuyama implies that her role in the upcoming game is significant, and that, through the plot progression (read: twists) presented in Beyond the World, her actions will be different.

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