Sony’s Afrika Still Alive, Enlists Composer

We haven’t heard much of anything from Sony about their mysterious Afrika game since March. Is it a Pokemon Snap-style photography simulator? Is there actually an adventure game buried in there? Or is it simply Sony’s response to the growing popularity of "non-games" in Japan? We, uh, don’t really know, but have come across proof the game’s definitely still in development; it now has a composer.

By way of the Professional Musicians’ Local 47 union newsletter, 1UP can confirm that Wataru Hokoyama — a Los Angeles-based composer who doesn’t appear to have worked in the videogames space before — has recently hired a 104-piece orchestra to start laying down the symphonies to accompany Afrika, whatever it ends up being.

Sure, that doesn’t tell us anything more about the game, but it’s somethin’.