Maelstrom: Rising Sun

Maelstrom: Rising Sun is an open world survival-action role-playing video game in development by User:SArchangel. The game under production for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

The game takes place within the Kantō region in Japan in the year 2073, three years after the ceasefire of a very costly war between a military coalition led by the United States of America against the People's Republic of China. An armistice was signed in 2070 while both sides actively engaged in devastating warfare in Northern Honshu, Japan; the USA was on the verge of economic collapse and China was hit with a global trade embargo, making both sides eager to stop fighting. Japanese input on the armistice agreement included the removal of all belligerent government military forces from Japan's four main islands by 2072, in order to allow Japan to recover from all the damaged caused. However, it was soon realized that Japan's recovery was not going to be easy. Disunity within the country became a serious problem, with various new and rival social and political factions vying for power over the post-war government. The game begins when the post-war Japan enters a state of civil war between several rival factions, predominantly over the capital, Tokyo.

The player assumes the role of Nathaniel Ross, an American private military company contractor working with Fuji-Apex Defense Works, a Japanese arms tech corporation specializing in "next-generation" infantry combat gear.