Dreams Uncorporated has revealed the upcoming JRPG Prisma as part of the Latin American Games Showcase. The single player, turn-based JRPG features Alma, a journalist who searches for truth through the lens of her camera. Transported by a magical Prism Shard, Alma finds herself in a strange world alongside other Almas from other…
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