Gravity Rush (franchise)

Gravity Rush, known in Japan as Gravity Daze, is a media franchise centered on a series of video games developed by Team Gravity, owned and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It is created by Keiichiro Toyama, who also created the Silent Hill and Siren series. The franchise is best known for its action-adventure video games, which has been supplemented by a two-part animation, a film adaptation, and various merchandise.

The first installment, Gravity Rush, was released on February 9, 2012, for the PlayStation Vita. The game follows protagonist Kat, a superhero tasked to restore the floating city of Hekseville and save humanity from invasive species known as Nevi. Gravity Rush Remastered was released for the PlayStation 4 on December 10, 2015. A sequel, Gravity Rush 2, released on January 18, 2017, for the PlayStation 4, featured a three-way conflict between humanity, the Nevi and the Garrison Army.

Gameplay
Gravity Rush is an action-adventure video game in which players take the role of Kat, a young woman who can manipulate how gravity affects her, allowing her to walk on walls and fly through the air. Kat navigates the game's open world both on foot using roads and walkways, and using her powers; activating Kat's abilities, the player tilts the video game controller, aiming Kat and allowing her to "fall" in that direction. Kat can use her abilities to walk on vertical surfaces or areas such as ceilings and the underside of structures. Kat's gravity-based abilities are tied to an energy meter which decreases when her powers are active. When fully depleted, Kat's powers deactivate until the meter recharges.

Combat takes place either on the ground or with Kat using her powers against enemies. When on the ground, Kat attacks by kicking enemies in their weak spots. When using her powers, Kat can rotate and aim at those weak spots. Increasing Kat's distance before using her powers increases the amount of damage. Some abilities used in combat, such as the ability to locate and lock onto weak points, are tied to a cooldown timer which must replenish before being used again.

During navigation, Kat can find three types of pick-ups; blue cubes which restore her energy and allow prolonged use of her gravity powers; green crystals which restore health; red crystals which allows the use of her special powers; and pink crystals which act as the games' currency. These gems are rewarded by completing quests given by non-player characters (NPCs), and can be used to buy and upgrade new abilities for Kat, or attributes such as health and energy. Quests include escorting NPCs, fighting packs of enemies, and making deliveries. During these and other types of quest, Kat can use a particular ability to pick up objects and carry them with her as she navigates Hekseville. Some areas require Kat to navigate platforming sections, which grant access to new abilities tied to the story.

Gravity Rush
Gravity Rush is an action-adventure video game developed by Project Siren in association with Japan Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It was initially released for the PlayStation Vita on February 9, 2012, in Japan, June 12, 2012, in North America, June 14, 2012, in Australia, and June 15, 2012, in Europe. Gravity Rush follows Kat's efforts to help restore the floating city of Hekseville which is overrun by Nevi.

A remastered edition of the game titled Gravity Rush Remastered was developed and released on December 10, 2015, in Japan, February 2, 2016, in North America, February 3, 2016, in Australia, and February 5, 2016, in Europe for the PlayStation 4 by Bluepoint Games.

Gravity Rush 2
Gravity Rush 2 is an action-adventure video game published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. This sequel to Gravity Rush was released for the PlayStation 4 in Europe and Australia on January 18, 2017, in Japan on January 19, 2017, and in North America and the United Kingdom on January 20, 2017. The game takes place sometime time after the events of the first game, where Kat ends up being drawn from her home of Hekseville into another universe and should liberate the citizens of Jirga Para Lhao from its evil rulers.

Other games
Characters from the Gravity Rush series have made guest appearances in games outside of the Gravity Rush franchise. Kat was added to the Everybody's Golf 6 roster as downloadable content. Kat, Raven, Alias, and Yunica were added as a costume pack for LittleBigPlanet 2, the PlayStation Vita version of LittleBigPlanet, and LittleBigPlanet Karting. Kat is a playable character in PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, available as downloadable content. and made a cameo appearance in Astro's Playroom (2020).

Backwards compatibility
Sony revealed on January 4, 2021, that the two Gravity Rush titles that launched on the PlayStation 4 — Gravity Rush Remastered and Gravity Rush 2 — are compatible on PlayStation 5 through the backwards compatibility program.

Film
A film adaptation directed by Anna Mastro and written by Emily Jerome was reported to be in development at PlayStation Productions and Scott Free Productions.