DECAPOLICE Delayed Again To 2027, Drops Switch And PS4
A third slip and a dropped pair of platforms mean Level 5 is rebuilding the release around current hardware rather than the install base it originally announced for.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Level 5 showed a new trailer for DECAPOLICE during its Vision 2026 II Dream livestream on Thursday and confirmed the crime suspense RPG now launches in 2027 for Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and PC via Steam. The Switch and PlayStation 4 versions are no longer planned. The game was first set for 2023, moved to 2025, then 2026, and now 2027. MARIA of GARNiDELiA performs the theme song, and a television anime is planned.
The trailer, shown during the Level 5 Vision 2026 II Dream livestream, previews the story and gameplay of The Three Mafioso Murders case. DECAPOLICE stars Harvard Marks, a rookie detective assigned to the Broadstone Police Center's Special Investigation Unit, which trains officers inside a simulator called Decasim that copies reality. A hacker turns the characters in that world into puppets, and cases end with tactical operations that can involve a Crime Beast.
The game was originally scheduled to release in 2023, then delayed to 2025, then 2026, and now 2027. Level 5 is also working with escape room company SCRAP on the game, and a television anime is planned to premiere alongside it.
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- Anime News Network News Decapolice Game's Trailer Reveals Another Delay to 2027