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Fate/EXTRA Record Sets January 28, 2027 Release After Multiple Delays

With a firm date finally in place, the game's Tokyo Game Show 2026 demo, letting players choose Saber, Archer, or Caster in the first arena, becomes the first public test of a remake that has changed publishers and lost its director.

Key Facts

  • Fate/EXTRA Record will launch on January 28, 2027, for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam.
  • The release date was announced during Sony's State of Play livestream on September 3, 2026.
  • The game was originally announced in July 2020 and had been delayed from a 2025 window to spring 2026, then indefinitely after Bandai Namco Entertainment withdrew as publisher.
  • A world-first playable demo will be held at Tokyo Game Show 2026 from September 17 to 21, letting players choose Saber, Archer, or Caster.
  • Arco Wada returns as character designer, and Kazuya Nino has left TYPE-MOON studio BB, stepping down as director and planner.

Reporting from 8 sources: Anime News Network, 4Gamer.net, GAME Watch (Impress), Denfaminicogamer, and 4 more.

Fate/EXTRA Record Sets January 28, 2027 Release After Multiple Delays

Aniplex announced during Sony's September 3 State of Play livestream that Fate/EXTRA Record, the full remake of the 2010 PlayStation Portable dungeon RPG Fate/EXTRA, will launch on January 28, 2027. The game will be available on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam. The new trailer showed gameplay, battle scenes, cutscenes, and a surprise appearance by Arcueid Brunestud, the main heroine of TYPE-MOON's visual novel Tsukihime. The release date follows a series of delays that pushed the game from an initial 2025 window to spring 2026, and then to an indefinite postponement after Bandai Namco Entertainment withdrew as publisher by mutual agreement with Notes, TYPE-MOON's corporate arm. Aniplex subsequently took over publishing. The game was originally announced in July 2020, marking the 10th anniversary of the original Fate/EXTRA. Kazuya Nino, the game's director and planner, left TYPE-MOON studio BB for personal reasons and health concerns, with Arco Wada returning as character designer. A physical Limited Edition and a Digital Deluxe Edition were also detailed.

  • The Aniplex booth at Tokyo Game Show 2026 (September 17 to 21 at Makuhari Messe) hosts the game's first playable demo, where players pick Saber, Archer, or Caster to clear the opening arena, "First Moon Sea."
  • Demo players choose "Floor 1," which opens with a tutorial for newcomers, or "Floor 2," which packs harder fights and stage gimmicks.
  • Trying the demo earns a die-cut sticker in one of four designs (Saber, Archer, Caster, plus a secret one), and following the official X account qualifies for another sticker even after the demo bonus.
  • The booth displays Saber's Noble Phantasm "Aestus Estus" (Primordial Fire), and cosplayers Yamohachiko (Saber) plus Iori Moe and Kichipiyo (Caster) appear on staggered dates.
  • A double-sided large shopping bag pairs Fate/EXTRA Record artwork with MELTY BLOOD: TWI-LUMINA, which also gets a world-first playable demo at the same booth.
  • The release date announcement arrived alongside a "Fate/EXTRA Record Game Introduction & Latest Information Announcement Program" on September 4, where Tsukihime's Ciel turned up as a shop clerk shown excited over the "Spice Program" used for curry.
  • Pricing runs 8,910 yen for the standard package, 16,830 yen for the Limited Edition, and 13,200 yen for the Digital Deluxe Edition, with TYPE-MOON Official Store editions up to 39,380 yen.
  • Kinoko Nasu supervises the scenario, Takashi Takeuchi drafts the characters, and Meteorise handles development; the game carries a CERO C (ages 15+) rating.

Synthesized by Yomimono from the 8 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.

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