Stranger Than Heaven Hands-On Opens on 1915 San Francisco
The hands-on shows RGG Studio building the game around Daito's immigrant arrival and first show-business steps, rather than only the broad fifty-year life already shown in trailers.
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A mid-October 2026 hands-on with the latest build of Stranger Than Heaven, in development at Sega's RGG Studio, covered the opening in 1915 San Francisco through the Kokura chapter. Protagonist Shin Daito, played by Yu Shirota, flees police, stows away with Yu Mashiro (Dean Fujioka) on the ship of captain Orpheus (Snoop Dogg), and lands in Kokura. The game releases January 15, 2027 for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
The build covers street exploration in 1915 Kokura and battles in Kure and Minami, alongside a story thread that has Daito assigned to abduct Matsumoto Tae, the mistress of a rival gang boss. Tae, played by Moeka Hoshi, tells Daito she once wanted to make a living singing, a line the preview ties to his later life as a showman. Akio Otsuka plays Yashima Trading Company president Heigo Yashima, who takes Daito in. Sega released the Part One: Kokura Chapter story trailer on October 16, 2026.
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