YORUROJI is developing a full version of the text adventure game MARY: The Rescue of Princess Mary for Steam, with a release planned for 2027. The Steam store page is public, and the game will not be localized due to its Japanese-language wordplay core.
YORUROJI announced on August 14, 2026 that it is building a full version of MARY: The Rescue of Princess Mary for Steam, targeting a 2027 release. The Steam store page is live. The full version expands a short adventure currently on the game submission site unityroom, where it has passed 500,000 page views.
The unityroom version was made during the Unity 1 Week Game Jam, and many planned features were cut because of the short production period. Its core mechanic lets players add a single character to a button that decides the protagonist's actions, changing the story's meaning and direction. That version contains over 400 branching paths. The full version will grow the gimmicks and story to more than five times the original size, while keeping the short-session replayability.
New mechanics include multiple buttons appearing at once and a settings menu where adding a character to the 'Log' button turns it into 'Rogue', starting a roguelike game. The game is built on Japanese wordplay and will not be localized.
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Very Cool has announced a 1/6 scale articulated action figure of Blue Mary from 'THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIV'. The figure features a platinum silicone body with detailed sculpting and a special surface treatment for a soft, smooth texture. Reservations are open at AmiAmi for 54,880 yen, with release scheduled for March 2027.
Maze Theory is developing Project Hail Mary: Journey Among the Stars, a mixed reality game based on Andy Weir's novel. Weir wrote a new chapter for the game that appears in neither the book nor the film. Players take the role of Ryland Grace and work with the alien Rocky to repair the Hail Mary. The studio demoed the game at gamescom in Cologne, which ran August 26-30.
Maze Theory released a gameplay trailer for its VR survival adventure game Project Hail Mary: Journey Among the Stars at gamescom 2026. The game is based on Andy Weir's novel and the summer 2026 Amazon MGM Studios film starring Ryan Gosling, but features an original story written by Weir that covers an untold part of the Hail Mary mission. Players take on the role of protagonist Ryland Grace in the cockpit of the spacecraft, where they can interact with objects and operate controls with high physics accuracy. The trailer highlights the alien Rocky, who communicates through a musical language and broken machine translation, and reacts expressively to player actions. The demo lasted under five minutes and included comedic moments, but the full game reportedly includes tense survival elements beyond a simple space walk. The release date is undecided, but the game is planned for Meta Quest, PICO, and Android XR platforms, with a scheduled launch in late 2026. Wishlisting is available on the Meta store page.
Indie developer YORUROJI announced on August 14, 2026 that it is developing a full version of the text adventure game MARY: The Rescue of Princess Mary for Steam, with a release planned for 2027. The Steam store page is now public. The game is a significantly expanded version of a short adventure currently available on the game submission site unityroom, where it has surpassed 500,000 page views. The core mechanic lets players add a single character to a button that determines the protagonist's actions, changing the story's meaning and direction. The unityroom version contains over 400 branching paths. The Steam full version will expand the gimmicks and story to more than five times the original size. The unityroom version was created during the Unity 1 Week Game Jam, and many planned features were cut due to the short production period. The full version aims to retain the short-session replayability while adding new mechanics, such as multiple buttons appearing simultaneously and a settings menu where adding a character to the 'Log' button turns it into 'Rogue', starting a roguelike game. The game is centered on Japanese wordplay and will not be localized.
The sci-fi film 'Project Hail Mary', based on Andy Weir's best-selling novel and starring Ryan Gosling, began streaming exclusively on Prime Video on July 3. The film follows Ryland Grace, a science teacher who wakes up on a spaceship with no memory of his identity or mission, and gradually uncovers his task to prevent Earth's destruction by solving the mystery of the fading sun. Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, who won an Academy Award for 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse', the screenplay was written by Drew Goddard, nominated for an Oscar for 'The Martian'. Gosling, who also served as a producer, was the primary advocate for the adaptation, having read the manuscript before publication and urged the studio to hire Lord and Miller. The film was released in theaters on March 20 and became available for rental or purchase on Prime Video on May 13. It earned approximately $141 million worldwide in its opening weekend, the biggest opening for a Hollywood film released in 2026 at that time, and its global box office has exceeded 110 billion yen.
The film adaptation of Andy Weir's novel 'Project Hail Mary' will be available for unlimited streaming on Amazon Prime Video from July 3, earlier than expected. The film, released in March, has grossed over $600 million worldwide. Ryan Gosling stars as Ryland Grace, a science teacher who must save Earth.
Grand Cinema Sunshine Ikebukuro and 109 Cinemas Osaka Expo City will host an IMAX Christopher Nolan Special from July 10 to July 16, screening Interstellar and Tenet with select scenes in the 1.43:1 aspect ratio via IMAX Laser/GT technology. A special screening of Project Hail Mary is also planned for July 11.