Spike Chunsoft revealed a new trailer on Saturday for its release of MAGES.’ Steins;Gate Re:Boot game. The trailer previews a new story route created for the game, the “Gamma Worldline” story.
Spike Chunsoft describes the additional route (the below story summary may contain spoilers):
After enduring countless brutal ordeals, protagonist Rintaro Okabe finds himself cast into a new worldline. In this world, the time machine was never completed, and D-Mails, messages capable of altering the past, do not exist. Vastly diverging from the worldline he knows, Okabe struggles to comprehend the situation. Seeking help, he rushes to the lab, only to be met with hostile stares from the very lab members who should be his friends.
The game will be available digitally on Xbox Series X|S and PC via Steam in North America and Europe on August 20. The game will launch for Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, and PlayStation 5 in North America and Europe on October 29.
Image via Steins;Gate Re:Boot game’s website
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Physical versions of the game will be available including a standard edition and a Steelbook edition. The Steelbook edition features a new cover art by character designer huke, as well as a sticker as a first-print-run bonus.
The game will launch in Japan on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Switch, Switch 2, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam on August 20. The release is listed as being available with text in Japanese, English, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese, with audio in Japanese only.
The game will use M2’s E-Mote animation system for 2D illustrations, which has also been used in a number of other visual novels. The middleware allows the developers to add detailed expressions to the character sprites.
Steins;Gate Re:Boot was originally announced for release in 2025, but was delayed to 2026.
The game’s characters have been revamped with redesigned clothing and accessories by character designer huke. The game’s background graphics depict the Akihabara scene of 2010, and locations not featured in the original game have been added. The game’s event stills were drawn under the supervision of huke. Scenes not featured in the original game have been added.
The game’s 15th anniversary movie began streaming in October 2024, and it stated, “Steins;Gate will continue.”
The Steins;Gate game shipped in 2009 as the second Science Adventure Series project from MAGES. (then known as 5pb.) and inspired a television anime in 2011. The game also inspired the Steins;Gate – The Movie – Load Region of Déjà Vu sequel film in 2013 and the alternate retelling anime Steins;Gate 0 in 2018. The franchise includes several sequel and spinoff games, and manga adaptations.
A Hollywood live-action television adaptation of the game was announced in 2020.
MAGES. also announced in 2020 that was developing a Steins;Gate 0 Elite game.
Source: Press release
