MAGES. has introduced that STEINS;GATE RE:BOOT will now launch in 2026 in Japan, lacking its unique 2025 launch window. Together with the delay, the developer has shared the primary screenshots exhibiting the sport’s up to date visuals, although the graphics are nonetheless being labored on. The sport’s platforms haven’t been introduced but.
Authentic character designer huke has redesigned the solid for RE:BOOT. The characters characteristic new outfits and equipment with extra detailed paintings meant to make them really feel extra current and alive within the sport. The sport’s backgrounds present Akihabara because it appeared round 2010, created utilizing reference images from that point interval. The element stage is excessive sufficient that the backgrounds may very well be mistaken for actual pictures. MAGES. has additionally added new places that weren’t within the unique STEINS;GATE to increase the story.
The revealed places embrace:
- The lab the place Rintaro Okabe and his pals work
- Inside photographs exhibiting the assorted devices and gear they use for analysis
- Manseibashi Bridge with a view of Electrical City, together with some buildings that not exist in actual life
- A coin laundromat subsequent to the lab
- Akihabara Radio Kaikan with the crashed time machine, one of many sport’s iconic pictures
- Aspect-by-side comparisons with the unique sport
All occasion scenes have been remade from storyboards to indicate the story in a more in-depth, extra dramatic means. MAGES. has added scenes that weren’t within the unique sport to make the expertise extra participating. MAGES. famous that the new screenshots present a work-in-progress model and should change earlier than launch. Further details about STEINS;GATE RE:BOOT will probably be shared at WePlay Expo 2025 in Shanghai, China, working from November 22 to 23. The bulletins will probably be dealt with by Spike Chunsoft on the occasion.
