Grasshopper Manufacture announces ‘ultra-violent sci-fi’ action game ROMEO IS A DEAD MAN for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC
Due out in 2026.
Grasshopper Manufacture has announced ROMEO IS A DEAD MAN, a “ultra-violent science-fiction” action game and the developer’s first new intellectual property in five years, for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC (Steam, Microsoft Store). It will launch in 2026.
Here is an overview of the game, via Grasshopper Manufacture:
About
This extremely ambitious action game is Grasshopper Manufacture’s first all-new intellectual property in five years.
The main feature of this game is its exhilarating style of “Bloody Action.” Swap between a wide range of different weapons, destroy your enemies, unleash wave after wave of splattering blood, and experience unmatched levels of violence and hyper-stimulating action.
Game Introduction
Super bloody action, crazy twists and turns to blow players’ minds, and a mess of old-school gimmicks—all rolled into one wild ride. About five seconds away from dying, our hero Romeo Stargazer becomes “Dead Man”, a dude stuck between life and death who ends up hunting space-time’s most wanted fugitives through multiple universes in this all-new title from Grasshopper Manufacture—its first new intellectual property in years!
Our hero, Romeo Stargazer, is an FBI Space-Time special agent in a spiffy mask and garb called the “Dead Gear.” After the space-time continuum is shattered by a time paradox generated by a genius scientist just kinda screwing around, Romeo must hunt down the most-wanted fugitives in the universe as a man stuck between life and death, simultaneously both living and dead: “Dead Man”!
Romeo swaps between guns and swords, using his enemies’ own power against them to absolutely annihilate the evil hordes in this peak example of full-on “bloody action,” featuring ridiculously clever level design and white-hot battles, cathartic enough to collapse the universe itself!
Romeo’s search for these space-time fugitives ends up intertwining with his search for his suddenly missing girlfriend, the mysterious Juliet… You’ll just have to play the game to see how and if these mysteries turn out, but after all is said and done (and dead), will Romeo be able to see the tears of time?! Stay tuned!
Comment from Goichi Suda, General Director / Scenario Writer / Producer
Rounding up a little, Grasshopper Manufacture has been in the business of developing super-bloody action games for almost 30 years. Our latest, newly-announced title, ROMEO IS A DEAD MAN—abbreviated as “RomeDead”…? “RomeMan”…? Maybe just “IsA”…? I don’t know, we’ll figure that out later. Personally I think “IsA” sounds kinda cool. Just kidding. Anyway, we’ll set up a proper abbreviation for the title for social media later, so please be sure to help us make it a thing!
At this point, our development team is working at full force to get this thing finished. Back in the day, this would’ve been right around the time when staff members started bringing in sleeping bags to stay overnight in the studio, but nowadays we make sure that everyone gets enough time to rest and refresh properly. I’ll never forget the craziness of working all night in a frenzy back in our salad days, receiving warning mails for doing too much overtime (this actually happened). The final stage of game development is really similar to the world of the movie Beautiful Dreamer, like the night just before a big school festival. Man, it’s been awhile—now I want to watch Beautiful Dreamer again. What, you don’t know that movie…? I guess maybe a lot of you are a bit too young to remember it… It’s probably streaming somewhere, so check it out sometime.
Anyway, as for what’s good about this game… It’s all written out up above, so make sure to give it a good read! ROMEO IS A DEAD MAN is scheduled for release in 2026, probably. Why “probably”? That’s kinda obvious, isn’t it? That One Game had its release date announced, right? Every publisher wants to make sure to steer clear of That One Game’s release date. But what if we were to flex a little and release it on the same day… Yeah, nope—just thinking about that is way too scary. Alright then, see you later.
Watch the announcement trailer below. View the first screenshots at the gallery. Visit the official website here.