At the recent Level-5 Vision 2024 event, the studio announced that DECAPOLICE has now been pushed all the way back into 2026. Explaining the two-year delay, the studio’s CEO and president Akihiro Hino said, “Both the visuals and the content of the game are being improved, as we’re evolving it into an even more engaging experience. That also means we’ll need more time to finish it, though.”

Hino says Level-5 is currently “developing systems for a large open world” for DECAPOLICE, while the studio is also preparing to release an anime based on the game around the same time as the game itself. A new trailer for the game has also been showcased, revealing its theme song. Check it out below. 

Finally, Level-5 has also announced that when DECAPOLICE launches in 2026, in addition to PS5, PS4, and Nintendo Switch, it will also be available on PC. 

During its recent Level-5 Vision 2023 II event, the company’s president and CEO Akihiro Hino revealed that DECAPOLICE has been delayed into 2024, with the developer having decided to take additional time to ensure the game hits the level of quality it internally expects.

“The open-world crime suspense RPG DECAPOLICE received high praise after we released a trial version at Tokyo Game Show,” Hino said. “To ensure thorough development in both quality and quantity of content, we’ve decided to take a little more time.”

Hino also explained that DECAPOLICE is set to have a much larger, denser, and more immersive world than any of Level-5’s past titles.

“As far as Level-5 games go, this title possesses a vast open world of unprecedented size,” Hino said. “We aim to build a dense and immersive world, filled with opportunities to play. Various incidents will occur in many different locations, and many of them are full of surprises. This is the kind gameplay we’re aiming for with DECAPOLICE.”

DECAPOLICE is in development for PS5, PS4, and Nintendo Switch. Of course, with the game now pushed into 2024, it’s worth asking whether it will also release for the rumoured Nintendo Switch 2, which is alleged to be targeting a launch sometime in the second half of 2024.

During its recent event, Level-5 also announced a 2025 launch window for Professor Layton and the New World of Steam.

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One game in particular that caught the eye was DECAPOLICE, a new open world RPG set in a crime-ridden city, with players playing as a rookie detective who goes around investigating crimes and regularly jump back and forth between the real world and the virtual world. Check out the announcement trailer below for more details.

DECAPOLICE is set to launch globally sometime this year for Nintendo Switch, PS5, and PS4. There’s no word yet on when exactly it will release, or whether Level-5 intends to eventually bring the game to Xbox and PC as well.