{"id":777362,"date":"2026-07-03T22:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T22:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/777362\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T22:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T22:56:10","slug":"danganronpa-2x2-delayed-to-early-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/777362\/","title":{"rendered":"Danganronpa 2×2 Delayed to Early 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spike Chunsoft has announced that Danganronpa 2×2<\/a> has been delayed to early 2027.<\/p>\n

The studio behind the Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair<\/a> remaster confirmed it will no longer make its previously planned 2026 release schedule, with a statement<\/a> published by producer Shohei Sakakibara. Spike Chunsoft did not confirm exactly why it decided to delay Danganronpa 2×2 but did attempt to cushion the blow with first details about a new story remix feature called Slayhem Mode.<\/p>\n

“While development has been progressing toward a 2026 release, we have decided to move the launch to early 2027,” Sakakibara said. “We will share a more specific release date at a later time.<\/p>\n

“We are continuing to work to bring you the best possible experience. We sincerely appreciate your patience as development continues, and we look forward to sharing further updates with you soon.”<\/p>\n

As for Danganronpa 2×2’s Slayhem Mode, players were told to expect it to feature a new version of the original 2012 experience that tells a “completely different storyline.” All we know about the mode for now is that it follows a new chain of events with ” different victims, culprits, and tricks” and features about 20% more content than Danganronpa 2×2’s Original mode. Both story options will be available from the beginning of the game.<\/p>\n

Spike Chunsoft also took its delay announcement as an opportunity to confirm that Danganronpa 2×2 comes with 3D world map instead of a side-scrolling map. Character portraits have also been updated. You can see in-development screenshots below.<\/p>\n

Danganronpa 2×2 Screenshots\"\"<\/p>\n

Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair fans were told they’d be able to revisit the story of Monokuma and Hope’s Peak Academy when Danganronpa 2×2 was announced<\/a> during a Nintendo Direct later last year. Although it’s not expected to launch for a few months later than fans may have expected, it is still on track to release for PC, Nintendo Switch, Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X | S.<\/p>\n

Michael Cripe is a freelance writer with IGN. He’s best known for his work at sites like The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be sure to give him a follow on Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spike Chunsoft has announced that Danganronpa 2×2 has been delayed to early 2027. The studio behind the Danganronpa…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":777363,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[64,63,105],"class_list":["post-777362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}