{"rewrite":{"id":"r_ac2399d22e249dc202b4bf2e","clusterId":"c_34ec19c9a35a7f08fc59152d","slug":"decapolice-trailers-show-story-and-combat-slip-to-2027","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Decapolice Trailers Show Story and Combat, Slip to 2027","summary":"Level 5 streamed two Tokyo Game Show trailers on Wednesday for DECAPOLICE, a crime suspense RPG. One previews the story, the other the mystery-solving and combat. The game stars rookie detective Harvard Marks, assigned to the Broadstone Police Center's Special Investigation Unit inside a simulator world called Decasim. It launches in 2027 for Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and PC via Steam, after delays from 2023 to 2025 to 2026.","whyItMatters":"Level 5 is using its TGS slot to keep a project that has slipped three times visible, and the trailer set now leads with setting and systems rather than a firm release window.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eDECAPOLICE has a story trailer for Tokyo Game Show and a second video covering mystery-solving and combat. The mystery-solving runs through Decasim, the training simulator that copies reality, where a hacker has turned the cast into puppets. Players investigate scenes and analyze evidence, then may face the culprit in a tactical operation where the criminal can manifest a Crime Beast. MARiA of GARNiDELiA performs the theme song \u0026#34;City of Love,\u0026#34; and Level 5 is working with escape room company SCRAP on the game.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Decapolice's delay history is the detail trailers can't show: 2023, 2025, 2026, now 2027. Level 5 is demoing combat and mystery systems while the release window keeps moving.","twitterPost":"Decapolice slips to 2027 after delays from 2023 to 2025 to 2026. Trailers show combat, not a fixed date.","threadsPost":"Decapolice's trailers at Tokyo Game Show show the story, mystery-solving, and combat, but the release date tells a different one: 2023 to 2025 to 2026 to 2027. Level 5 is showing systems while the window keeps sliding.","newsletterBlurb":"Level 5 showed two DECAPOLICE trailers at Tokyo Game Show, one for story and one for the investigation and combat loop inside the Decasim simulator. The game is now set for 2027 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and PC via Steam, with the Switch and PlayStation 4 versions dropped after delays from 2023 to 2025 to 2026. MARiA of GARNiDELiA performs the theme song.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-16/decapolice-game-trailers-preview-story-mysteries-combat/.241865\",\"title\":\"Decapolice Game's Trailers Preview Story, Mysteries, Combat\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4223,"outputTokens":639,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789585162,"createdAt":"2026-09-16T18:53:26.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-16T18:58:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-16T18:58:20.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_34ec19c9a35a7f08fc59152d","canonicalTitle":"News\nDecapolice Game's Trailers Preview Story, Mysteries, Combat","representativeArticleId":"a_1c33c908b700a165456219ea","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Decapolice\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-16T17:03:41.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-16T17:03:41.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-16T18:58:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-16/decapolice-game-trailers-preview-story-mysteries-combat/.241865","title":"News\nDecapolice Game's Trailers Preview Story, Mysteries, Combat"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Decapolice"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}