{"rewrite":{"id":"r_c6ce8df09de8ab50e3e8f230","clusterId":"c_191237e6d515bce16f8d85ec","slug":"lollipop-chainsaw-2-back2back-reveals-first-footage-at-tokyo-game-show-2026","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Lollipop Chainsaw 2 Back2Back Reveals First Footage At Tokyo Game Show 2026","summary":"At the Lollipop Chainsaw NEW PROJECT stage event at Tokyo Game Show 2026 on September 18, Sega showed footage of Lollipop Chainsaw 2 Back2Back, the latest entry in the zombie action series. Juliet returns as the chainsaw-wielding high school zombie hunter, now in a new costume, with her boyfriend Nick still appearing as a severed head. The sequel is scheduled for release on PS5 in 2027 and is playable at the Sega Partners Corner inside the Sega and Atlus booth during the event. Development is handled by Dragami Games with the Taiwanese IP investment and development company NADA HOLDINGS and JP UNIVERSE, the RPG platform company led by Hajime Tabata. Series sales have surpassed 1.5 million copies. Development progress is at 99 percent, with the team continuing to improve the game until release.","whyItMatters":"The sequel exists because NADA HOLDINGS founder Joe Teng, a Lollipop Chainsaw fan, proposed a follow-up to Dragami Games in 2022 when the RePOP remake was announced, which means the project started as an outside pitch rather than an internal greenlight.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eAutomaton reported the stage event ran during the \u0026#34;Fan Time SHOW Special Livestream\u0026#34; from the Tokyo Game Show 2026 venue. Dragami Games representative director and president Shohei Sato, NADA HOLDINGS founder and representative director and president Joe Teng, JP UNIVERSE\u0026#39;s Hajime Tabata, and development director Yasuaki Nasu appeared on stage to present the game.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe production team also includes Masahiro Yuki, who wrote the scenario for the original, and Nekosogi, who worked on character design and art. Tabata previously worked on the Final Fantasy series at Square Enix. Development footage shown at the event ran on Unreal Engine.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree appeals for the sequel were outlined on stage:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCharacters: Juliet is being pushed from a star into a bigger star so she stands out within the zombie horde, with the team aiming for a character who looks cool to anyone and has star quality to draw new fans.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCute and crazy worldview: The previous game mixed pop, cute, kitschy, and stylish elements in a horror setting; the new game uses that as a base and makes it \u0026#34;piled-on and stacked-up,\u0026#34; with the team saying the earlier game expressed only part of that worldview.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExhilarating action: Development focuses on action that feels comfortable when touched even without thinking about it, and on Juliet looking appealing.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe PV deliberately held back the extreme expressions inherited from the previous game. Those expressions will be shown gradually going forward.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Lollipop Chainsaw 2 Back2Back is 99 percent done and dated for 2027, so that last percent covers months of polish rather than a sprint to a near deadline.","twitterPost":"Lollipop Chainsaw 2 Back2Back sits at 99 percent done with a 2027 date, so the final percent covers months of polish.","threadsPost":"Lollipop Chainsaw 2 Back2Back is at 99 percent development and slated for 2027, which means the last percent is the longest stretch. Dragami Games has roughly a year of polish to fill, and Juliet's new costume and Nick's severed head are already playable at Tokyo Game Show.","newsletterBlurb":"Sega showed the first footage of Lollipop Chainsaw 2 Back2Back at Tokyo Game Show 2026, with Juliet back on the chainsaw and Nick still a severed head. The sequel is 99 percent through development and scheduled for PS5 in 2027. Dragami Games, NADA HOLDINGS, and JP UNIVERSE are producing.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/260918q\",\"title\":\"First footage of \\\"Lollipop Chainsaw 2 Back2Back\\\" revealed! 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