{"rewrite":{"id":"r_f971fc729b30ad2604e78941","clusterId":"c_f0269dfb27b9a3bcc423cc92","slug":"mages-unveils-occult-suspense-adventure-shikai-for-ps5-and-switch","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"MAGES. Unveils Occult Suspense Adventure 'Shikai' for PS5 and Switch","summary":"MAGES. announced on August 27 that the new occult suspense adventure game 'Shikai' will launch this winter for PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch. The game is a completely new original work from the staff behind the Science Adventure series, including 'STEINS;GATE' and 'CHAOS;CHILD.' Where those titles used logic and science to explore the world's mysteries, 'Shikai' moves into the supernatural, a realm science cannot explain. The story begins with a ghost story titled 'The House with the Red Roof,' which MAGES. published on its YouTube channel in 2024 as part of a 'Corpse Party II Darkness Distortion' launch special, narrated by voice actor Mariko Honda. The game is designed so that players who read the ghost story become tainted by the supernatural, drawing the person on the other side of the screen into the events. The teaser site and teaser movie released alongside the announcement carry warnings like 'Do not peek into the house with the red roof.' Planning and original concept are by Fumihiro Kitahara, who served as art director on the Science Adventure series; the scenario is by Ryo Yasumoto, known for 'STEINS;GATE 0' and 'CHAOS;CHILD.' Music is by Go Abo, with series producer Tatsuya Matsubara and scenario writer Naotaka Hayashi supervising. The CERO rating is D (ages 17 and up).","whyItMatters":"The game builds its horror from a ghost story MAGES. has already seeded publicly on YouTube since 2024, meaning the publisher is treating its own earlier content as the entry point into a new franchise rather than a standalone marketing asset.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe ghost story \u0026#34;The House with the Red Roof\u0026#34; is narrated in full on the Automaton piece, and recounts an experience by a person called S: as a child in the Tokyo suburbs, S visited a red-roofed ruin with a friend named A, who vanished while S watched the roof. S later found the house\u0026#39;s interior clean, climbed a staircase that should not exist in what was a single-story building, and saw a large bloodshot eye in a mirror that shattered on its own.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eAfter the incident, A moved away with her family. Ten years on, S\u0026#39;s great-uncle said the ruin was a shrine to a deity called Ōgamisama, and that the house had no second floor.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe teaser movie includes the words \u0026#34;異界\u0026#34; (another world) and \u0026#34;遺骸\u0026#34; (remains), according to Automaton.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe teaser site carries the warning line \u0026#34;赤い屋根の家を覗くな。\u0026#34; (\u0026#34;Do not peek into the house with the red roof.\u0026#34;).\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e4Gamer notes the ghost story is still watchable on YouTube and suggests checking it alongside the game announcement.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe Automaton piece ties the reveal to \u0026#34;STEINS;GATE RE:BOOT,\u0026#34; released on August 20, with an Xbox Series X|S version due October 29, and links to a column on why STEINS;GATE drew attention.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eGame Spark lists MAGES.\u0026#39;s prior output as the Science Adventure series, the \u0026#34;Memories Off\u0026#34; romance ADV series, and original titles.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eMusic composer Go Abo is credited in the sources with work on both the \u0026#34;STEINS;GATE\u0026#34; and \u0026#34;Memories Off\u0026#34; series.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"MAGES. is building a game around its own ghost story. 'Shikai' starts from 'The House with the Red Roof,' a YouTube tale from 2024, and drags the player into being tainted by the supernatural. Winter, PS5 and Switch.","twitterPost":"The staff behind STEINS;GATE is flipping its own formula: no logic, no science, just an occult horror that 'peeks' back at the player. 'Shikai' hits PS5 and Switch this winter with a CERO D rating.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"MAGES. revealed 'Shikai,' an occult suspense adventure from the Science Adventure staff, launching this winter for PS5 and Switch. The game originates from the 2024 YouTube ghost story 'The House with the Red Roof' and pulls the player into its supernatural events.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"GAME Watch\",\"url\":\"https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/2135973.html\",\"title\":\"Science ADV Staff Behind 'Steins;Gate' etc. Announce 'Non-Science' Suspense 'Shikai' for Release This Winter\"},{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/036/G103670/20260827020/\",\"title\":\"Brand New 'Shikai' (覗怪) to Release This Winter. 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