{"rewrite":{"id":"r_32ad4e3597a7599eacbe5500","clusterId":"c_703a0e8b7905ace8be38381b","slug":"nichicoma-s-wazato-party-game-launches-on-steam-october-30","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Nichicoma's WAZATO Party Game Launches on Steam October 30","summary":"Nichicoma LLC will release WAZATO, a four-player online party game, on Steam on October 30, 2026, priced at 990 yen with a 20 percent launch-week discount to 792 yen. Three crew members clear more than 20 minigames while one hidden spy tries to fail them without being noticed. The game has no voice chat, so groups need an outside tool. An X campaign gives five winners a set of four Steam keys each; entries close October 28 at 23:59.","whyItMatters":"The giveaway hands out four keys at a time because WAZATO only plays at four and ships without voice chat, which makes the campaign as much a way to assemble a group as a promotion.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eSuspicion has a visible cost in WAZATO: the more suspicious a player looks, the more hats stack up on their head. Three successful missions hand the crew a 90-second fight against a giant barrel robot the spy controls, and the spy wins by outlasting the timer or knocking every crew member out of bounds. Three failures send the group to a brawl vote with identities still hidden, where the crew gets more blow-away tickets the more missions it has cleared. The minigames include carrying luggage, rowing boats, stacking towers, dominoes, and picking locks past wandering ghosts.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"WAZATO's no voice chat rule turns a party game into a test of typing speed. The hidden spy only works if the crew can talk, and Nichicoma left that to Discord.","twitterPost":"WAZATO ships with no voice chat, so the hidden spy game depends on players running Discord alongside it.","threadsPost":"WAZATO's spy only fails the crew if nobody can coordinate. The game builds in no voice chat, so Nichicoma's 990 yen party game outsources its core tension to whatever call app the group already uses.","newsletterBlurb":"Nichicoma LLC releases WAZATO on Steam on October 30, 2026, at 990 yen, discounted to 792 yen for the first week. Four players share more than 20 minigames while one hidden spy sabotages the run, and the game ships without voice chat. Five winners in an X campaign receive four Steam keys apiece; entries close October 28 at 23:59.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/261027p\",\"title\":\"WAZATO - Sono Misu, Wazato? Four-Player Party Game Launches October 30 on Steam\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":6238,"outputTokens":2999,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1793079348,"createdAt":"2026-10-27T05:32:49.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-27T05:34:26.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-27T05:34:26.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_703a0e8b7905ace8be38381b","canonicalTitle":"【4人マルチ】わざとミスするスパイを探すパーティーゲーム『WAZATO — そのミス、ワザと？』が10月30日に発売。ミニゲームは20種類以上、荷物運びやドミノなどに4人で挑戦","representativeArticleId":"a_bba4c38ce85e3699b8beee31","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"WAZATO: Sono Miss, Waza to?\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-27T04:33:23.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-27T04:33:23.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-27T05:34:33.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Denfaminicogamer","url":"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/261027p","title":"【4人マルチ】わざとミスするスパイを探すパーティーゲーム『WAZATO — そのミス、ワザと？』が10月30日に発売。ミニゲームは20種類以上、荷物運びやドミノなどに4人で挑戦"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["WAZATO: Sono Miss, Waza to?"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Nichicoma LLC will release WAZATO on Steam on October 30, 2026.","WAZATO is a four-player online party game with more than 20 minigames and one hidden spy among three crew members.","The game costs 990 yen, cut to 792 yen for one week after release.","An X campaign gives five winners a set of four Steam keys, with entries open until October 28 at 23:59.","WAZATO has no voice chat, so players must use an external tool."],"pageLinks":{"healthSlugs":["wazato-sono-miss-waza-to"],"storySlugs":[],"entities":[{"slug":"wazato-sono-miss-waza-to","supported":0,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":3,"overall":"unverified","story_count":1,"has_dossier":false}],"stories":[],"entitiesOk":true,"storiesOk":true}}