{"rewrite":{"id":"r_8267efd4b350b2d6b6da6559","clusterId":"c_47892bf5a266119e8cb53ba0","slug":"pigeon-a-love-story-demo-adds-multiplayer-and-mic-based-courtship-calls","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Pigeon: A Love Story Demo Adds Multiplayer and Mic-Based Courtship Calls","summary":"Developer Wristwork released a new demo for Pigeon: A Love Story on June 11 on PC via Steam. The demo adds Japanese display support, online multiplayer for up to eight players, and microphone-based pigeon mimicry. Players fly over real-world city maps, searching for one fated partner among hundreds of thousands of pigeons.","whyItMatters":"The demo update turns a single-player pigeon courtship game into a social experiment where players can either compete to find a single NPC pigeon or search for each other across faithfully recreated city maps.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eDeveloper Wristwork released a new demo for Pigeon: A Love Story on June 11 on PC via Steam. The demo adds Japanese display support, online multiplayer for up to eight players, and microphone-based pigeon mimicry. Players fly over real-world city maps, searching for one fated partner among hundreds of thousands of pigeons.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo multiplayer modes are available: one where all players compete to find the same single pigeon NPC, and another where players search for each other in the vast sky. The demo also includes a screensaver-like auto-flight mode and a feature allowing players to submit rejection lines for pigeon NPCs, which may be adopted in the final game. The full release is planned for 2026 on Steam.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Pigeon: A Love Story's demo adds multiplayer for up to eight players, but the hook is microphone-based mimicry. Players must coo into their mics to find a match among hundreds of thousands of pigeons.","twitterPost":"Pigeon: A Love Story's demo adds mic-based pigeon calls for multiplayer courtship. Cooing into your mic replaces traditional matchmaking.","threadsPost":"Pigeon: A Love Story's new demo asks players to coo into their microphones to attract a mate among hundreds of thousands of pigeons. Up to eight players can compete or cooperate in real city maps. The game replaces traditional matchmaking with vocal mimicry.","newsletterBlurb":"Wristwork released a new demo for Pigeon: A Love Story on June 11, adding Japanese display, online multiplayer for up to eight players, and microphone-based pigeon mimicry. Players fly over real-world city maps, searching for one fated partner among hundreds of thousands of pigeons. The full game is due in 2026 on Steam.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Automaton\",\"url\":\"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20260612-449452/\",\"title\":\"Pigeon courtship flight game 'Pigeon: A Love Story' demo now available with up to 8-player multiplayer; features microphone-based 'pigeon mimicry' to find your soulmate among hundreds of thousands of pigeons\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4010,"outputTokens":616,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1781251653,"createdAt":"2026-06-12T07:58:37.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-06-12T08:02:26.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-12T08:02:26.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_47892bf5a266119e8cb53ba0","canonicalTitle":"鳩の求愛飛行ゲーム『Pigeon: A Love Story』最大8人マルチ対応の体験版配信。ひたすら鳴いて数十万羽の鳩の中から運命の相手を探す、マイクを使った“鳩マネ”にも対応","representativeArticleId":"a_d24d881439aa9a1387ee867b","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Pigeon: A Love Story\"],\"studios\":[\"Wristwork\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-06-12T07:24:28.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-06-12T07:24:28.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-12T08:02:26.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Automaton","url":"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20260612-449452/","title":"鳩の求愛飛行ゲーム『Pigeon: A Love Story』最大8人マルチ対応の体験版配信。ひたすら鳴いて数十万羽の鳩の中から運命の相手を探す、マイクを使った“鳩マネ”にも対応"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Pigeon: A Love Story"],"studios":["Wristwork"],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Developer Wristwork released a new demo for Pigeon: A Love Story on June 11 on PC via Steam.","The demo adds Japanese display support, online multiplayer for up to eight players, and microphone-based pigeon mimicry.","Two multiplayer modes are available: one where all players compete to find the same single pigeon NPC, and another where players search for each other in the vast sky.","The demo includes a screensaver-like auto-flight mode and a feature allowing players to submit rejection lines for pigeon NPCs, which may be adopted in the final game.","The full release is planned for 2026 on Steam."]}