{"rewrite":{"id":"r_8262f234709dba9aa38ef454","clusterId":"c_35a71e43168f58c11066c0a8","slug":"ratatan-release-date-slips-to-october-2026-tvt-reveals-at-cedec","model":"deepseek-v4-flash:free","headline":"Ratatan Release Date Slips to October 2026, TVT Reveals at CEDEC","summary":"TVT's CEDEC 2026 lecture detailed how a team of 15-20 people shipped Ratatan across 4 platforms and 10 languages. Director Takehisa Nakaya confirmed the October 15, 2026 release date is a delay from the original plan, with the reason explained at the end of the presentation.","whyItMatters":"The lecture doubles as a confirmation that Ratatan's official release has slipped from its originally planned date, with the small team's cross-platform and localization workload cited as the context.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eTVT used its CEDEC 2026 session to walk through how a staff of 15 to 20 people brought Ratatan to Steam, Switch 2, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S in 10 languages. The game carries 8 playable characters, 8 sub-weapon types per character, and 21 bosses including subspecies, with over 100 characters and objects possible on screen at once.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDirector Takehisa Nakaya laid out a six-phase timeline that ran from a July 2023 preparation period through a Kickstarter that August and September, a closed alpha in November 2024, a beta in March 2025, and early access in September 2025. He then confirmed the official release is October 15, 2026, and acknowledged that date is a delay. The reason came at the end of the talk.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"TVT's 15-20 person team shipped Ratatan across 4 platforms and 10 languages, yet still slipped to October 2026. The delay suggests localization and platform parity, not scope, are the real bottlenecks.","twitterPost":"Ratatan's October 2026 delay shows localization and platform parity, not scope, strain a 15-20 person team.","threadsPost":"TVT's CEDEC lecture revealed Ratatan is built by 15-20 people across 4 platforms and 10 languages. The October 2026 delay isn't about ambition; it's about the cost of that breadth. Small teams pay for every extra platform and language in testing and coordination.","newsletterBlurb":"TVT's CEDEC 2026 lecture revealed how a 15-20 person team shipped Ratatan across four platforms and ten languages. Director Takehisa Nakaya confirmed the October 15, 2026 release date is a delay from the original plan, with the reason disclosed at the end of the session.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/724/G072426/20260728058/\",\"title\":\"Why Was \\\"Ratatan\\\" Delayed? TVT's Development Case Study of Completing 4 Hardware and 10 Languages with 15-20 People [CEDEC 2026]\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4707,"outputTokens":643,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1786009104,"createdAt":"2026-08-06T09:30:07.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-08-06T09:32:23.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-06T09:30:07.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_35a71e43168f58c11066c0a8","canonicalTitle":"「Ratatan」はなぜ延期になったのか。15〜20人で4ハード10言語を作りきったTVTの開発事例［CEDEC 2026］","representativeArticleId":"a_6fc4be42b768d483aec4dd6e","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Ratatan\"],\"studios\":[\"TVT\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-07-28T22:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-07-28T22:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-06T09:32:24.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/724/G072426/20260728058/","title":"「Ratatan」はなぜ延期になったのか。15〜20人で4ハード10言語を作りきったTVTの開発事例［CEDEC 2026］"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Ratatan"],"studios":["TVT"],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}