{"rewrite":{"id":"r_661b665c668154492fcbb901","clusterId":"c_24dde75556ddcabe3a5c4df7","slug":"schwarzesmarken-games-confirmed-for-steam-release","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Schwarzesmarken Games Confirmed for Steam Release","summary":"The Muv-Luv Presents 2026 livestream on October 22 announced that the two Schwarzesmarken adventure games, Kouketsu no Monshou (Crest of Red Blood) and Junkyousha-tachi (Martyrs), will be released on Steam. The planned supported languages are Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese. Release timing and other details will be announced later on official social media. The games adapt a novel by Hiroki Uchida about the 666th TSF Squadron in East Germany in 1983, 18 years before the events of Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse. Age released the first game, Crest of Red Blood, on PC in November 2015. The second, Junkyousha-tachi, was originally slated for winter 2015 but arrived in October 2016. The 12-episode Schwarzesmarken television anime premiered in January 2016, directed by Tetsuya Watanabe at Ixtl and LIDEN FILMS, with Crunchyroll streaming it as it aired in Japan.","whyItMatters":"The Steam release puts the two Schwarzesmarken adventure games on a global storefront with English and Chinese support, a wider language set than the original 2015 and 2016 PC releases.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe two games are planned for simultaneous release, according to the Japanese stream coverage, with the date and other details still to come on official social media.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSchwarzesmarken: Red Blood\u0026#39;s Crest, the first part, released on PC in 2015.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSchwarzesmarken: The Martyrs, the second part, released in 2016.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story is set in East Germany in 1983, 18 years before the events of Muv-Luv Alternative, when the country was one of the front-line nations fighting the invasion of the extraterrestrial lifeform BETA. It follows Second Lieutenant Theodor Eberbach, a young cadet in a surveillance society where neither the state nor the people could be trusted, and whose only reason to fight is his own survival. The Japanese coverage describes the story as a tale of despair and hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe novels behind the games are by Hiroki Uchida, who also wrote the scenario, with CARNELIAN on character designs and illustrations. Age\u0026#39;s Hirohiko Yoshida is credited as original creator. The novel ran for 41 chapters from 2011 to 2014, collected into seven volumes, and was followed by the Schwarzes Marken Requiem light novel series by the same author and artist.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2016 television anime ran 12 episodes, with Tatsuto Higuchi on series composition, Shuichi Hara adapting CARNELIAN\u0026#39;s designs, Satoshi Motoyama as sound director, Evan Call as music producer, Elements Garden on music, and SANZIGEN handling 3DCGI.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Schwarzesmarken's Steam release covers Japanese, English, and both Chinese scripts, but the two games arrived on PC in 2015 and 2016. English readers have waited through the anime's Crunchyroll run for this.","twitterPost":"Schwarzesmarken hits Steam with English and both Chinese scripts. The two games first shipped on PC in 2015 and 2016, so the localization gap is the actual change.","threadsPost":"Schwarzesmarken's Steam release lists Japanese, English, and both Chinese scripts. The games themselves shipped on PC in November 2015 and October 2016, so what changes for most readers is language access, not the games. Release timing is still unannounced.","newsletterBlurb":"At the Muv-Luv Presents 2026 livestream, Age confirmed Steam releases for both Schwarzesmarken games, Crest of Red Blood and Martyrs, with Japanese, English, and Chinese support planned. No date yet. The games adapt Hiroki Uchida's novel about the 666th TSF Squadron in 1983.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-22/muv-luv-alternative-schwarzesmarken-games-get-steam-release/.243107\",\"title\":\"Muv-Luv Alternative's Schwarzesmarken Games Get Steam Release\"},{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/2610223a\",\"title\":\"Muv-Luv Spinoff Schwarzesmarken Confirmed for Steam Release; Two Titles 'Red Blood's Crest' and 'The Martyrs' to Launch Simultaneously\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":9594,"outputTokens":1372,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792683429,"createdAt":"2026-10-22T15:31:34.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-22T15:36:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-22T15:36:05.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_24dde75556ddcabe3a5c4df7","canonicalTitle":"News\nMuv-Luv Alternative's Schwarzesmarken Games Get Steam Release","representativeArticleId":"a_53577951273d974bcae04aac","sourceCount":2,"writtenSourceCount":2,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Schwarzesmarken Kōketsu no Monshō\",\"Schwarzesmarken Junkyōsha-tachi\",\"Muv-Luv Alternative\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-22T11:10:46.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-22T12:27:56.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-22T15:36:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-22/muv-luv-alternative-schwarzesmarken-games-get-steam-release/.243107","title":"News\nMuv-Luv Alternative's Schwarzesmarken Games Get Steam Release"},{"source":"Denfaminicogamer","url":"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/2610223a","title":"『マブラヴ』シリーズのスピンオフ『シュヴァルツェスマーケン』がSteamで展開決定。『紅血の紋章』『殉教者たち』の2作を同時リリース"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Schwarzesmarken Kōketsu no Monshō","Schwarzesmarken Junkyōsha-tachi","Muv-Luv Alternative"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["The Muv-Luv Presents 2026 livestream on October 22 announced Steam releases for Schwarzesmarken: Crest of Red Blood and Schwarzesmarken: Martyrs.","The Steam versions plan support for Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese, with release timing to be announced later.","Age released Schwarzesmarken: Crest of Red Blood on PC in November 2015 and Schwarzesmarken: Martyrs in October 2016.","The 12-episode Schwarzesmarken television anime premiered in January 2016, directed by Tetsuya Watanabe at Ixtl and LIDEN FILMS.","Hiroki Uchida's Schwarzesmarken novel ran for 41 chapters from 2011 to 2014 and was compiled into seven volumes."]}