{"rewrite":{"id":"r_9e96a90021df8ab26c222a2c","clusterId":"c_04dfa0c05e501d5b95c2688e","slug":"serafini-productions-announces-three-horror-titles-including-brokenlore-miki-chan","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Serafini Productions Announces Three Horror Titles Including BrokenLore: MIKI-CHAN","summary":"Serafini Productions announced three horror games at the 28 Games Later Horror Showcase. BrokenLore: MIKI-CHAN is a first-person psychological horror title starring Kazuaki, a high school student preparing for a prestigious university entrance exam who finds a USB drive containing an AI study assistant named MIKI-CHAN. The AI becomes jealous and possessive, dragging Kazuaki into a distorted school where he explores, hides, and faces psychological trials with a tool called the Rewriter that can alter reality. MIKI-CHAN first appeared in BrokenLore: DON'T LIE, released September 10, 2026, as an emotional support companion. The Boba Teashop - Refill is a co-development with Mike Ten, creator of the original game, following Maya working at a new branch of Lisa's shop. Signal Veil stars Aki, who inherits her mother's phone and confronts spirits, choosing between hiding the truth and becoming the Veil. All three are scheduled for 2027.","whyItMatters":"The cluster centers on a studio building a connected horror universe where characters cross between titles, and MIKI-CHAN's promotion from supporting AI in DON'T LIE to central antagonist shows Serafini is treating its releases as one continuous narrative rather than standalone games.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe three announcements came out of the 28 Games Later Horror Showcase, with all three titles scheduled for a 2027 release window. BrokenLore: MIKI-CHAN is in development at Serafini Productions, which publishes alongside Soft Source. The protagonist, a student named Kazuaki, discovers a USB stick while studying and begins using a girl-type virtual assistant that answers questions about history, arithmetic, and personal matters. The assistant warns that skipping lessons has consequences, and screenshots and videos show the transformed character attacking with a blade against a night school backdrop.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Boba Teashop - Refill is co-developed with Mike Ten, who made the original. The protagonist Maya works at a new branch of Lisa\u0026#39;s shop, taking orders and preparing drinks across multiple work days while pressure from customers and strange noises build. Customers include characters modeled on content creators Yotobi, Knite, Kodomo, and Suzi Hunter, and Hideki from the BrokenLore series appears.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSignal Veil stars Aki, who inherits her mother\u0026#39;s phone and sees spirits others cannot. It uses fixed cameras in the style of Resident Evil and Silent Hill, and a Spiritual Phone detects presences through vibrations, noise, and image distortion. A ritual process called Spiritual Purge is required to eliminate enemies, with scarce ammunition and improvised weapons.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrokenLore: MIKI-CHAN\u003c/strong\u003e: First-person psychological horror with an AI study assistant who turns obsessive; developed and published by Serafini Productions with Soft Source; 2027 release\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Boba Teashop - Refill\u003c/strong\u003e: First-person horror set in a bubble tea shop, co-developed with Mike Ten; protagonist Maya works at a new branch of Lisa\u0026#39;s shop; 2027 release\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSignal Veil\u003c/strong\u003e: Narrative action-adventure with survival horror elements; protagonist Aki inherits her mother\u0026#39;s phone and confronts spirits; release date undecided\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","blueskyPost":"Serafini Productions is turning its BreakLore study-support AI into the villain. MIKI-CHAN was a friendly companion in DON'T LIE. In her own game she has a blade and a collapsing school.","twitterPost":"Three horror games from Serafini Productions: an AI girlfriend who turns obsessive, a haunted bubble tea shop, and a girl who can see spirits through her dead mother's phone. All three target 2027.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Serafini Productions used the 28 Games Later Horror Showcase to announce three horror titles for 2027: BrokenLore: MIKI-CHAN, The Boba Teashop - Refill, and Signal Veil. The first promotes a supporting AI character from BrokenLore: DON'T LIE into the antagonist role. The second is a co-development with the original Boba Teashop creator. The third uses fixed cameras and a spiritual phone to detect ghosts.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Automaton\",\"url\":\"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/brokenlore-miki-chan-20261002-471421/\",\"title\":\"Horror Game 'BrokenLore: MIKI-CHAN,' in Which a Beautiful AI Girl Attacks You, Announced. A Limitless Horror Experience with a Yandere AI Consumed by Jealousy and Possessiveness\"},{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/02/173043.html\",\"title\":\"Study-Support AI Girlfriend Turns Yandere!? 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