Corpse Party II: Darkness Distortion will launch for PlayStation 5 alongside its previously announced PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC (Steam) versions in 2026, publisher MAGES. announced. This is a delay from its previously planned 2025 release window.
“The development team is using the additional time to ensure that the next installment, introducing significant changes in perspective to enhance the immersive horror, lives up to the Corpse Party legacy and delivers the biggest frights yet,” said western publisher XSEED Games in a press release. “What’s more, the added time will also allow for the inclusion of a new PlayStation 5 version of the game to be released alongside the previously announced releases planned for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Windows PC via Steam.”
Here is an overview of the game, via XSEED Games:
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“Ayame Kirishima, Ayame Kirishima, please send them to the hospital.”
Hoping to boost her subscriber numbers, streamer Nemu Takahashi convinces her high school classmates Haruka Nanami and Maria Hitsugi to test the urban legend “Ayame’s Mercy” live at an abandoned hospital.
It does not go as planned.
The three friends unwittingly trigger a curse placed on the hospital decades ago and are transported to another, darker realm, home to the vengeful spirit of Ayame Kirishima and countless other horrors. While their classmates back home search for them, Haruka, Maria, and Nemu’s only hope for survival is to evade the malicious spirits haunting Amare Est Vivere Hospital and dispel Ayame’s curse once and for all…
Key Features
- Get the Party Re-Started – Corpse Party returns with an all-new entry featuring refreshed presentation and additional gameplay depth. It’s the perfect entry point for new players, and features plenty of nods for long-time fans too.
- Spine-Tingling Terror – Sensational storytelling in visual novel format with evocative and terrifying descriptions combined with smothering binaural audio and spine-tingling Japanese voiceover will have players on the edge of their seats.
- Japanese Horror Elevated – Explore the halls of Amare Est Vivere freely in both first- and third-person, providing new perspectives for players brave enough to take a closer look.
- Riveting Paranormal Mystery – Told across six chapters, with eight additional scenarios and a plethora of gruesome Wrong Ends, it’s up to you to uncover the horrifying truth behind “Ayame’s Mercy”—if you hope to earn the “true” ending.
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