Inscryption is the prior release from Daniel Mullins Games, whose follow-up Pony Island 2: Panda Circus is dated for April 28, 2027 with a Steam playtest recruiting testers. The 2026 end of the Game Designers Award removes one recurring measure of design novelty on the beat.
Daniel Mullins Games is following Inscryption with Pony Island 2: Panda Circus, shown at The Triple-i Initiative stream on October 9 Japan time with a release date of April 28, 2027. Test play participants are being recruited on Steam rather than through a public systems demo. The earlier game Pony Island is free to claim on Steam until 2:00 on October 13.
The Inscryption connection in the coverage is lineage, not a new Inscryption release. The most recent story treats Pony Island 2 as the project Mullins is making after Inscryption, and describes footage that cuts live-action material into a pixel-art game world. The take on the story is that the team is recruiting testers on Steam rather than showing the systems.
Separately, the Game Designers Award, founded in 2010 by game director Masahiro Sakurai, ends in 2026. Sakurai, the chief judge, announced the close at a ceremony on September 15. Seventeen works won across its run, from Heavy Rain in 2010 to Moji Yuge in 2026. The award's stated criterion was the evaluation of games' originality and novelty.
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At The Triple-i Initiative stream on October 9 Japan time, Daniel Mullins Games showed new footage of Pony Island 2: Panda Circus and set the release for April 28, 2027. Test play participants are being recruited on Steam. The earlier game Pony Island is free to claim on Steam until 2:00 on October 13.
The Game Designers Award, founded in 2010 by game director Masahiro Sakurai, will end in 2026. Sakurai, who is chief judge, announced the close at a ceremony on September 15. Seventeen works won the award across its run, from Heavy Rain in 2010 to Moji Yuge in 2026. The theme is the evaluation of games' originality and novelty.