China Hero Project Adds $1 Million Investment to Each of Its Phase 4 Titles
SIE Shanghai held a China Hero Project presentation in Shanghai on November 3, 2026, announcing an investment equivalent to $1 million in each Phase 4 selected title. Director Bao Bo said the funds go mainly to development costs.
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Why it matters
The program's support now includes money on top of development and marketing help, which gives selected Chinese teams funding that SIE Shanghai says should raise the trust investors and publishers place in them.
Key Facts
- SIE Shanghai held a China Hero Project presentation in Shanghai on November 3, 2026.
- Each Phase 4 selected title will receive an investment equivalent to $1 million, about 160 million yen.
- Director Bao Bo said the funds will basically be allocated to development costs.
- Phase 3 title Unending Dawn will also receive an investment equivalent to $1 million.
- DENMU and Solutions 2 GO joined as partner companies supporting fundraising and overseas expansion.
DENMU and Solutions 2 GO join as partners for fundraising and overseas expansion, and Unending Dawn, a Phase 3 title, receives the same investment.
The Phase 4 lineup itself was not named at the presentation, and applications are still open. What SIE Shanghai did announce is how those titles will be backed: the same $1 million-equivalent investment per project that it is also putting into Unending Dawn, a Phase 3 title, to support its development.
Bao Bo framed the money as a way to deepen ties between PlayStation and the selected teams, so they can draw on SIE's internal support departments. The two new partners, DENMU and Solutions 2 GO, cover fields outside production, which Bao's side said has become necessary as the selected teams' development skills have risen.
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