Chronoscript: The Endless End Launches Fall 2026 on PS5 and PC
The involvement of Mari Shimazaki and Yasunori Mitsuda signals Shueisha Games' ambition to position Chronoscript: The Endless End as a premium indie-scale title with pedigree from major franchises.
Reporting from 5 sources: Anime News Network, GAME Watch (Impress), 4Gamer.net, ASCII.jp, and 1 more.
Shueisha Games announced during the Future Games Show on June 7, 2026, that the exploration action-adventure game Chronoscript: The Endless End, developed by DeskWorks, will launch in fall 2026 for PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam. A prologue trailer debuted at the showcase, revealing for the first time the 3D character designs of the vampire writer Viola S. Chambers and the protagonist editor Frederick G. Müller, as well as a new stage set in Ancient Egypt. The game follows an editor who, after finishing a long-running series, receives a strange editing request and becomes trapped inside a manuscript world written by a vampire who has lived for a thousand years. Gameplay alternates between 2D spaces drawn on manuscript paper and 3D-rendered mansion interiors, with Metroidvania-style exploration and combat. The creative team includes Mari Shimazaki, known for Bayonetta and Ōkami, handling 3D character design, and composer Yasunori Mitsuda of Chrono Trigger and Xenogears fame, leading music production alongside Procyon Studio members Shunsuke Tsuchiya, Mariam Abounnasr, and guest composer Manami Kiyota.
Mari Shimazaki said she worked on the 3D character design and modeling direction with sculptor Hiroaki Nakanishi, modeler Rokko Shinkai, and the studio B-Tribe. She said she designed the editor and the vampire with "a strong awareness of character essence, not just realism," to preserve the charm of the 2D designs. Yasunori Mitsuda said he has been a heavy user of Metroidvania games since the late 2000s and had hoped to work on one with a solid worldview. He said scheduling initially made participation difficult but adjustments were made.
The game's enemies are called "Nare no Hate," beings resurrected from grudges in the living world. Defeating bosses reveals the stories behind them. The manuscript contains stories from various eras written over a thousand years, with stages including the newly revealed Ancient Egypt. All characters, enemies, and backgrounds are hand-drawn with pen illustrations using frame-by-frame animation.
The game supports Japanese, English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, and Korean. The price is undecided. The official X account is @Chronoscript_PR.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 5 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- Anime News Network News Chronoscript: The Endless End Action Game Launches This Fall
- GAME Watch (Impress) 「RPGタイム！」のデスクワークス最新作「Chronoscript: The Endless End」が2026年秋に発売
- 4Gamer.net 探索型アクションADV「Chronoscript: The Endless End」，2026年秋に発売決定。島崎麻里氏と光田康典氏の参加も明らかに
- ASCII.jp 『Chronoscript: The Endless End』2026年秋 発売決定！ Future Games Showにてプロローグトレーラーを公開！！
- Game Spark 探索型アクションADV『クロノスクリプト: エンドレスエンド』2026年秋発売決定！光田康典氏＆島崎麻里氏ら豪華クリエイター陣が参画【Future Games Show】