SPINE - This is Gun Fu Gets New Trailer, 2027 Launch Window
The trailer clarifies the release window to spring 2027, narrowing from the earlier summer 2027 estimate, and showcases the combat system that defines the game's identity.
Key Facts
- Nekki released a new trailer for SPINE - This is Gun Fu during the Future Games Show: gamescom 2026 broadcast on August 27, 2026.
- SPINE - This is Gun Fu is scheduled for release in spring 2027 for PC (Steam), PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.
- The game is set in Tensor City, a cyberpunk city ruled by AI-driven politics, where artificial intelligence determines the value of human lives.
- The combat system is called Free Flow Combat, allowing seamless battles against multiple enemies.
- Japanese language support is confirmed for SPINE - This is Gun Fu.
Reporting from 2 sources: Denfaminicogamer, Game Spark.
Nekki released a new trailer for its single-player action game SPINE - This is Gun Fu during the Future Games Show: gamescom 2026 broadcast on August 27, 2026. The game is set in Tensor City, a cyberpunk metropolis ruled by AI-driven politics, where artificial intelligence determines the value of human lives. Players take on the AI regime with guns and fists, using a combat implant called Spine that boosts physical abilities. The trailer shows smooth switching between melee combat and gunplay, built around a system called Free Flow Combat, where battles against multiple enemies connect without interruption. Actions include seizing enemy weapons, landing counterattacks in brief openings, and parrying attacks with extraordinary physical abilities. The game is described as a cyberpunk action movie you can play directly, with a specially developed combat camera staging the action dynamically. SPINE - This is Gun Fu is scheduled for release in spring 2027 for PC (Steam), PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, with Japanese language support confirmed.
- Nekki, the studio behind the Shadow Fight series, is developing the game, and the combat system builds on that lineage of hand-to-hand fighting.
- The Spine implant is a self-thinking device, not just a passive booster, and it shares its name with the game's title.
- The trailer's combat camera is a dedicated system, built specifically to stage the action like a film.
- Free Flow Combat is designed so battles against multiple enemies chain together without interruption, with no loading between encounters.
- Player actions include seizing an enemy's weapon and using it on the spot, counterattacking in brief openings, and parrying with enhanced physical abilities.
- The game is positioned as a "cyberpunk action movie you can play directly," per the Denfaminicogamer coverage.
- Japanese language support is confirmed for the PC (Steam), PS5, and Xbox Series X|S release.
- Game Spark's coverage frames the release as spring 2027, while Denfaminicogamer's earlier report from the same broadcast cited summer 2027.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.