Facts
- Release
- game · 2027-04-22 · 2026-09-17
- Release
- game · until July 10, 2026 · Steam · 2026-06-27
- Release
- game · until June 26 · Steam · 2026-06-20
- Release
- game · April · 2026-09-21
- Release
- game · TBA · 2026-09-19
- Announced
- Act Mode (Tokyo Game Show 2026) · 2026-09-21
- Announced
- Lumina Gauge (Tokyo Game Show 2026) · 2026-09-21
- Announced
- Grand Scenario Mode (Tokyo Game Show 2026) · 2026-09-21
- Announced
- playable for the first time at Tokyo Game Show 2026 (Tokyo Game Show 2026) · 2026-09-19
- Announced
- playable at Tokyo Game Show 2026 at the Aniplex booth (Tokyo Game Show 2026) · 2026-09-17
- Noted
- Grand Scenario Mode, built around a newly written scenario by Kinoko Nasu that runs roughly 20 hours · 2026-09-19
- Noted
- The game features over 10 characters, a story mode written by Kinoko Nasu, and Fate collaboration fighters like Saber and Mash. · 2026-06-20
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Sep 21
MELTY BLOOD: TWI-LUMINA, the successor to MELTY BLOOD: TYPE LUMINA, was playable at Tokyo Game Show 2026, held September 17 to 20, where a media session also detailed the new Grand Scenario Mode. The demo showed Act Mode, a simplified control scheme with one-button special moves and strengthened Rapid Beat, plus the Lumina Gauge, which replaces the Moon Drive Gauge. Release is set for April.
Sep 19
The upcoming 2D fighter MELTY BLOOD: TWI-LUMINA is playable for the first time at Tokyo Game Show 2026, ahead of its April 22, 2027 release on Switch 2, Switch, PS5, PS4, Xbox One, and Steam. The demo covers the versus mode with seven characters and offers Act, a one-button control scheme that strings combos together, alongside the traditional Duel inputs.
Sep 19
At Tokyo Game Show 2026, a closed-door session on MELTY BLOOD: TWI-LUMINA covered Grand Scenario Mode, built around a newly written scenario by Kinoko Nasu that runs roughly 20 hours. The mode opens with novel-style prose and adds 2D adventure sections where players move across maps, pick choices, and fight characters. Series lead Kano Serizawa said the fighting game foundation was solid, but that fighting games alone will not draw new players.
Sep 17
MELTY BLOOD: TWI-LUMINA is playable at Tokyo Game Show 2026, held at Makuhari Messe from September 17 to 21, at publisher Aniplex's booth. The demo offers Versus Mode only. Selectable characters include Ren, Tohno Shiki, Arcueid Brunestud, Ciel, Neco-Arc, Michael Roa Valdamjong, and the Fate/Grand Order guest Mash Kyrielight. The build adds two control styles: Act, which supports forward-input dashes and one-button special moves, and Duel, which keeps conventional command inputs. The old Moon Skill and Moon Drive gauges are gone, replaced by a cross-shaped gauge. New shared systems include Gauntlet, a rush move usable while absorbing an opponent's attack, and Forced Release, which blows the opponent away. Ren returns after being unplayable in MELTY BLOOD: TYPE LUMINA. She fires triangular projectiles, warps by turning into a cat, and throws a cat. Press materials state a release date of April 22, 2027, for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and Steam.
Jun 27
Project LUMINA has launched a limited-time collaboration bundle for Melty Blood: Type Lumina and Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code during the Steam Summer Sale. Type Lumina is 70% off, Actress Again Current Code is 80% off, and bundle buyers get an additional 5% discount. The sale runs until July 10, 2026.
Jun 20
The Steam version of Melty Blood: Type Lumina, a fighting game set in the Tsukihime universe, is 70% off until June 26. The game features over 10 characters, a story mode written by Kinoko Nasu, and Fate collaboration fighters like Saber and Mash. A new title, Melty Blood: Twi-Lumina, was announced at EVO Japan 2026.