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The Eminence in Shadow: Phantom Echoes Game Announced for 2027

The announcement expands The Eminence in Shadow beyond mobile and anime into a console release, a move that gives the franchise's action combat a dedicated platform on current-generation hardware.

Key Facts

  • The Eminence in Shadow: Phantom Echoes is scheduled to launch for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store in 2027.
  • NIS America announced the game during Sony's State of Play livestream on September 3, 2026.
  • The game is a 3D action roguelite developed by Aiming, with a Magic Awakening system that randomly changes abilities each playthrough.
  • The Eminence in Shadow: Lost Echoes anime film is also set to release in 2027.

Reporting from 4 sources: Anime News Network, 4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer, Anime Corner.

The Eminence in Shadow: Phantom Echoes Game Announced for 2027

NIS America announced The Eminence in Shadow: Phantom Echoes during Sony's State of Play livestream on September 3, 2026. The game is a 3D action roguelite based on Daisuke Aizawa's light novel series The Eminence in Shadow. It will launch for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store in 2027. Developer Aiming said the price is not yet set. The first trailer showed gameplay footage of the character Alpha using sword techniques and a Magic Awakening ability selection system, which randomly changes abilities each run to create unique combat combinations. The trailer also featured Delta and a hooded Shadow. This is the first console-oriented game in the franchise, following the mobile title Master of Garden, which launched in November 2022. An anime film, The Eminence in Shadow: Lost Echoes, is also scheduled for 2027. The light novels began serialization on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in May 2018, with Kadokawa publishing physical volumes starting in November 2018.

  • Developer Aiming announced the game on September 3, 2026, the same day the trailer aired during Sony's State of Play livestream.
  • Aiming described Phantom Echoes as the first console-oriented 3D roguelite action game tied to the anime.
  • The Magic Awakening system randomly enhances a character's abilities on each run, pushing players to build unique combinations for combat against enemies.
  • The trailer's combat scenes center on Alpha's sword techniques, with a blood-covered Delta and a deeply hooded figure resembling Shadow also appearing.
  • The official PlayStation X account and the game's official website both posted the announcement, and an English-language version of the trailer is available.
  • The light novel series, illustrated by Tōzai, began serialization through Enterbrain in 2018, while the manga adaptation by Anri Sakano started in Kadokawa's Comp Ace magazine in December 2018, followed by Seta U's spinoff manga Shadow Side Story in July 2019.
  • Yen Press holds the English licenses for both the light novels and the manga, and HIDIVE streamed the anime with a same-day English dub.

Synthesized by Yomimono from the 4 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.

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