The already delayed Fate/EXTRA Record RPG will miss its spring 2026 release window, owing to Bandai Namco Entertainment stepping away from the publisher role.
Fate series custodian TYPE-MOON (its TYPE-MOON studio BB is developing Fate/EXTRA Record) says that development will still continue. Updates on the new publisher and release date will be delivered when they have been decided.
On the background of the new developments, TYPE-MOON mentioned that a review had been carried out following talks with Bandai Namco Entertainment, and that the publisher change was based on “future developments.” A change in development structure was a part of that review.
Bandai Namco Entertainment will cancel pre-orders on its ASOBI STORE and provide full refunds for customers who used konbini payments.
Development on Fate/EXTRA Record, a remake of the 2010 PSP dungeon RPG Fate/EXTRA, was announced in 2022. It is being made for NIntendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Steam, and was planned to be released in 2025 at one point. The game features deck-based combat, and will also come with a beefed up scenario and bettered character graphics.
A Shaft-produced Fate/EXTRA anime, subtitled Last Encore and series directed by Yukihiro Miyamoto (Puella Magi Madoka Magica), aired in 2018. Its synopsis reads:
This is a story of EXTRA that will unfold on a forgotten moon.
The Mooncell Automaton, a spiritron computer that exists on the moon, grants any and all wishes.
A virtual spiritron world created within the Mooncell is SE.RA.PH. With the “Holy Grail” on the line,
Wizards and Servants must now wage a brand new Holy Grail War of the Moon.
Sources: @FateEX_Record, @TMBBOfficial