Beast of Reincarnation

Beast of Reincarnation is an upcoming action role-playing game developed by Game Freak and published by Fictions. It is the first AAA title by Game Freak outside of the Pokémon series and is directed by Kota Furushima, who previously worked on the battle system and sound for various Pokémon titles.^[1] The game is set to release in 2026 for Windows, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S.^[2]

Beast of Reincarnation
Developer(s)	Game Freak
Publisher(s)	Fictions
Director(s)	Kota Furushima
Platform(s)	Windows PlayStation 5 Xbox Series X/S
Release	2026
Genre(s)	Action role-playing
Mode(s)	Single-player

Set in Japan in the year 4026, the story follows Emma the Sealer and her dog Koo as they navigate a post-apocalyptic land ruined by corruption.

Premise

Beast of Reincarnation is described as a "one-person, one-dog action role-playing game".^[3] It follows Emma the Sealer, a young woman with blight powers who can manipulate plants to traverse and fight enemies. Her companion is a stray dog known as Koo, as they work together to free post-apocalyptic Japan from a corrupted creature that has blighted the natural world.^[4] The game's art style and story have been compared to Studio Ghibli works such as Princess Mononoke.^[5][4]

Gameplay

The game will focus heavily on combat, pitting players against various enemies from oversized mutant creatures to robots. The combat system has been compared to other action role-playing games such as Black Myth: Wukong, Nier: Automata and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.^[6][7]

Release

The game was announced in May 2023 under the working title Project Bloom as a partnership between Game Freak and Private Division. Upon announcement, scarce details were provided other than a projection for a 2026 release, the reveal of Furushima as director, and a single piece of concept art showing a lone woman in a forest.^[8][9][10]

At the Xbox Games Showcase in 2025, the game was publicly revealed for the first time in a gameplay trailer that confirmed its title as Beast of Reincarnation, along with a release window of 2026.^[1] Upon announcement, it emerged that Private Division were no longer involved in publishing the game due to their sale by Take-Two Interactive. Instead, the game is being published by Fictions.^[3] This will be the first Game Freak title to release on Windows, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S, and will also be available on Xbox Game Pass immediately after launch.^[11]