SEGA and RGG Studio published on Friday, October 2, 2026, the video Welcome to 1943, Minami, Osaka for Stranger Than Heaven. It is one of five settings and eras in the action-adventure saga spanning 50 years. The game arrives on January 15, 2027 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC on Steam and the Microsoft Store, and it is also coming to Game Pass.
Image credit: SEGA / official YouTube channel
What the video shows
Narration on SEGA's official channel places Minami in 1943, amid global turmoil, while modern architecture and new cultural influences enter the city. Theaters and entertainment venues define the district. Show business is treated as one of the story's central themes and carries extra weight in this chapter: the camera moves through one of Minami's large theaters, and the narration says the city is full of venues like it.
On SEGA's Japanese site, 1943 Osaka-Minami is described as western Japan's largest entertainment district under a tense international situation. The other stops listed by SEGA are Kokura (Fukuoka) in 1915, Kure (Hiroshima) in 1929, Atami (Shizuoka) in 1951, and Shinjuku (Tokyo) in 1965.
Why it matters
This is not the first look at Minami. In September, at Tokyo Game Show 2026, RGG had already shown opening footage and talked about Kokura, Kure, and the show-business thread, with protagonist Daito growing as a producer. Today's video isolates the 1943 era and puts it on the official channel, about three months before launch.
Combat, according to SEGA's page, splits control of the left and right sides of the body, with jabs, charged strikes, takedowns, and weapons such as a knife, hammer, and katana. It is RGG's brawling language, from the studio behind Like a Dragon, applied to decades before the modern series.
What the video does not cover
The clip, about 1 minute and 42 seconds, does not include a Brazil pre-order date, a price, or dubbing confirmation. The Netflix adaptation announced in September is a separate project; this video is about the game.
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