Stranger Than Heaven has got its release date and we will be kicking off 2027 in style, as RGG Studio revealed that the game will be launching on January 15th. That was not the only bit of news as there was a new character revealed. That character is the rapper Tupac Shakur. We don’t know what his role will be in the game but he is there.
Stranger Than Heaven will take place across 1915, 1929, 1943, 1951, and 1965, and its events will also jump between five different cities. Its main character is Makoto Daito, who stows away to go to Japan, the land of his mother, in 1915. While stowed away, he is caught by Orpheus, the smuggler played by Snoop Dogg, who takes pity on Makoto and another stowaway, Yu Shinjo, and brings them into the criminal underworld together, their friendship and rivalry growing and going through phases across the decades of Japanese history and various locales. Snoop is also making the game’s official theme song alongside fellow cast members Satoshi Fujihara, Ado, and Tori Kelly.
The character Amaru have the likeness of Tupac Shakur, which is made possible with the permission and supervision of his estate, Amaru Entertainment. It’s a frankly bizarre collab, but RGG Studio has committed to respecting Tupac’s legacy, creating the character without the use of AI and creating the character design from archival footage and photographs.
Stranger Than Heaven is in development for Xbox Series X|S, PS5 and PC, and will launch day one on Xbox Game Pass. It will also be an Xbox Play Anywhere title.
Source: Summer Game Fest
