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Digimon Story: Time Stranger Unveils Vibrant Digital World and 450+ Digimon

Positive hands-on impressions highlight rebuilt visuals, strategic rock-paper-scissors combat, immersive environments and deep evolution systems ahead of its October launch

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Overview

  • Developed by Media Vision and published by Bandai Namco, the RPG is slated for release on October 3, 2025 for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.
  • Summer Game Fest 2025 demos earned praise for completely rebuilt character models and the lush, bustling hub of Iliad’s Central Town inhabited by living Digimon.
  • The turn-based battles use a rock-paper-scissors system—Data, Virus versus Vaccine—augmented by elemental strengths and on-the-fly team swaps without penalty.
  • Players can discover and customize over 450 Digimon through branching Digi-volution lines, with passive experience gains ensuring even benched creatures grow.
  • The narrative follows an ADAMAS agent transported eight years into the past as they move between Shinjuku, Akihabara and the Digital World to avert a looming disaster.