Stranger Than Heaven abandoned PS4 and will give newbies cheats in the form of clothes

Stranger Than Heaven is being made only for the current generation: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S and PC.Producer Hiroyuki Sakamoto told IGN about this at the Gamescom Asia x Thailand Game Show 2026. For RGG Studio, this is the first time that the team has completely abandoned the previous generation of consoles.

Previously, the studio's games had one foot in the past era.Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth was released on two generations of consoles.The Xbox One was abandoned just this year with Yakuza Kiwami 3 and Dark Ties, but the PlayStation 4 was still supported.

Previously, because of the hardware, we limited the number of characters on the screen and gave up a lot.In Stranger Than Heaven, the power of PS5 allowed us to showcase more characters at once than ever before, taking their quality to the next level.

Sakamoto is confident that the studio has achieved what it set out to do: visually, the game is richer and more artistically expressive than anything the team has done before.

Cheats for those who don't like parrying

In the same conversation, RGG Studio confirmed that the game will have optional assistants that soften the combat system.The battle is based on parrying: you need to follow the animation of the blow and guess from which side it is flying.An IGN journalist who tried the game called the system demanding.

After feedback from exhibitions, the studio has refined the balance of difficulty and responsiveness of controls.The game has difficulty settings and "cheat items".Some automatically restore health.Others allow you to go through fights with just regular left and right hand strikes.The highest level of difficulty, according to the producer, remains “extremely difficult.”

There is also a humorous studio-style disclaimer.Cheat items are given from the very beginning, but they are worn like clothing, so stream viewers will immediately notice that you are playing with support.

The game will be released on January 15, 2027 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S and PC.Previously we wrote about story trailer with the beginning of the story.