One of the first reveals at the State of Play, the opening salvo for the June summer gaming event, was the new title from Grasshopper Manufacture and Suda51. The new game is an action title called Romeo is a Dead Man, and it launches on PlayStation 5 in 2026. The reveal focused mostly on the third-person action as well as the over-the-top visuals, but it also dropped a few details about the story.
According to James Mountain, Grasshopper’s community manager, Romeo is a Dead Man follows the work of Romeo Stargazer, an FBI agent whose life is saved by a space-time paradox and thus becomes a Dead Man. “Romeo’s search for these space-time fugitives ends up intertwining with his search for his suddenly missing girlfriend, the mysterious Juliet… You’ll just have to play the game to see how (and even if) these mysteries unravel, but after all is said and done (and dead), will Romeo be able to see the tears of time?!”
The gameplay consists of a combination of shooting and swordplay, as Romeo must defeat space-time fugitives by shifting between different realities. As Mountain says, “When the going really gets tough, unleash Bloody Summer – an instant-kill special attack that uses blood accumulated from your enemies – to turn things around and get back on top!”
The last original title from Grasshopper was No More Heroes III, with the studio also working on the remakes of Lollipop Chainsaw and Shadows of the Damned. Suda acknowledged the gap, saying he was happy to finally reveal the new game. Grasshopper plans to reveal more information about the game soon.
