Suda51’s new surreal action game is just around the corner, leaks reveal

Romeo is a Dead Man, the new surrealist action game by the legendary Suda51, seems to be coming sooner than we thought.

According to a new leak, which appears to have been an accident at the PlayStation store, revealed the game’s release date as Feb. 11, 2026. This is about three months away as of this article, and implies we’ll get some new footage of the game to confirm the release date at the upcoming 2025 Game Awards event, which is scheduled for Dec. 11.

From what we’ve seen of the game so far, Romeo is a Dead Man is as bats**t crazy as they come, combining countless visual styles and genres into one cohesive pile of action-packed carnage. It appears to be a direct upgrade over Suda51’s previous work, which includes legendary action titles such as Lollipop Chainsaw and Killer7. He is best known for these wild, cerebral action experiences, and Romeo is a Dead Man might be his most outlandish work yet.

As with his previous works, it’s been inspired by pop culture and other media, which he himself told us this summer during an interview at Gamescom. Of all the things that could’ve had an impact on the game, Suda51 cited Rick and Morty as a major inspiration, particularly due to how character relationships function in the game (the main character and his grandfather are protagonists, which should be a familiar formula to all who’ve seen Rick and Morty).

I’m super excited to see the game in action (pun intended) once it does come out, and it appears we won’t have to wait much longer.